Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 53 Comments

Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky. Here are some more details about the residential parking permit program proposed today by Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: A residential parking permit (RPP) plan will be included in the congestion pricing legislation that will be introduced in the City Council and State […]

New Bill Would Bring Crash Studies and Safety Improvements

By Brad Aaron | Mar 10, 2008 | No Comments

An aide to City Council Speaker Christine Quinn sent this message late last week concerning new legislation that could bring improvements to dangerous locations for pedestrians and cyclists: Dear Neighbor, The New York City Council’s Transportation Committee will be voting on a bill on Wednesday March 12th requiring the New York City Department of Transportation […]

Quinn Calls for Comprehensive Citywide Ferry Service

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 12, 2008 | 44 Comments

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn made a big pitch for enhanced ferry service in her State of the City Address today: With some neighborhoods more than three quarters of a mile from a subway station we need to examine other modes of transportation. It’s only natural to look at our natural highways … our water […]

Monday Night: Have Your Say on Parking Policy in Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Feb 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

Hot on the heels of this week’s neighborhood parking workshops, DOT and several members of Brooklyn’s City Council delegation are hosting a forum about residential parking permits. An RPP program with teeth could go a long way towards curbing traffic in residential neighborhoods, and this event is a big opportunity for livable streets advocates to […]

A “Vision Zero” for New York?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2008 | 3 Comments

On Tuesday the Bloomberg administration announced record low traffic deaths from 2000 to 2007, and claimed, if not in so many words, that city streets are safer than ever. But the numbers, included on a chart that accompanied this media release, also indicated that 23 cyclists died in 2007. That would make last year — […]

City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years

By Brad Aaron | Jan 29, 2008 | 28 Comments

Traffic fatalities in 2007 were at their lowest level since the city began keeping records almost 100 years ago, according to data released today by the Bloomberg administration. However, while the number of pedestrian fatalities last year dropped sharply percentage-wise from 2006, down to roughly one death every two-and-a-half days, cyclist fatalities were up, and […]

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