Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Scott Stringer

Streetfilms: “A City Is a Means to a Way of Life”

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 9, 2007 | No Comments

Manhattan on the Move ConferenceEdited by Nick Whitaker Running time: 6 minutes 52 seconds At last October’s Manhattan Transportation Policy Conference, convened by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, people from every neighborhood in Manhattan gathered to discuss a vision for the future of transportation in New York. In his keynote address, Enrique PeÃ±alosa, the former […]

Bush Administration Advocates for Congestion Pricing

By Sarah Goodyear | Feb 5, 2007 | 32 Comments

Here’s some more fodder for the debate that was prompted by today’s earlier post about charging more for parking on city streets. This story, too, comes from the Wall Street Journal, and is available online to subscribers only. But you might want to run out and buy today’s paper to read the whole thing, because […]

Manhattan BP Stringer Calls on NYC to Seek Federal Funds

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 6, 2006 | 5 Comments

$15 Million in Grants Are Available for the Study of Congestion Pricing It’s rare that you see someone on the inside of New York City’s political power structure doing anything that looks even remotely like picking a public fight with Mayor Michael Bloomberg. That is why this press release from Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer caught my eye. Stringer, who […]

A New Vision for the Meatpacking District

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 23, 2006 | 6 Comments

The Gansevoort Project Aims to Turn a Chaotic Intersection into a Grand Piazza At Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s transportation policy conference last week, DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall said she was committed to working "with communities and other city agencies to reallocate street space" to "create public plazas in neighborhoods in all five boroughs." "These […]

Thursday’s Transpo Conference: A Call for Reform

By Alec | Oct 17, 2006 | 8 Comments

While former Bogota Mayor Enrique Peñalosa and DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall got most of the attention for their keynote speeches at last week’s transportation policy conference, much of the day’s real intellectual ferment took place in the five separate breakout sessions that convened before lunch. The groups were organized as follows: Subways and Commuter Rail […]

DOT’s Missed Opportunity on the Manhattan Bridge

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 16, 2006 | 13 Comments

On Friday, Department of Transportation Commissioner Iris Weinshall stood up in front of 600 people at Borough President Stringer’s Transportation Policy Conference and said that her agency was serious about reducing car use in New York City. It was a great policy speech. Then on Sunday morning I flipped on the radio and heard that […]

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