Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

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 […]

Sadik-Khan: We’re Putting the Square Back in Madison Square

By Ben Fried | Apr 18, 2008 | 15 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan gave a brief, clear-eyed overview of the city’s post-pricing transportation agenda today at the Regional Plan Association’s 18th Annual Regional Assembly. Speaking at a panel discussion called "Making Cars Pay Their Way," she rattled off a list of projects in the works, including some public space improvements that are certain to […]

Streetfilms: A Look at Bus Rapid Transit in L.A.

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2008 | 3 Comments

Nick Whitaker files this first in a series of Streetfilms on transportation for Streetsblog Los Angeles. Here, we hear from LA City Council Member Wendy Greuel, Director of LA County Regional Transit Planning Rex Gephardt, and Executive Director of the Transit Coalition, Bart Reed, on how the city’s burgeoning Bus Rapid Transit system can be […]

What Western Queens Stands to Lose Without Congestion Pricing

By Brad Aaron | Mar 31, 2008 | 5 Comments

Queens residents crash Friday’s anti-pricing rally We’ve received several reports that Friday’s anti-pricing rally on the Queens side of the 59th Street Bridge, spearheaded by City Council Member Tony Avella, was a bust. According to our sources, of the council members slated to attend — Avella, Leroy Comrie, Melinda Katz, David Weprin "and other possible […]

Bloomberg: Expect Some Tweaks to Pricing Bill

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2008 | 13 Comments

This morning, the Mayor’s office praised the introduction of a congestion pricing bill in the State Assembly. At the end of the statement, Bloomberg drops a hint that the bill on the table is in for some fine-tuning: We look forward to working with the Assembly, the Senate, the Governor and the City Council to […]

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