Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from June 2007

• Fri 29: Go to Car-Free Governors Island 1
• Fri 29: “Triboro RX” Could Provide More Transit Opportunities 20
• Fri 29: Quebec Makes Bold Cycling Statement 3
• Fri 29: Eyes on the Street: No Bike Amenities for Mermaids 6
• Fri 29: O’Donnell Supports PlaNYC, but Congestion Pricing? 5
• Fri 29: No Love for One-Way Proposal in Jackson Heights 7
• Fri 29: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 29: Today’s Headlines 1
• Thu 28: TMBG’s Flansburgh: I Drive, and I Support Congestion Pricing 3
• Thu 28: Breaking News: 94th Precinct Clipping Bikes on Bedford Ave 25
• Thu 28: Just What India Needs: The $3,000 Car 2
• Thu 28: Express F Rally Today, with Council Members 2
• Thu 28: David Byrne on Bicycling in NYC 8
• Thu 28: StreetFilms Cyclist of the Month 4
• Thu 28: Today’s Headlines 1
• Wed 27: Finally, Market Rates for Manhattan Street Parking 20
• Wed 27: Roberts: MTA Needs Congestion Pricing 6
• Wed 27: Addicted To Oil: Ranking States’ Vulnerability 3
• Wed 27: Segway Users: The Other Minority 74
• Wed 27: Carpetbagging Drivers Head to North Carolina for Plates 21
• Wed 27: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 26: Rediscovering the Romance of the Bicycle in Paris 2
• Tue 26: Permanent Pricing Gets Green Light in Sweden 3
• Tue 26: City: Commuter Needs Will Factor into High Bridge Plan 7
• Tue 26: 94th Precinct to Cyclists: Obey Traffic Rules 63
• Tue 26: Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today 8
• Tue 26: Today’s Headlines 2
• Mon 25: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday 1
• Mon 25: The Car as Underdog, and Other Mind-Benders 4
• Mon 25: Auto Insurer Creates Traffic Mayhem With Gasoline Give-Away 4
• Mon 25: Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet 8
• Mon 25: Count Cars Breaking the Law in Prospect Park! 37
• Mon 25: Open Thread: Congestion Pricing Stalled 18
• Mon 25: Today’s Headlines 2
• Fri 22: T.A.’s Dani Simons to Join the DOT Dream Team 7
• Fri 22: New York Made Music 1
• Fri 22: Blogger Launches Petititon to Revive Dormant Subway Tracks 13
• Fri 22: Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network 2
• Fri 22: StreetFilms: Make Music New York 0
• Fri 22: Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover 10
• Fri 22: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 22: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 21: StreetFilms: A London Driver Discusses Congestion Pricing 2
• Thu 21: Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff: Bike Commuter 0
• Thu 21: Shifting Gears at DOT 3
• Thu 21: Albany Fiddles Over Congestion Pricing… 3
• Thu 21: Gov’t Employee Parking at the High Bridge Rec Center 3
• Thu 21: Eyes on the Street: Too Little Too Late on the FDR 9
• Thu 21: “Modal Bias” on Brian Lehrer Today at 11:20 am 18
• Thu 21: Today’s Headlines 2
• Wed 20: Leave Your iPod at Home Tomorrow 1
• Wed 20: Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan 20
• Wed 20: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 19: Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle 9
• Tue 19: Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly? 42
• Tue 19: How Americans Get to Work 5
• Tue 19: File Under: Only in America 1
• Tue 19: New “Bike Boxes” Send Cyclists to the Front of the Line 32
• Tue 19: The Perfect Argument for Congestion Pricing 15
• Tue 19: Today’s Headlines 3
• Mon 18: David Weprin: The Parking Garage Industry’s Valet? 5
• Mon 18: Biking [on the Wrong Side of the Road] is “Normal” [in London] 0
• Mon 18: Quinn Announces Her Support for Congestion Pricing 12
• Mon 18: A Livable Streets Exhibition Opens in Brooklyn 1
• Mon 18: No Smoking, Typewriters or Fedoras in This “City Room” 5
• Mon 18: An Old Car Interred 19
• Mon 18: Today’s Headlines 5
• Fri 15: It’s the Bus Riders, Stupid. 4
• Fri 15: Congestion Pricing Opponents Find a New Spokesman 7
• Fri 15: Eyes on the Street: Franklin Avenue 6
• Fri 15: A Bronx Cheer for Congestion Pricing 2
• Fri 15: Andy Wiley-Schwartz Starts at DOT on Monday 7
• Fri 15: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 15: Today’s Headlines 0
• Thu 14: Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT’s 9th Street Plan 0
• Thu 14: City Transit Commuters: A Modest Assessment 17
• Thu 14: Assembly Considers Bankrupting MTA to Reduce Congestion 5
• Thu 14: If Congestion Pricing Had to be Approved by a Legislature… 11
• Thu 14: StreetFilms: “I Have the Right to Breathe Clean Air” 5
• Thu 14: Quebec Approves Carbon Tax on Fuels to Cut Greenhouse Gases 5
• Thu 14: Today’s Headlines 3
• Wed 13: You Are Invited to Streetsblog’s Birthday Party 3
• Wed 13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront 13
• Wed 13: Forever Double-Parked on Google’s Memory Lane 0
• Wed 13: Man “Tasered” and Arrested for Leaving Airport by Bike 4
• Wed 13: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 12: New TV Ad Focuses on PlaNYC’s Health Benefits 4
• Tue 12: DOT: Bergtraum to CUNY, Primeggia to Copenhagen 5
• Tue 12: City Holds Its Breath for Silver 9
• Tue 12: New Bike Lanes Won’t Leave Room for Escalade Double-Parking! 0
• Tue 12: Parks Dept: Central Park Cyclists Must Stop at Traffic Signals 58
• Tue 12: Lappin Describes Her Position as “Similar to Gov. Spitzer’s” 0
• Tue 12: The King of Albany Gridlock Breaks His Silence 3
• Tue 12: Rising Gas Prices Hurt Truck Sales 0
• Tue 12: Today’s Headlines 1
• Mon 11: Jon Orcutt Appointed as DOT Senior Policy Advisor 8
• Mon 11: Albany Advocacy Day 0
• Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1
• Mon 11: Thank Goodness for Dear, Glorious Leader Sheldon Silver 2
• Mon 11: 112,000 Less Cars 33
• Mon 11: California Sues Municipalities for Bad Urban Planning 2
• Mon 11: Another Big Hire at DOT 5
• Mon 11: Today’s Headlines 6
• Fri 8: From a Sea of Green, Bloomberg Works a Tough Room 24
• Fri 8: Cyclists Be Warned: New City Bike Racks May Not be Secure 24
• Fri 8: First Impressions of Mayor Bloomberg’s PlaNYC Testimony… 14
• Fri 8: Submit a Congestion Pricing Question to Dr. Horodniceanu 1
• Fri 8: Eyes on the Street: A Historic Sidewalk Widening in Williamsburg 2
• Fri 8: 96th St. Subway Station and Sidewalk Reduction Moving Ahead 3
• Fri 8: PlaNYC Testimony Live on NY1 Right Now 16
• Fri 8: The Weekly Carnage 2
• Fri 8: Today’s Headlines 8
• Thu 7: I Love This Town But… 0
• Thu 7: PlaNYC and Pricing Legislation Introduced. Download it Here. 11
• Thu 7: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0
• Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4
• Thu 7: Congestion Pricing Plan Advancing Rapidly 6
• Thu 7: Spitzer Backs Congestion Pricing 7
• Thu 7: Today’s Headlines 8
• Wed 6: Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars 11
• Wed 6: No Clothes, No Cars, Just Bikes 2
• Wed 6: Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready? 15
• Wed 6: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell’s Kitchen 4
• Wed 6: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4
• Wed 6: Today’s Headlines 1
• Tue 5: Eyes on the Street: Seen Better Days 3
• Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10
• Tue 5: Fantasy Island 6
• Tue 5: Bloomberg Upbeat, Media Less So, Ahead of PlaNYC Hearings 2
• Tue 5: NYPD Raid Nets Bikes and Bystanders 32
• Tue 5: Today’s Headlines 1
• Mon 4: StreetFilms: Sadik-Khan Rides the Tour de Brooklyn 2
• Mon 4: Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives 1
• Mon 4: London Finds “No Adverse Impact” Outside Charging Zone 1
• Mon 4: Joe Lentol is Worried About Congestion Pricing Park-and-Riders 0
• Mon 4: Tour de Brooklyn: City is Considering Car-Free Central Park Trial 5
• Mon 4: Today’s Headlines 3
• Sun 3: StreetFilms: Bike to Shea 4
• Fri 1: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell’s Kitchen 26
• Fri 1: Hit by a Car? Nothing Can be Done Unless You’re Hurt. 15
• Fri 1: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
• Fri 1: More Bike Lanes for Los Angeles? One Cyclist Says, “No Thanks.” 16
• Fri 1: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 1: Today’s Headlines 0