Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

DOT Launches Gehl Street Survey Project

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2007 | 12 Comments

The New York City Department of Transportation has retained Danish urbanist Jan Gehl’s firm to evaluate city streets and other public spaces. Streetsblog first reported this development as a possibility back in June, when we interviewed Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. Not long after, we got word that Gehl had been hired by the city as a […]

City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 31, 2007 | 13 Comments

The mother and grandfather of James Rice. With weeping family members and the ghostly, smiling images of three boys watching over them, city officials and elected representatives joined 100 community members on a Brooklyn street corner Tuesday evening to pledge "Not one more death." State Senator Velmanette Montgomery, Assembly member Joan Millman and representatives […]

Pricing Panel Appointees Announced

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 30 Comments

From NYC.gov. Bios of the members after the jump. Mayor Michael Bloomberg today joined Governor Eliot Spitzer, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith, Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn to announce appointments to the New York City Traffic Mitigation Congestion Commission established […]

Car-Free Hours Extended in Prospect Park

By Brad Aaron | Aug 21, 2007 | 44 Comments

Thanks to Streetsblog tipsters who’ve written in about the evening rush closure of Prospect Park’s East Drive. This sign went up Friday at the corner of Parkside and Ocean Avenues. This just in from DOT: City transportation and parks commissioners today announced the extension of weekday recreational hours in Prospect Park as part of a […]

A Brooklyn Parking Lot Becomes a Neighborhood “Living Room”

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 15, 2007 | 5 Comments

Paint a Parking Lot, Put Up a Paradise A StreetFilm by Nick Whitaker Running time: 2:45 StreetFilms has some excellent video coverage of the Dept. of Transportation’s launch of its Public Plaza Initiative in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood last week. The before-and-after images are particularly compelling. What once nothing more than a parking lot and illegal […]

Thank You for the Extra Car-Free Hour, And…

By Glenn McAnanama | Aug 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan celebrates the extra Car-Free hour in Central Park with members of Upper Green Side and Transportation Alternatives Last week the Dept. of Transportation extended the car-free time on the West Drive of the Central Park loop one extra hour, from 7am to 8am. While this is far short of the goal […]

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