Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

Council Considers Eliminating Truck Parking Fines (Update #2)

By Brad Aaron | Apr 30, 2008 | 26 Comments

UPDATE: Intro 637 has been tabled. There will be no council vote today. As of this writing, the City Council is scheduled to vote today to codify a Department of Finance program that makes it cheaper — and in some cases free — for commercial trucks to park illegally. The DOF Stipulated Fine Program, started […]

Paul Newell on Congestion Pricing and Reforming Albany

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2008 | 13 Comments

This is the second installment of Streetsblog’s interview with Paul Newell, candidate for State Assembly in the 64th District, who’s challenging Speaker Sheldon Silver in the Democratic primary this September. In this segment, Newell addresses some of the issues that are fresh in the minds of everyone who followed the death of congestion pricing in […]

Paul Steely White and Brian Lehrer Analyze DOT Plan

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2008 | No Comments

With more on DOT’s Sustainable Streets plan, here’s Transportation Alternatives’ Paul Steely White on this morning’s Brian Lehrer Show. Over the course of the 17 minute clip, White and Lehrer discuss parking policy, bike commuting and Bus Rapid Transit. Don’t miss the Streetsblog plug. Also this morning, Lehrer hosted New York Times reporter John Broder […]

Americans Turn to Prayer at the Pump

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2008 | 22 Comments

As this country goes bonkers over $4-per-gallon gasoline, it would seem a good time for a sober discussion about our near-total dependence on one unsustainable mode of transport. But as modern Americans, we generally prefer whining to introspection. And when whining doesn’t work, well, there’s always prayer. Enter Rocky Twyman, a choir director and PR […]

Sadik-Khan Introduces the New York City Model

By Brad Aaron | Apr 29, 2008 | 15 Comments

DOT revealed its "Sustainable Streets" strategic plan last night, in the very same room where the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign held its kick-off event a little more than two years ago. Once again, Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson was there. Here are excerpts from the presentation by Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, who says that, rather than […]

DOT Rolls Out “Sustainable Streets” Plan

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2008 | 15 Comments

The DOT today released its "Sustainable Streets" plan, an outline for bringing "a green approach" to transportation in the city by implementing safer, more equitable "world class streets policies." Of course state lawmakers took away the most powerful tool in the box by rejecting congestion pricing, so the agency is out of necessity focusing […]

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