Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Ped Struck as Cab Runs Into Storefront at 53rd and Madison

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 1, 2007 | 18 Comments

David Dartley sends this in: Perhaps it’s just as well that I only had the crappy camera on my cell phone and you can’t see much detail. A taxi had smashed into a storefront on Madison Ave. just above 53rd St. On the other side of a taxi, there was a person lying face-down on […]

Tearing Up the Streets, and Pants

By Alex Marshall | Nov 1, 2007 | 41 Comments

A bicyclist in Amsterdam: "Dignified, civilized, unhurried and even elegant…" The ragged, angry tear on the woman’s jeans at ankle level was matched by her angry expression on her face as she looked in vain for some sort of consolation or advice from the bike shop attendant, to whom she explained how the front sprocket […]

The Times Wants Your Traffic Ideas

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2007 | 4 Comments

From the New York Times: Traffic on the Brain? Everyone, it seems, has an opinion on the best way to ease Manhattan’s perpetual traffic crunch. Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg proposes congestion pricing. A group opposed to that plan suggests raising parking meter rates instead. Some bicyclists would ban cars. Some drivers would ban bicycles. There’s […]

Indianapolis Paves the Way for Bikes and Pedestrians

By Ethan Kent | Oct 15, 2007 | 27 Comments

Construction is underway on what may be the nation’s most advanced urban greenway system. Indianapolis, Indiana is making what could be the boldest step of any North American city towards supporting bicyclists and pedestrians. Known as an extremely auto-oriented city, most closely associated with the Indianapolis 500, this is one of the last cities we […]

T.A. Responds to ‘Keep NYC Congestion’ Plan

By Brad Aaron | Oct 12, 2007 | 40 Comments

Media release from Transportation Alternatives: Transportation Alternatives ("T.A."), New York City’s advocate for cycling, walking and environmentally sensible transportation, has raised serious questions about the motives and efficacy of a proposed alternative to congestion pricing that has been presented to the New York City Traffic Mitigation Commission. "It’s ironic that Transportation Alternatives should have to […]

Memorials Held for Thomson and Miller

By Brad Aaron | Oct 4, 2007 | No Comments

From Time’s Up!: Cyclist and pedestrian advocates gathered [Tuesday] night at the corner of Houston Street and 6th Avenue where Hope Miller was killed by a drug-impaired driver on September 25th. An honorary plaque provided by Street Memorials and a memorial stencil, bearing Hope Miller’s name and date of death, were placed near the crash […]

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