Comments on: Streetfilms: A Conversation With Janette Sadik-Khan http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Orlando Strambi http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-58213 Orlando Strambi Wed, 29 Oct 2008 21:25:18 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-58213 Great video. A concise, articulate and objective description of innovative actions towards sustainable transport and, more important, about creating a better place to live. I was quite impressed by Jannete's vision of the importance of giving priority to pedestrians and cycling. Reclaiming spaces from cars and transforming it in public space may be the step needed to make people interested in improving their cities. Pedestrians live in the city; car drivers hide from it inside their cars. There is an advertisement from a car manufacturer currently running in the Brazilian television that says: escape from the city, without leaving it. It says it all, doesn't. Great video. A concise, articulate and objective description of innovative actions towards sustainable transport and, more important, about creating a better place to live. I was quite impressed by Jannete's vision of the importance of giving priority to pedestrians and cycling. Reclaiming spaces from cars and transforming it in public space may be the step needed to make people interested in improving their cities. Pedestrians live in the city; car drivers hide from it inside their cars. There is an advertisement from a car manufacturer currently running in the Brazilian television that says: escape from the city, without leaving it. It says it all, doesn't.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-58060 gecko Sat, 25 Oct 2008 14:01:52 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-58060 My own pitch: Safe routes to work; like during the last transit strike with the refrain "Get me a bike and I'll come to work!" where, the number of cyclists more than tripled overnight to about one-half million. Commissioner Sadik-Khan has been truly inspirational! -- though, by all appearances one not to rest on her laurels. My own pitch: Safe routes to work; like during the last transit strike with the refrain "Get me a bike and I'll come to work!" where, the number of cyclists more than tripled overnight to about one-half million.

Commissioner Sadik-Khan has been truly inspirational! -- though, by all appearances one not to rest on her laurels.

]]> By: Lola http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-58029 Lola Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:25:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-58029 Thank you Commissioner for breathing life and vision back into our streets. We have a long ways to go, but now aided with a substantial roadmap, powerful demonstration projects, and political will. Another insightful Streetfilm! My own pitch: Close Park Ave. to cars permanently. Thank you Commissioner for breathing life and vision back into our streets. We have a long ways to go, but now aided with a substantial roadmap, powerful demonstration projects, and political will.

Another insightful Streetfilm!

My own pitch: Close Park Ave. to cars permanently.

]]> By: David_K http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-57964 David_K Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:23:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-57964 Good interview, and I think Janette Sadik-Khan is doing a fine job, but I would have liked to hear more about the timetable to realize fully completed streets, in which bike lanes are flipped with car parking to create safe corridors for cyclists. My experience is that bike lanes are (almost) a waste of paint -- the only solution is to have truly out-of-traffic dedicated bike lanes. Good interview, and I think Janette Sadik-Khan is doing a fine job, but I would have liked to hear more about the timetable to realize fully completed streets, in which bike lanes are flipped with car parking to create safe corridors for cyclists. My experience is that bike lanes are (almost) a waste of paint -- the only solution is to have truly out-of-traffic dedicated bike lanes.

]]> By: curmudgeon http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-57959 curmudgeon Thu, 23 Oct 2008 15:08:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-57959 The livable streets drinking game: bottoms up every time she says "iconic." The livable streets drinking game: bottoms up every time she says "iconic."

]]> By: momos http://www.streetsblog.org/2008/10/22/streetfilms-a-conversation-with-janette-sadik-khan/comment-page-1/#comment-57939 momos Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:10:54 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=4803#comment-57939 It's incredible what JSK has accomplished in such a short time. NYC is so vast, with such inertia. This compilation of what's been done really puts things in perspective. Go JSK!! It's incredible what JSK has accomplished in such a short time. NYC is so vast, with such inertia. This compilation of what's been done really puts things in perspective. Go JSK!!

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