Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Straphangers’ Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2006 | 13 Comments

Streetsblog has learned that Gene Russianoff, executive director of the Straphangers Campaign, will be named as a member of Governor-Elect Eliot Spitzer’s transition team transportation committee. The announcement is likely to be made tomorrow. Russianoff says, "No comment." Unlike yesterday’s inaccurate tip about the Mayor’s Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability this item seems to be solid. Russianoff generated […]

Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2006 | 18 Comments

London Mayor Ken Livingstone said yesterday that he wants to introduce an emissions-based congestion charging fee in an attempt to reduce his city’s carbon dioxide output and to encourage cleaner transportation. The mayor’s proposal is to charge the heaviest polluting vehicles emitting 225 grams of CO2 per kilometer, a £25 fee to drive into London’s Central Business District. At today’s […]

DOT to Neighborhood: Your School’s in the Way of Our Highway

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 9, 2006 | 7 Comments

There is a palpable schizophrenia in the Bloomberg Administration these days when it comes to Livable Streets issues. On the one hand, the Administration is developing some 200 miles of new bike lanes, initiating a long-term sustainability project and, for the first time, talking openly about reducing automobile use. On the other hand, very little […]

Car-Free Manhattan: Just Wait 100 Years

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

I just caught up with this article in the Times on Saturday about a competition for engineers and architects to envision New York City in 2106. Check out one of the winning design concepts: After the judges’ hasty deliberations, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development, presented the prizes. He said his office […]

Reverse Engineering Pedestrian Safety in Boerum Hill

By Andy | Nov 7, 2006 | 16 Comments

They are putting up a traffic light on my corner this week. It’s one of the last intersections in Boerum Hill with four-way stop signs, at Bond and Wyckoff Streets, and I can’t imagine who thought this was a good idea. It would seem obvious that stop signs are much preferable to a traffic light in this type of […]

Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2006 | 24 Comments

Cyclists and pedestrians somehow managing to get along with each other in Copenhagen. "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz’s op/ed piece in the Times City section yesterday is generating lots of discussion in the cycling community. Weirdly headlined, "Rolling Thunder," the editorial briefly examines the conflict between cyclists and pedestrians on New York City streets, acknowledges the antipathy that many walkers feel […]

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