Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Seoul’s New Heart

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 8, 2006 | 10 Comments

Below are some excerpts from a fascinating story by John Vidal in last month’s Guardian that I haven’t seen covered in any American media. As the debate over traffic relief heats up in New York City, take a look at how the demolition of an elevated highway motorway the center of South Korea’s capital and the […]

Chicago: A City Whose Mayor Cares About Bicycling

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 8, 2006 | 12 Comments

November’s Governing Magazine has a great story on how big cities across the U.S. are gearing up to make themselves more bike-friendly. There is no mention of New York City, but check out what Chicago is doing and how they are doing it: In the next decade, it plans to expand its network of bike […]

Where Do Manhattan Auto Commuters Come From?

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 8, 2006 | 26 Comments

Bruce Schaller’s studies continue to give New York City policymakers a much more detailed idea of who commutes into Manhattan’s Central Business District each day, where they came from and what they are doing once they get there (PDF file). Towards that end, his new Manhattan Institute study, Battling Traffic: What New Yorkers Think About Road Pricing, offers […]

Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief

By Alec | Dec 7, 2006 | 15 Comments

This Morning’s Forum: Road Pricing Worked in London. Can It Work in New York? Three specific proposals to reduce New York City’s ever-increasing traffic congestion emerged from a highly anticipated Manhattan Institute forum this morning. One seeks variable prices on cars driving in to central Manhattan, with express toll lanes and higher parking fees to keep things […]

A Snapshot of New York City Gridlock

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 7, 2006 | 6 Comments

Bruce Schaller’s new study, Battling Traffic, released this morning at a standing-room only Manhattan Institute panel discussion, digs in to the question of what New Yorkers really think about the city’s traffic congestion and the idea of using road pricing and other tools to manage it. Want to see what New York City gridlock looks like? Take a look […]

Important Meeting Tonight on New L.E.S. Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 6, 2006 | 4 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 3’s Transportation Committee is holding a public meeting on the new bike lanes on Grand Street in the Lower East Side tonight at 6:30 pm at 273 Bowery (at Houston St.), University Settlement, Room 1. Details here. It is important that some bicycling advocates show up to this meeting. From Transportation Alternatives: In […]

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