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Talking Transit With City Council Transportation Chair Jimmy Vacca

By Ben Fried | May 5, 2010 | 2 Comments

Jimmy Vacca at last week’s City Council hearing on Intro 120. Photo: Noah Kazis The last two years have been full of dismal news for transit riders in New York City. Revenue streams for transit have nosedived during the recession, with Albany plundering dedicated MTA taxes for good measure. The payroll tax state legislators passed […]

Q&A With City Council Transportation Chair Jimmy Vacca

By Ben Fried | May 4, 2010 | 6 Comments

This January, Bronx City Council Member Jimmy Vacca took over the transportation committee from outgoing chair John Liu. Vacca sketches out a street in his district where speeding is a problem. Photo: Noah Kazis Vacca represents an eastern Bronx district where car ownership is higher than the New York City average, and he’s come in […]

Streetsblog Q&A With TWU Local 100 President John Samuelsen

By Ben Fried | Apr 28, 2010 | 16 Comments

Last December, John Samuelsen was elected president of TWU Local 100, the union that represents 38,000 subway and bus workers in the New York City region. He assumed the leadership from former president Roger Toussaint at a troubled time for the transit system. With transit tax revenues in free fall and state lawmakers raiding MTA […]

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Streetfilms: Tom Vanderbilt Talks Driver Behavior and Psychology

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 27, 2010 | No Comments

Whether you’re a transportation geek or just curious about why people do the things they do behind the wheel, Tom Vanderbilt’s Traffic is one of the most fascinating books you can open up. Tom, who also writes the excellent blog How We Drive, was kind enough to drop by the Streetfilms office for a conversation about […]

Streets for Walking, Part 2: Dan Burden on Building Support for Change

By Noah Kazis | Apr 13, 2010 | No Comments

Burden leads a workshop helping a hospital in Calgary design its pedestrian space. Photo: Dan Burden. Last week Streetsblog spoke to walkability expert Dan Burden about how new design guidelines for urban streets can replace the suburban, car-oriented standards that have become the norm throughout America (read the interview here). Burden has been advocating for […]

Why Cops Should Live in the Hood: Talking Traffic With Peter Moskos

By Brad Aaron | Apr 13, 2010 | 12 Comments

To get an idea of what police think about pedestrians, cyclists, drivers, and maintaining peace on the streets, who better to ask than a cop? Peter Moskos is a former Baltimore police officer and an assistant professor at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice. He is the author of "Cop In The Hood" — […]

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