Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Planning

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Dubai

By Ethan Kent | Jan 5, 2007 | 13 Comments

A few of us from Project for Public Spaces were recently in Dubai to train a group of the city’s leading real estate developers in Placemaking. The largest city in the United Arab Emirates, Dubai has experienced explosive growth in recent years, emerging as the region’s financial and cultural capital. The real estate development boom […]

Setting the Agenda on Pedestrian Safety

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 31, 2006 | 29 Comments

On the evening of Saturday, January 10, 2004, Peter Hornbeck, 26, stepped off the curb at Park Avenue and 96th Street and was struck by a Chevy Suburban traveling 74 miles per hour. The SUV, being driven by a 26-year-old man from Queens who had had his license revoked years earlier, dragged Hornbeck for a block as Hornbeck’s friends cried out in […]

Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread

By Aaron Donovan | Dec 18, 2006 | 15 Comments

Some of us at Streetsblog headquarters were talking about putting together a sidebar listing of recommended books to reinforce the commentary you find on the blog. I put together a few brief recommendations of five of my favorites, but we’re also interested in learning what you’ve all been reading and what you’d suggest to others, so […]

Futurama 2030 Speech: News Round-Up

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 13, 2006 | 1 Comment

Map from the city’s PlaNYC web site. See more maps at Gothamist. Coverage of yesterday’s long-term planning and sustainability speech, "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge." Text of the speech and video (NYC.gov) Bloomy’s Vision of 2030 Foresees Nightmare of Crowding & Crumbling (Post) When a question was raised about congestion pricing — a proposed policy […]

Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda

By Sarah Goodyear | Dec 12, 2006 | 37 Comments

Only a couple of hundred yards from the rusting remains of the 1964 World’s Fair, Mayor Michael Bloomberg laid out his own vision for the future of New York City this morning. In a speech entitled "New York City 2030: Accepting the Challenge," the mayor introduced a broad plan for creating a sustainable city "making […]

File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 5, 2006 | 7 Comments

While New York City inexplicably continues to open up Central Park to motor vehicles from Thanksgiving to New Year’s as a "holiday traffic mitigation," London transformed its most popular shopping area this weekend into a car-free pedestrian zone for holiday shoppers and visitors. Stretches of Oxford and Regents Streets were made into car-free zones this Saturday, December 2 from 10:30 am […]

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