Comments on: Today’s Headlines http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:07:22 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Urbanis http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52712 Urbanis Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:36:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52712 Unless you engineer the store so that it's highly inconvenient to drive (no parking) and reasonably convenient to get there by mass transit and get your big, heavy items delivered. Unless you engineer the store so that it's highly inconvenient to drive (no parking) and reasonably convenient to get there by mass transit and get your big, heavy items delivered.

]]> By: Josh http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52709 Josh Fri, 27 Jun 2008 15:23:17 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52709 No matter where you put an Ikea, people will drive. That's what happens with stores that sell big, heavy items. No matter where you put an Ikea, people will drive. That's what happens with stores that sell big, heavy items.

]]> By: Heffron http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52704 Heffron Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:49:16 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52704 I was at the Memorial Ride for Asif, it was my first one and it was very moving. His mother and sister are very passionate about a bike lane on Queens Blvd. I know that we've been talking about it on the Queens Committee. It would be a huge undertaking but with a huge payout if it was done right. Also in the same paper here is a link to an editorial about the bike lanes on Skillman Ave and acceptable losses by CB2 member Al Volpe. It's towards the bottom. http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19806551&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=575597&rfi=6 I was at the Memorial Ride for Asif, it was my first one and it was very moving. His mother and sister are very passionate about a bike lane on Queens Blvd. I know that we've been talking about it on the Queens Committee. It would be a huge undertaking but with a huge payout if it was done right.

Also in the same paper here is a link to an editorial about the bike lanes on Skillman Ave and acceptable losses by CB2 member Al Volpe. It's towards the bottom.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=19806551&BRD=2731&PAG=461&dept_id=575597&rfi=6

]]> By: Urbanis http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52703 Urbanis Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:42:43 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52703 The traffic jams overwhelming Red Hook thanks to Ikea provide another depressing example of what happens when you plant a car-centric big box store in an urban neighborhood. Despite the shuttle buses and water taxis, the site seems engineered to encourage people to drive (a remote neighborhood with no nearby mass transit and a store with oceans of parking). The traffic jams overwhelming Red Hook thanks to Ikea provide another depressing example of what happens when you plant a car-centric big box store in an urban neighborhood. Despite the shuttle buses and water taxis, the site seems engineered to encourage people to drive (a remote neighborhood with no nearby mass transit and a store with oceans of parking).

]]> By: J. Mork http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52700 J. Mork Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:15:30 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52700 Previous quote is from http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/26/31_26_bedford_cuts_automobiles.html Previous quote is from
http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/31/26/31_26_bedford_cuts_automobiles.html

]]> By: J. Mork http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52699 J. Mork Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:15:01 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52699 Did we know about this one? <blockquote> The city will close Bedford Avenue to traffic, turning the thoroughfare into a pedestrian-only plaza between Metropolitan Avenue and North Ninth Street. Cars will still be able to cross Bedford on all the side streets, but each Bedford block will be traffic-free (that includes parked cars!) from noon to 7 pm on July 19, July 26, Aug. 2 and Aug. 9. </blockquote> Did we know about this one?

The city will close Bedford Avenue to traffic, turning the thoroughfare into a pedestrian-only plaza between Metropolitan Avenue and North Ninth Street.

Cars will still be able to cross Bedford on all the side streets, but each Bedford block will be traffic-free (that includes parked cars!) from noon to 7 pm on July 19, July 26, Aug. 2 and Aug. 9.

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/comment-page-1/#comment-52698 Larry Littlefield Fri, 27 Jun 2008 13:11:04 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/06/27/todays-headlines-432/#comment-52698 May I remind the reader that the MTA is facing a financial crisis despite the highest ridership in the era of mass automobile ownership, with subway ridership up 50% from the lows. And the city and state are facing fiscal crises with just about the highest state and local tax burden in the country, as a share of income. May I remind the reader that the MTA is facing a financial crisis despite the highest ridership in the era of mass automobile ownership, with subway ridership up 50% from the lows.

And the city and state are facing fiscal crises with just about the highest state and local tax burden in the country, as a share of income.

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