Comments on: Weinshall in Stockholm: Praying for Safer Streets http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Sun, 22 Nov 2009 19:08:53 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: StreetsBlog » Bridges Burning at DOT http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-1273 StreetsBlog » Bridges Burning at DOT Sun, 13 Aug 2006 23:12:55 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/#comment-1273 [...] Vesselenovitch's resignation and criticism arrives at the end of a month in which three cyclists were killed on the streets of New York City. In its brief, two sentence, official statement following the fatalities, DOT implied that there is little it can do to make the city's "crowded streets" safer for cyclists. [...] [...] Vesselenovitch's resignation and criticism arrives at the end of a month in which three cyclists were killed on the streets of New York City. In its brief, two sentence, official statement following the fatalities, DOT implied that there is little it can do to make the city's "crowded streets" safer for cyclists. [...]

]]> By: HT http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-622 HT Wed, 19 Jul 2006 17:15:22 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/#comment-622 The mayor does not have the power to order the installation of congestion pricing or bridge tolls in New York City. Municipal and public interest lawyers agree that the City Council must establish congestion pricing through a law. However, the City claims that the state legislature must also pass authorizing legislation. It is likely that courts would have to decide this issue before pricing could go forward. The mayor does not have the power to order the installation of congestion pricing or bridge tolls in New York City.

Municipal and public interest lawyers agree that the City Council must establish congestion pricing through a law. However, the City claims that the state legislature must also pass authorizing legislation. It is likely that courts would have to decide this issue before pricing could go forward.

]]> By: DOTdude http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-541 DOTdude Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:58:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/#comment-541 AD: That all depends on mayoral leadership. Congestion pricing is one huge policy that is never going to happen without an executive edict. DOT will not (and probably, given its mandate and the existing legal and institutional framework, cannot) instigate such a policy on its own. AD: That all depends on mayoral leadership. Congestion pricing is one huge policy that is never going to happen without an executive edict. DOT will not (and probably, given its mandate and the existing legal and institutional framework, cannot) instigate such a policy on its own.

]]> By: AD http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-540 AD Thu, 06 Jul 2006 21:22:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/#comment-540 London ... Stockholm ... who will be next? Will New York be a world leader in this innovation, or follow the herd? London ... Stockholm ... who will be next? Will New York be a world leader in this innovation, or follow the herd?

]]> By: Glenn http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/comment-page-1/#comment-535 Glenn Thu, 06 Jul 2006 00:26:29 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2006/07/05/weinshall-in-stockholm-praying-for-safer-streets/#comment-535 my favorite slide is #20, where the DOT effectively shows how the mere use of orange cones on a buffered bike lane actually creates a 2 way greenway. my favorite slide is #20, where the DOT effectively shows how the mere use of orange cones on a buffered bike lane actually creates a 2 way greenway.

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