Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2008 | 19 Comments

The Ninth Avenue cycle track will be extended 10 blocks north to 33rd St. Transportation Alternatives held its 3rd Annual Greenway Summit on Tuesday, where keynote speaker Jon Orcutt, Director of Policy for NYC DOT, outlined the city’s plans for expanding cycling infrastructure over the coming year. Here are the highlights, via the Tri-State Transportation […]

Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say “High Gas Prices”?

By Brad Aaron | May 28, 2008 | 23 Comments

How obsessed is Washington with gas prices? Acting on a Streetsblog post from last week, a reader wrote Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman urging him to support legislation that would bolster funding for Amtrak. In response, Lieberman’s office sent a long, long form letter outlining the many ways the senator is — you guessed it — […]

State Senators: Let’s Get More Cars on the Road

By Ben Fried | May 28, 2008 | 70 Comments

The bad ideas from Albany show no sign of letting up. Just when you thought the push for a state gas tax holiday had died down, State Senators Jeff Klein and Eric Adams — of the Bronx and Brooklyn, respectively — roll out their own version of summertime "relief" for drivers, and it’s a doozy. […]

Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard “Crackdown”?

By Brad Aaron | May 27, 2008 | 6 Comments

Chinatown, December 2007: As good as it gets? Early this year, Mayor Bloomberg’s office announced across-the-board reductions in the number of government-issued parking placards that could be allotted to city employees. And while the city looks to be following through with the cuts — to the chagrin of some among the entitled motoring class — […]

Happy Memorial Day Weekend

By Brad Aaron | May 23, 2008 | 10 Comments

Memorial Day 2007 fun on the GWB. For maximum verisimilitude, replay ad infinitum. Biting commentary on the D.C. dog and pony show isn’t just for Streetsblog anymore. The New York Times’ David M. Herszenhorn has a not-so-subtle indictment of this week’s Congressional hearings on gasoline prices, where slippery oil executives were lined up before flustered […]

Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail

By Ben Fried | May 23, 2008 | 22 Comments

Here’s a great way to support transit before we head in to another traffic-snarled Memorial Day weekend. H.R. 6003, the Passenger Rail Investment and Improvement Act, is currently in need of co-sponsors in the House (a version has already passed the Senate). The bill "authorizes Amtrak for the five years Fiscal 2008-2012, provides for capital […]

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