Comments on: Is the Mayor Reading Streetsblog on His Bloomberg Terminal?

By: Andrew MacRae

Andrew MacRae — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 00:48:01 +0000

http://www.uniteformike.com Join the growing effort to Draft Mike Bloomberg for President

By: Bloomberg for President

Bloomberg for President — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 20:48:17 +0000

I don’t know if he’s reading streetsblog or not, but he’s making the right decisions. If you feel this way too, then I hope you will be supporting him for an independent run for President.

By: ddartley

ddartley — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 21:15:43 +0000

Hey, Mayor: It's much better for the environment to SAVE EXISTING TREES than to plant new ones. Tell your Parks guy.

By: MD

MD — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 20:57:14 +0000

I’m excited about a lot of what’s happening, but when I look at the time line, I feel as Angus does. My kids will be grownups before the cars are out of Prospect Park and our neighborhood streets are safe enough for them to cross alone.

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 19:32:29 +0000

we drew on the experiences of … Shanghai for our innovative transit improvements

I had no idea that the government was spending over $200 billion to build eleven new rail lines over 20 years.

I’m sorry, but with the sluggish pace of transit improvements and the shamefully limited expectations for transit set forth in PlaNYC2030, I just can’t get as excited about the future as Bloomberg seems to be. When I think that by the time I’m 58 the city’s highest hope is to have one new subway line, five non-separated “BRT” lines, two river tunnels put into use and a bunch of minor commuter rail improvements, it just makes me sad.

Does anyone know what Shanghai transit improvements he’s talking about?

By: Angus Grieve-Smith

Angus Grieve-Smith — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:42:39 +0000

ROFL, #2! So you read that New Yorker article on Lagos too?

By: worst practice

worst practice — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:10:47 +0000

Mayor Mike left out:

“…we looked to Lagos for our traffic enforcement strategies, Kiev for our government employee parking program, Port-a-Prince for our street construction management and Talladega for our holiday gridlock plan.”

By: fdr

fdr — Thu, 13 Dec 2007 18:08:07 +0000

Bloomberg doesn’t have to read Streetsblog. His DOT appointees from Sadik-Khan on down – Schaller, Orcutt, Wiley-Schwartz – are reading it, if not writing for it.