Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Another Big Hire at DOT

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 11, 2007 | 5 Comments

Jon Orcutt will be stepping away from his job as executive director of the Tri-State Transportation Campaign to go work at the New York City Department of Transportation as Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan’s Senior Policy Advisor.

StreetFilms: Sadik-Khan Rides the Tour de Brooklyn

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 4, 2007 | 2 Comments

Tour de Brooklyn – 2007 A StreetFilm by Clarence Eckerson Jr.Running Time: 3 minutes 25 seconds The third annual Tour de Brooklyn was a special treat as New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan rode the entire event with over 2,000 enthusiastic cyclists. The new commissioner introduced herself to riders at the beginning of […]

Tour de Brooklyn: City is Considering Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 4, 2007 | 5 Comments

New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan enjoys a lighter moment with Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz as Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives welcomes cyclists to the 2007 Tour de Brooklyn. The third annual Tour de Brooklyn bike ride rolled through the borough Sunday with sunny skies, temperatures in the low 70s and a light breeze along a […]

Jessica is Lappin’ up the Congestion Pricing Anxiety

By Aaron Naparstek | May 23, 2007 | 12 Comments

At a City Council transportation hearing yesterday Manhattan City Council Member Jessica Lappin expressed anxiety about the effects of congestion pricing on her Upper East Side district. The ill-informed Lappin, who clearly has not read Donald Shoup’s 750-page masterwork, The High Cost of Free Parking, asked DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan if the city would be […]

Eyes on the Street: Commissioner Sadik-Khan’s Commute

By Aaron Naparstek | May 15, 2007 | 19 Comments

This is how newly appointed transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan got to work this morning. Accompanied by DOT director of street management and safety Ryan Russo, assistant commissioner and director of signs and markings Gerard Soffian, and bicycle program coordinator Josh Benson (pictured above, left-to-right), she took the scenic route, traveling along 9th Avenue through the […]

A New Day at DOT

By Aaron Naparstek | May 14, 2007 | 5 Comments

Today is Janette Sadik-Khan’s first official day on the job as New York City’s new Department of Transportation commissioner. Word has it she recently purchased a new bicycle and will be using it every so often to commute between her home in the West Village and her new office on Worth Street. As Mayor Bloomberg […]

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