Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Media Watch

Time-Polluting Daily News Honcho Goes Public

By Charles Komanoff | Aug 18, 2009 | 17 Comments

Car commuters waste more than emissions. Photo: Kevin Coles/Flickr. In Utah, they flip off forest rangers and wheel their ATV’s onto delicate wilderness trails. In the Virginia exurbs they lounge in air-conditioned trophy homes and write checks to stop carbon taxes. Here in NYC, they find their “Network” moment in a 25-cent bump in MTA […]

Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk

By Elana Schor | Jul 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

(Photo: TTI Urban Mobility Report) The latest edition of the Texas Transportation Institute’s influential urban mobility report was released yesterday, prompting a flurry of media coverage focused largely on a faux-ironic theme that would do Alanis Morrissette proud — the bad economy is giving us less traffic! The TTI found a one-hour drop in the […]

Bogotá-Gate

By Ben Fried | Jul 7, 2009 | 13 Comments

Step aside Jack Abramoff. In the pantheon of palm-greasing, backslapping political fixers, you’re a pale imitation of Gil Peñalosa. Sources say that a recent bag search at JFK revealed contraband including planning notes, renderings and other "big ideas" from "somewhere else." Peñalosa is the head of a group based in Mississauga, Ontario called "Walk and […]

Fare Hike Coverage: We Know the Effect, But What About the Cause?

By Ben Fried | Jun 29, 2009 | 29 Comments

Ben Kabak at Second Avenue Sagas is on a roll critiquing media coverage of the MTA fare hike, which went into effect yesterday. Last week he questioned the coalition-building skills of transit advocates. Today he goes after the reporters: Instead of focusing on the whys and wherefores of the fare hike, instead of explaining how […]

Tune in Now: Ninth Avenue Road Rage Incident on CBS 2 News

By Ben Fried | Jun 24, 2009 | 14 Comments

Ray Bengen, the cyclist who was assaulted by the driver of a Ford Excursion blocking the Ninth Avenue bike lane, will appear tonight on the 6:00 p.m. edition of the CBS 2 local news. Ray just emailed to say the producers have confirmed they’ll broadcast a segment featuring him explaining the road rage incident. Let’s […]

Brooklyn Carnage: Pedestrian Killed, Pedicabbie and Passengers Injured

By Brad Aaron | Jun 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

Photo: CBS 2 A 65-year-old man waiting for a bus was killed Tuesday night by a 16-year-old male driving with only a learner’s permit. From 1010WINS via Gothamist: Stanislaw Zak, of Brooklyn, was struck and killed as he waited at a bus stop near the intersection of Bay Ridge Parkway and 18th Avenue at about […]

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