I'm very disappointed with the constant and utter dismissal of congestion pricing and other ideas with the tired line: "other cities aren't like New York; what works there may not work here."

Well duh. That doesn't mean we can't learn from them. I'd like to know if we're at least trying to learn something and consider options. I didn't hear anything positive in that sense during this interview. I suppose these things take time, and getting a few more buffered bike lanes somewhere in the city is a good sign.

She did make a good point, though, in not so many words, that our rail, bus & subway service is decrepit and pathetic. Can't handle any additional capacity? Well why the heck not? We've gotta start planning for our future again instead of relying on the work of our grandparents...

Yes to Adam's 3rd point. At the City Council screening of "Contested Streets," John Liu agreed that more people should choose mass transit over driving, but he pointed out that the trains are indeed crowded and the system hasn't been expanded for sixty years.

The City does have to develop the political will for huge projects, such as new train routes (and not so huge ones such as BRT), not just the recently heralded easy improvements.