Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Planning

Planners and Green Groups Call for Off-Street Parking Reform

By Ben Fried | Aug 18, 2008 | 13 Comments

Yesterday, several planning and environmental organizations joined Transportation Alternatives on the steps of City Hall to tout the release of "Suburbanizing the City" [PDF], the new report that critiques New York City’s off-street parking policies. The coalition is similar — but not identical — to the array of groups that pushed for congestion pricing earlier […]

Wiki Wednesday: Vehicle-Miles Traveled

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2008 | 1 Comment

Until recently, VMT had been rising steeply in the U.S. In the second installment of our serialized tour through StreetsWiki, we turn to DianaD’s entry on Vehicle-Miles Traveled: Vehicle-Miles Traveled (VMT) is the total number of miles driven by all residential vehicles within a given time period and geographic area. We’re seeing more about VMT […]

Obama, Ethanol, and the “New Metropolitan Reality”

By Brad Aaron | Jun 26, 2008 | 17 Comments

In a weekend speech to the U.S. Conference of Mayors, Senator Barack Obama continued to distinguish himself on urban policy, talking up cities as vital economic centers worthy of investment. Harry Moroz of DMI Blog has the story. Obama opened with a reference to his time as a community developer in Chicago and he joked […]

Carfree Cities Conference Kicks Off in Portland

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2008 | 4 Comments

The World Carfree Network’s Towards Carfree Cities conference is underway in Portland, Oregon this week. Now in its eight year, it’s the first time the event has come to North America. Streetsblog EIC Aaron Naparstek made the trip, along with others from The Open Planning Project Livable Streets crew. TOPP’s Nick Grossman is live-blogging the […]

City Planning Commission Approves 400-Car Garage for Hell’s Kitchen

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Two weeks ago Streetsblog reported on the glut of public parking garages being built in Hell’s Kitchen, which threatens to worsen traffic conditions in one of New York’s most congested neighborhoods. The City Planning Commission could have set a precedent last Friday by denying a developer’s request to build a 400-car public garage as part […]

Hell’s Parking Lot

By Ben Fried | May 30, 2008 | 7 Comments

If there's one thing a neighborhood overrun by traffic doesn't need, it's more public parking garages. But that's exactly what New Yorkers who live by the mouth of the Lincoln Tunnel will get if the City Planning Commission allows current development patterns to continue.

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