Comments on: Another Big Hire at DOT http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:01:47 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: anon http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-32505 anon Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:06:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/#comment-32505 "Senior Policy Advisor": http://www.tstc.org/press/2007/061107%20Jon%20Orcutt%20Moves%20to%20DOT.html "Senior Policy Advisor":

http://www.tstc.org/press/2007/061107%20Jon%20Orcutt%20Moves%20to%20DOT.html

]]> By: Hannah http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-32490 Hannah Mon, 11 Jun 2007 18:47:07 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/#comment-32490 Jon at the DOT? This is the most promising development yet! Jon at the DOT? This is the most promising development yet!

]]> By: Anon http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-32486 Anon Mon, 11 Jun 2007 16:40:13 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/#comment-32486 This all sounds great, but let's wait to see concrete results, especially where some interest groups will take offense -- like closing Central and Prospect Parks to cars. Hopefully this (and all of PlaNYC) is not just greenwashing for major new real estate developments. This all sounds great, but let's wait to see concrete results, especially where some interest groups will take offense -- like closing Central and Prospect Parks to cars. Hopefully this (and all of PlaNYC) is not just greenwashing for major new real estate developments.

]]> By: momos http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-32481 momos Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:43:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/#comment-32481 In other DOT news, the Daily Politics blog at the Daily News reports that Commish Janette Sadik-Kahn missed last week's congestion pricing hearing for an interesting reason. She was in Denmark for a pre-arranged meeting with Jan Gehl. "He gave her a tour of all of their pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly projects because they are the world's role model in this," says a DOT spokeswoman. Sadik-Kahn's trip is being paid for with a $4,000 grant from the Regional Plan Association, part of a larger, $53 million grant the association received from the JM Kaplan Foundation to study environmentally friendly transportation alternatives. What a change of tune at City Hall! http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/06/whither_the_dot_commish.html#comments In other DOT news, the Daily Politics blog at the Daily News reports that Commish Janette Sadik-Kahn missed last week's congestion pricing hearing for an interesting reason.

She was in Denmark for a pre-arranged meeting with Jan Gehl. "He gave her a tour of all of their pedestrian-friendly and bike-friendly projects because they are the world's role model in this," says a DOT spokeswoman.

Sadik-Kahn's trip is being paid for with a $4,000 grant from the Regional Plan Association, part of a larger, $53 million grant the association received from the JM Kaplan Foundation to study environmentally friendly transportation alternatives.

What a change of tune at City Hall!

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2007/06/whither_the_dot_commish.html#comments

]]> By: anon http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/comment-page-1/#comment-32475 anon Mon, 11 Jun 2007 13:54:39 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2007/06/11/another-big-hire-at-dot/#comment-32475 yee-haw! yee-haw!

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