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January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 21, 2007 | 12 Comments

"The wrongdoer is brought to justice because his act has disturbed and gravely endangered the community as a whole, and not because damage has been done to individuals who are entitled to reparation. It is the body politic itself that stands in need of being repaired, and it is the general public order that has […]

The One Carbon Tax That Couldn’t

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 20, 2007 | 13 Comments

Assembly Member Richard Brodsky, archenemy of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan, is urging the mayor to seek a carbon tax instead. So he said, following Monday’s meeting of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, as reported by Streetsblog and confirmed by at least one other observer. I wish Brodsky (pictured) had checked with me first. After […]

City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design

By Brad Aaron | Dec 17, 2007 | 13 Comments

Even the sprightliest city pedestrian sometimes has to hustle across the street to beat a short walk signal. In a new report, Transportation Alternatives examines what it’s like for New York’s elderly to face flashing lights, wide crossings and unyielding motorists. From Karla Quintero, Deputy Director of Planning for TA: There are currently over one […]

What Makes a Place Walkable?

By Glenn McAnanama | Dec 14, 2007 | 10 Comments

Bikes at Work has an interesting database that uses census numbers to show how many people walk to their jobs in cities, towns and villages across the US. A quick search for the highest walk-to-work locations for towns with over 1000 people yields the following results: Location POP % Walk to work Naval Academy, Maryland […]

Driving: Teenage America’s Deadliest Preventable Epidemic

By Brad Aaron | Dec 12, 2007 | 19 Comments

A 17-year-old driver killed two in this recent Queens crash. Automobile crashes are the number one killer of teenagers in the United States, with nearly 6,000 deaths a year for the past decade, and more than 300,000 injuries annually. Yet millions of parents continue to let their kids drive unsupervised, many of them counting on […]

Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 4, 2007 | 9 Comments

Crashstat shows Fordham Rd. in the Bronx to be one of the most dangerous streets in New York City. For years, Livable Streets advocates have pushed New York City government to make citywide pedestrian and cyclist crash data more accessible to help civic groups and policy makers make more intelligent street design improvement decisions. Rather […]

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