Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from January 2009

• Fri 30: Real-Time Bus Info: There’s Always Next Year 26
• Fri 30: Connecting Transportation and Politics in Southern Queens 4
• Fri 30: Thinking Big: What About an Interstate Rail System? 25
• Fri 30: Today’s Headlines 16
• Thu 29: Obama Stimulus Leaves Bus Riders By the Side of The Road 17
• Thu 29: Streetfilms: Anti-Idling Laws Clear City Council 24
• Thu 29: Onward to the Senate 0
• Thu 29: Is Transit a Priority for Nancy Pelosi? 4
• Thu 29: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 28: Wiki Wednesday: Better Stimulus Through Highway Removal 8
• Wed 28: Nadler Amendment: The Ayes Have It 13
• Wed 28: Last Chance to Tell House Reps to Vote for Transit 4
• Wed 28: Congestion Pricing Foe Bill de Blasio (Grand)Standing Up for Straphangers 0
• Wed 28: Stimulus and Outrage Around the Network 2
• Wed 28: Chuck Schumer on Transit: I’ve Got Your Back, Fairfield County 14
• Wed 28: Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package 4
• Wed 28: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 27: Nadler Amendment Clears Rules Committee. Floor Vote Next. 2
• Tue 27: Watch Now: U.S. Reps Testify About Stim Package 0
• Tue 27: Rally Wednesday for Tougher Idling Regs Near Schools 11
• Tue 27: Call Now for a Better Transit Stimulus 5
• Tue 27: City Council Hard at Work on Pro-Parking Bills 12
• Tue 27: Even as Gas Prices Fall, More People Are Turning to Transit 7
• Tue 27: House Nixes Funding for Transit Service. Where Is Schumer? 5
• Tue 27: Today’s Headlines 17
• Mon 26: Rep. DeFazio’s Amendment Required to Be Withdrawn 6
• Mon 26: Stimulus Fight Heats Up in Senate and House 4
• Mon 26: Many Questions Remain Unanswered in Aftermath of Chinatown Deaths 25
• Mon 26: Call to Action: Win Back Stimulus Funding for Transit Service 5
• Mon 26: Quick Hits From Last Week’s House Transpo Committee Hearing 0
• Mon 26: Pedestrian Safety Discussion on Brian Lehrer Now 0
• Mon 26: Today’s Headlines 9
• Fri 23: Stringer, Squadron, and Silver Call for Safer Chinatown Streets 25
• Fri 23: Hire a Construction Worker, Fire a Bus Driver? 25
• Fri 23: A New Day for Atlanta — and for Urbanism? 0
• Fri 23: What Do We Do Now? 18
• Fri 23: Today’s Headlines 20
• Thu 22: Van Strikes 14 Pedestrians in Chinatown, Killing Two Children 60
• Thu 22: Congress Sending Wrong Signals to State DOTs in Stimulus Draft 11
• Thu 22: Memorializing Pedestrian Victims in Portugal 6
• Thu 22: Making the Connections on Stimulus Spending 5
• Thu 22: Today’s Headlines 0
• Wed 21: Wiki Wednesday: Transit and the Stimulus 6
• Wed 21: Senate Set to Confirm LaHood as Transportation Secretary 1
• Wed 21: Did Team Obama Gut Transit Funds From the Stimulus Package? 10
• Wed 21: Watch the LaHood Confirmation Hearing Online 1
• Wed 21: Midtown Police Refuse to Help Hit-and-Run Pedicab Victim 9
• Wed 21: The Work That Needs to Be Done 2
• Wed 21: The Last Thing This Nation Needs 21
• Wed 21: Today’s Headlines 9
• Tue 20: What Inauguration Day Means for DC Streets 7
• Tue 20: Faster Isn’t Better, and Cars Aren’t Safer 9
• Tue 20: Today’s Headlines 1
• Mon 19: Today’s Headlines 9
• Fri 16: BYO Bike Lane 12
• Fri 16: Stimulus Draft, the Day After 5
• Fri 16: Queens DA Files Misdemeanor Charge Against Ibrihim Ahmed’s Killer 17
• Fri 16: Streetfilms: Sharing Street Space in Paris 10
• Fri 16: Dissenting Voices on Stimulus, on the Network and in Congress 2
• Fri 16: Today’s Headlines 9
• Thu 15: Dems Release Stimulus Draft: $30B for Highways, $10B for Transit 9
• Thu 15: The New Gansevoort: Pedestrian Godsend, Nightclubber Nuisance 26
• Thu 15: NYC Prosecutors Lag Behind Nassau on Traffic Justice 2
• Thu 15: Bike, Ped Improvements Part of Portland’s Stimulus Plan 1
• Thu 15: Today’s Headlines 7
• Wed 14: Wiki Wednesday: Daylighting, AKA the Pedestrian Peek-A-Boo 15
• Wed 14: Cyclist Turnout Impressive at CB1 Meeting on Kent Ave Bike Lane 34
• Wed 14: Council Committee Gives Short Shrift to Deterring Traffic Violence 3
• Wed 14: Want a Seat on Your Community Board? There’s Still Time. 13
• Wed 14: What Might Cities Look Like in a World Without Oil? 6
• Wed 14: Today’s Headlines 9
• Tue 13: New York City Wins the 2009 Sustainable Transport Award 9
• Tue 13: Cartoon Tuesday: Racing Down a Road to Nowhere? 0
• Tue 13: $2 Billion for Bicycling in Stimulus Package? 10
• Tue 13: IBM Pitches Congestion Pricing to Middle America 8
• Tue 13: Stimulus Forces Consideration of Transportation Priorities 0
• Tue 13: Big Day for NYC Livable Streets Activism 8
• Tue 13: Today’s Headlines 9
• Mon 12: Testify Tomorrow for Stronger Laws to Deter Deadly Driving 4
• Mon 12: Tomorrow: Speak Up for Safer Biking on Kent Ave 6
• Mon 12: ITDP: New York a World Leader in Sustainable Transport 6
• Mon 12: City Council Members: Down With Parking Enforcement 30
• Mon 12: Streetfilms: Introducing the Pedestrian Peek-a-Boo 11
• Mon 12: Oberstar’s Call to “Rebuild America,” and Other Stimulus Notes 2
• Mon 12: Today’s Headlines 14
• Fri 9: Bridge Tolls or Fare Hikes? The Voice of the People Says… 11
• Fri 9: Bloomberg to Obama: Stimulus Aid Should Go Directly to Cities 8
• Fri 9: Chicago Loses NYC’s Congestion Pricing Money 3
• Fri 9: Cyclists Need More Than Bike Lanes 25
• Fri 9: New Low-Cost Transit Plan From Team Kheel-Komanoff 0
• Fri 9: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 8: Quick Impressions of the MTA’s Sustainability Report 7
• Thu 8: No Justice for Killing of Ibrihim Ahmed 14
• Thu 8: Streetsblog San Francisco is Online! 3
• Thu 8: Of Buses and Women 6
• Thu 8: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 7: Wiki Wednesday: “Shovel-Ready” Pedestrian Safety Plans? 5
• Wed 7: Tell Congress: Don’t Waste Money on Highway Expansion 2
• Wed 7: Have a Bike Parking Solution for the Folks in Austin? 4
• Wed 7: Why Let a Reckless Driver Behind the Wheel of Your Campaign Bus? 6
• Wed 7: Metro-North Makes Its M-7 Train Cars More Bike-Friendly 38
• Wed 7: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 6: Cartoon Tuesday: What’s Your Destination? 2
• Tue 6: Campaign Flashback: Obama an Admirer of Jane Jacobs 5
• Tue 6: …Unless You Bike to Work on Kent Avenue 12
• Tue 6: Queens CB1 Chair: Secure Bike Parking Serves “No Purpose” 10
• Tue 6: Brennan Center: Albany’s “Still Broken” 6
• Tue 6: Portland’s Safer Streets: How Do They Do It? 12
• Tue 6: Today’s Headlines 2
• Mon 5: Streetfilms: New Yorkers Walk and Ride for Safer Streets 0
• Mon 5: Dispute Over Kent Avenue Bike Lanes Keeps Rolling 25
• Mon 5: Lots of Work to Be Done in the New Year 8
• Mon 5: Today’s Headlines 4
• Fri 2: The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 5 1
• Thu 1: The 2008 Streetsie Awards, Part 4 15