Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

No Thongs on the Pompidou Expressway! Tomorrow the F.D.R.?

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 1, 2006 | 3 Comments

Streestblog foreign correspondent Geoff Zink sends in this snapshot from Paris, France, where every summer since 2002 an expressway running along the River Seine has been transformed into a beach and linear park. More from Geoff on Flickr. Today, the New York Times reports the new rules: No toplessness. No thongs. "If people want to […]

Eyes on the Street: Above the Cross Bronx ‘Expressway’

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 1, 2006 | 4 Comments

Saturday, July 29, 2006, at the Jesup Avenue bridge over the Cross Bronx "Expressway." I called 311 to get the city to tow that abandoned car away, but the operator needed an address or an intersection to locate this vehicle. An address would be a stretch, and the computer didn’t accept "Jesup Avenue and the Cross Bronx ‘Expressway’" as a […]

London Mayor Wants $45 Fee From Pollution-Making SUV’s

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2006 | 5 Comments

Here is a little something to think about as the fine particulate matter settles deep into your lungs on this lovely Ozone Alert Day. While New York City politely suggests via electronic highway billboard and half-assed p.r. campaigns, that motorists switch to mass transit on days like today, the BBC reports that the Mayor of London wants to […]

Park Slope Parent Ped Rage

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 18, 2006 | 5 Comments

Enjoy this bit of dialogue overheard on the renowned Park Slope Parents e-mail list. A mom pushing a stroller witnesses a bicyclist get hit by a car. Someone else confirms and adds to the story. Others jump in with their own stories of Brooklyn’s unmitigated motor vehicle mayhem. Your reward for reading this somewhat lengthy […]

Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | No Comments

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9 am to 3 pmVesey & Church Streets, Manhattan, near church graveyard WHAT: PM 2.5 air monitoring WHO: John Culpepper of Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association WHERE: Vesey & Church Streets, Manhattan near church graveyard. WHEN: Wed. 19 July 2006, 9 am to 3 pm PM 2.5 is particulate matter 2.5 […]

What’s Wrong With This Picture?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | 6 Comments

Ozone Alert in New York City: We warn children, the elderly and people with heart and lung conditions to keep off of city streets until air quality has improved. We suggest that motorists might use mass transit. Ozone Alert in Italy, Germany, and other European Union cities: They ban cars, trucks and scooters from city […]

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