Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Bloomberg Puts Forward a Bold, Transformative New Vision for Broadway

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 26, 2009 | 67 Comments

Before and After: A rendering of a car-free Broadway at 7th Ave., Times Square, looking north. Download a larger image. New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan unveiled plans to pedestrianize a large swath of Broadway in Midtown Manhattan at a small briefing in City Hall this morning. Intended to improve motor vehicle traffic flow, […]

Livable Streets Leaders Are NY’s Most Beautiful Politicos

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 13, 2009 | 17 Comments

Move on over, Bar Refaeli and make room on the newsstand for Paul Steely White and Janette Sadik-Khan. City Hall, a free monthly newspaper, has named the pair of leading transportation policy wonks to its "30 Most Beautiful People in New York Politics" list. While Sadik-Khan was a shoo-in, we hear that Steely White just barely […]

New York City Wins the 2009 Sustainable Transport Award

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 13, 2009 | 9 Comments

Madison Square: Before and After. Take a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come in the last few years. New York City is being honored tonight in Washington D.C. as the first U.S. city to win the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award. Here is an excerpt from the press release: New York City has demonstrated that […]

The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 3

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 31, 2008 | 15 Comments

Bureaucrat of the Year: In just a year-and-a-half, Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan has transformed New York City’s Department of Transportation into the envy of city transportation agency officials across the country (OK, maybe Portland, Oregon where the former DOT commissioner was elected mayor isn’t envious). In this Streetfilm, Sadik-Khan shows off and explains some of the […]

Council Members Surprised to Hear CBs Approved Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

With news swirling about possible cuts to New York’s bike network build-out and City Council oversight of street re-designs, we’d be remiss not to pass along this anecdote from the Bikes in Buildings hearing earlier this week. After DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan wrapped up her testimony to council members, she was peppered with questions about […]

Janette Sadik-Khan, “Guerilla Bureaucrat”

By Ben Fried | Nov 24, 2008 | 2 Comments

Sadik-Khan and Jay-Z at a Summer Streets press conference. Photo: AP. In an American Prospect profile of NYC’s DOT commish, Dana Goldstein examines how Janette Sadik-Khan has worked toward transportation reforms without the benefit of legislative support. The piece pretty much nails the political context of the city’s recent setbacks and advances, providing a window […]

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