Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Policy

NY1’s “Inside City Hall” on Congestion Pricing

By Jason Varone | May 25, 2007 | 1 Comment

Inside City Hall, a daily political show on NY1, filed this report last night on congestion pricing, traffic enforcement, and PlaNYC. Their report highlights the flawed Quinnipiac poll and the mayor responded, "City government is supposed to lead, state government is supposed to lead, federal government is supposed to lead, not do polls and and […]

On San Fran’s Market Street Bikes Outnumber Cars for a Day

By Brad Aaron | May 22, 2007 | 10 Comments

From the San Francisco Chronicle via Carfree USA: For the first time ever, at the height of the morning rush hour there were more bicycles than cars heading downtown on Market Street in San Francisco, officials said. Mayor Gavin Newsom, in a black track suit, survived the ruts on Valencia Street on his loaner […]

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen

By Jason Varone | May 18, 2007 | 2 Comments

T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr. Running Time: 3 minutes 3 seconds On the closing day of New York City’s historic C40 Climate Summit, Lord Mayor Clover Moore of Sydney, Australia and Copenhagen’s Mayor of the Technical & Environmental Administration Klaus Bondam took a lunch break […]

Time to Expand DOT’s Toolbox Beyond Signs and Signals?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 17, 2007 | 15 Comments

A Streetsblog reader reports from Lower Manhattan: DOT is removing a series of stop signs from a five block street along the river in Battery Park City for reasons explained below. The street is lined on one side by a heavily-used waterfront park, and the other by residential apartment buildings and entrances to other parks. […]

The Car Habit Is Tough to Break

By Sarah Goodyear | May 17, 2007 | 20 Comments

"People are addicted to their cars," said John Street, the Mayor of Philadelphia, at a panel on transport yesterday during the C40 Large Cities Climate Summit. He was identifying what he saw as the major challenge for cities striving to make their transport systems more environmentally sustainable. That remark prompted a comment later from Jim […]

Anti-Pricing Council Member Has Pro-Parking Industry Fans

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2007 | 7 Comments

With one possible exception, no elected official has been more outspoken against congestion pricing for New York City than Queens Council Member David Weprin. A scan of the city’s campaign finance database reveals over 20,000 reasons why that could be. It may not be a significant amount in relative terms, but since taking office in […]

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