Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

Framing the New Broadway: “Green Ribbon” or “Narrow Passageway”?

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 7, 2010 | 17 Comments

Recession or depression? Estate taxes or death taxes? How events or policies are named, or “framed,” has become crucial to their viability. Indeed, the ascendancy of the right wing in the U.S. in recent decades is attributed in part to the Right’s mastery of political phraseology to demonize leftist and even centrist policies. Framing affects […]

“Bike Bedlam” Fact Check: NYC Bike-Ped Injuries Drop From Low to Lower

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2010 | 48 Comments

Editor’s note: Streetsblog has retracted this post. The information on bike-on-ped crashes is not accurate. Read the full correction for an explanation of how we acquired the erroneous data and how we determined it was incorrect. Pedestrian injuries sustained citywide in collisions with bicyclists pale beside the more than 10,000 pedestrian injuries and deaths sustained […]

What Sane, Responsible Bike Coverage Looks Like

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2010 | 4 Comments

Regrettably, the embed code for the opening volleys in CBS2’s "bike bedlam" series is busted, so you’ll have to actually visit the CBS2 site to watch the three-minute segments that ran in between Volkswagen and Hyundai spots the last two nights. Instead I’m posting the above video courtesy of the Beeb. It shows something I […]

Safer Streets Are Out of Control! A CBS2 Special Investigation

By Ben Fried | Aug 13, 2010 | 39 Comments

Before you get to the outrageous part of this post, first an announcement from reader Steve Vaccaro: If you get your fill of Summer Streets tomorrow by noon or earlier, please come by the Target Community Garden on East 117th Street between First and Pleasant Avenues, for a brunch hosted by Transportation Alternatives East Side […]

New Report Examines the Media’s Role in the Gas Tax Debate

By Elana Schor | May 26, 2010 | No Comments

Chart: University of Vermont Transportation Research Center The success of state-level plans to increase gas taxes is tied to the media’s portrayal of the proposals in question, with narratives tied to "crumbling infrastructure" and "economic progress" showing more success than those emphasizing long-term transportation budget gaps, according to a new report released by the University […]

Brooklyn Paper on PPW: Double-Parking Takes Precedence Over Safety

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2010 | 18 Comments

The self-hating cyclists at the Brooklyn Paper are at it again. A year after siding with a handful of merchants who wanted to erase the Fifth Avenue bike lane, Gersh Kuntzman and the editors of Brooklyn’s flagship media property say they don’t want to see a protected, two-way bike path on Prospect Park West: Gersh […]

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