Comments on: Today’s Headlines

By: momos

momos — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 15:24:11 +0000

Smith – So true. The Times never does more than a nod in describing the serious ideas behind progressive urban planning and activism, before returning to the auto-centric status quo to consider an issue.

By: Smith

Smith — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:59:21 +0000

NYT Metro section coverage of Park(ing) Day was absolutely pathetic and emblematic of why I don’t even bother reading it anymore.

Jim Dwyer couldn’t find a single man-on-the-street to mention that it’s nice to see a little bit more sitting space in the old neighborhood? Did it really look to him like everyone organizing the event was a “granola-eater?”

By all means, Jim and NYT editors, do your humor thing and talk about how valuable on-street parking spaces are to the minority of north Brooklyn residents who own cars. But at the very least give us just one or two measly sentences that explain the serious and interesting ideas behind Park(ing) Day. Otherwise I’ve got to get my local news from blogs and the Wall Street Journal.

By: greg

greg — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:47:28 +0000

laws like this are hopeless when so many people simply dont see it as a problem. they’ll cry class warfare, or security, find every trick in the book to get around it, and our neighborhoods will continue to deteriorate

By: Cap'n Transit

Cap'n Transit — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 14:18:39 +0000

Here’s an idea I had for getting rid of paved yards, curb cuts, driveways, garages, etc.:

http://capntransit.blogspot.com/2007/08/please-give-to-anti-curb-cut-fund.html

By: Larry Littlefield

Larry Littlefield — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:52:28 +0000

(sad to see that existing paved front yards are exempt…it will take decades, if ever, to reclaim that space)

Actually in New York, where enforcement of land use rules is non-existent, that makes the rule unenforcible. If someone can get a yard paved, who is to say if it is before or after?

It’s just another rule that will be ignored until there is a decision to target someone for some reason.

By: fpant78

fpant78 — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 13:30:50 +0000

sad to see that existing paved front yards are exempt…it will take decades, if ever, to reclaim that space