Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Highlights From the Latest Mobilizing the Region

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 22, 2006 | 1 Comment

The latest issue of Tri-State Transportation Campaign’s Mobilizing the Region newsletter just came out. Here are some of the highlights: The Bloomberg Sustainability Agenda: Reading the Transportation Tea LeavesThe mayor mentioned only two broad transportation-related goals: bring the subway system to a state of good repair, and improve travel times over today’s levels by adding […]

Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 19, 2006 | 10 Comments

In just the last ten days here in New York City a 7-year-old boy was killed in the crosswalk by a trucker trying to beat a red light in Brooklyn, a young woman on the Upper East Side and a Brooklyn Heights law professor were crushed to death by private sanitation trucks, and a 12-year-old […]

DOT Giving Away 350 Metrocards at Shea Park-and-Ride

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 19, 2006 | 4 Comments

A DOT press release today: New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) Commissioner Iris Weinshall today announced that the agency will issue 350 complimentary round trip ($4) Metro Cards to motorists who park at Shea Stadium and use mass transit to enter Manhattan on December 20th, December 27th and January 3, 2007. "The holiday season […]

Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 18, 2006 | 15 Comments

Some of us at Streetsblog headquarters were talking about putting together a sidebar listing of recommended books to reinforce the commentary you find on the blog. I put together a few brief recommendations of five of my favorites, but we’re also interested in learning what you’ve all been reading and what you’d suggest to others, so […]

Parochial Thinking Amid Ominous Signs

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 12, 2006 | 1 Comment

The Committee to Keep NYC "Congestion Tax Free." Front row, left to right: John Corlett, Automobile Club of New York; Ray Irrera, Queens Chamber of Commerce; Council Member David Weprin; Lobbyist Walter McCaffrey; Joe Conley of Queens Community Board 2. Ominous warnings relating to energy consumption have come recently from people on both ends of the political spectrum. The free-marketeers at […]

Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 10, 2006 | 10 Comments

Eric Ng MemorialStreetfilms by Clarence EckersonRunning time: 3 minutes 17 seconds Eric Ng, a 22-year-old teacher and activist, was killed on December 1 by a drunk driver as he rode his bicycle on the Hudson River Greenway. Yesterday, Time’s Up! and Visual Resistance organized a series of events to pay tribute to Eric’s memory. Clarence […]

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