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9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight

By Aaron Naparstek | May 17, 2007 | 2 Comments

Konrad Kaletsch‘s street safety petition to DOT, July 2005. Tonight, the Department of Transportation’s Traffic Safety and Bike Lane plan for Park Slope’s crash-prone 9th Street comes up before the transportation committee of Community Board 6 for the second time. Here are the details: 6:30 pm at Old First Church729 Carroll Street at 7th Avenue […]

The Car Habit Is Tough to Break

By Sarah Goodyear | May 17, 2007 | 20 Comments

"People are addicted to their cars," said John Street, the Mayor of Philadelphia, at a panel on transport yesterday during the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. He was identifying what he saw as the major challenge for cities striving to make their transport systems more environmentally sustainable. That remark prompted a comment later from Jim […]

Aug. ’05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | May 16, 2007 | 5 Comments

Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz and 9th St. resident Konrad Kaletsch at Dizzy’s Diner, Eighth Ave. and 9th St., August 2, 2005. That’s DOT Borough Commissioner Lori Ardito in the background wearing shades and looking none too happy to be harangued by Park Slopers demanding safer streets. Tomorrow evening the transportation committee of Community Board […]

Letter of the Week: Congestion Pricing Diplomacy

By Jason Varone | May 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

The Bloomberg Administration is aiming to push its PlaNYC congestion pricing proposal through this session of the state legislature. That means the entire debate will take place within the next 36 days or so. One thing that you can do as an individual citizens to support the Mayor’s plan is to write a letter to […]

PlanNYC’s Public Political Push Starts Today

By Jason Varone | May 14, 2007 | 1 Comment

From a press release that just came across the Streetsblog transom: Leading members of the Campaign for New York’s Future, a broad coalition of 80 environmental, public health, civic, labor, community and business organizations, will today join Mayor Bloomberg in separate meetings with Governor Eliot Spitzer and State legislators to help call attention to the […]

High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London

By Sarah Goodyear | May 10, 2007 | 4 Comments

London mayor Ken Livingstone, whose congestion-pricing plan has served as a model for Mayor Bloomberg’s, is expected to unveil today an even more radical measure aimed at reducing pollution in his city. According to the Guardian, Livingstone’s proposal would target high-emission commercial vehicles: Ken Livingstone is expected to confirm that older, "dirtier" lorries and buses […]

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