Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from April 2009

• Thu 30: Streetfilms: The Search for the Zozo 15
• Thu 30: Eyes on the Street: Cyclist Hit, Injured in Midtown 22
• Thu 30: Doomsday Across America 3
• Thu 30: Illinois Transit May Take a Hit; for Roads, It’s Business as Usual 0
• Thu 30: Today’s Headlines 21
• Wed 29: We Need an Ambitious Transpo Bill. So How Are We Going to Pay for It? 18
• Wed 29: Streetfilms: Bike Rush Hour on Portland’s Hawthorne Bridge 6
• Wed 29: Eric Schneiderman Cedes Leadership on MTA Rescue 5
• Wed 29: Transit Riders to Albany: Get to Work on a Real MTA Solution 0
• Wed 29: Washington Heights Greenway Segment Re-Opens 12
• Wed 29: Fighting for Transit-Oriented Development in Wisconsin 0
• Wed 29: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 28: Cartoon Tuesday: Jump the Gates or Dump the Stooges? 2
• Tue 28: Livable Streets Initiative Spring Event: You’re Invited! 1
• Tue 28: Eyes on the Street: Drivers Flout New Prospect Park Law 32
• Tue 28: Rally for Transit Rescue Today at Union Square 6
• Tue 28: Malcolm Smith: New York Transportation Policy “Not About the Merits” 4
• Tue 28: Car Chases: Not Like What You See in the Movies 24
• Tue 28: Rep. McCarthy Needs to Check Facts on Bike-Sharing 3
• Tue 28: Today’s Headlines 5
• Mon 27: Time for Working Families Party to Step Up for Riders, Endorse Bridge Tolls 4
• Mon 27: Pro-Parking Policies Will Sully the Legacy of PlaNYC 6
• Mon 27: What’s Wrong With SAFETEA-LU — and Why the Next Bill Must Be Better 6
• Mon 27: Streetfilms: Building Greenways and Community in the Bronx 0
• Mon 27: Obama’s Touted Office of Urban Policy Slow to Take Shape 2
• Mon 27: Why Conservatives (and Everyone) Should Care About Transit 9
• Mon 27: Today’s Headlines 10
• Fri 24: Of Red Lights, Helmets, and Bike Lanes 34
• Fri 24: Livable Streets Community News: What’s New on Your Account Page 0
• Fri 24: Can Kibbles ‘n Bits Save the MTA? 17
• Fri 24: Steven Chu Forced to Recant Belief in Higher Gas Prices 12
• Fri 24: Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit? 4
• Fri 24: Danger: Journalist With Windshield Perspective Ahead 2
• Fri 24: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 23: Bloomberg: Buildings Can Be Green and Full of Parking 26
• Thu 23: Bloomberg Slams Senate MTA Plan, Says Tolls Must Be Part of the Mix 6
• Thu 23: Bike-Friendly Zoning Amendment Clears City Council 6
• Thu 23: Anatomy of a (Legal) Hit-and-Run 7
• Thu 23: DOT Secy Wants “Sustained Engagement” from Bike Advocates 7
• Thu 23: Today’s Headlines 21
• Wed 22: Wiki Wednesday: Car-Free in NYC 1
• Wed 22: Does the State Senate’s MTA Plan Pass Environmental Muster? 3
• Wed 22: Streetfilms: Making Streets Safer for Seniors 9
• Wed 22: Bikes as Transit: New Study Envisions Possibilities for NYC 30
• Wed 22: Eyes on the Street: Protected Dumpster Lane 16
• Wed 22: Streetsblog vs. Copenhagen: Who’s Greener? 7
• Wed 22: Transportation, Class and Housing: Making the Connections 4
• Wed 22: Today’s Headlines 16
• Tue 21: Cartoon Tuesday: Don’t Walk(?) 2
• Tue 21: Bronx Rep Pedro Espada, Anti-Toll Stalwart, Lives in Westchester 11
• Tue 21: AAA Guy: Don’t Bother Drivers With What, or Whom, They Run Over 7
• Tue 21: Another Bad Transit Plan from the State Senate 17
• Tue 21: New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl 0
• Tue 21: Are Stimulus Funds Being Misused for New Jersey Roads? 0
• Tue 21: Today’s Headlines 17
• Mon 20: Senate Dems Release Another MTA Funding Plan Without Tolls 23
• Mon 20: Streetfilms: Behind the Scenes at LA Traffic Control 1
• Mon 20: Another Pedestrian Dies, Another Killer Driver Walks 15
• Mon 20: Open Source Your Streets Tonight on 91.1 FM, 7pm 0
• Mon 20: Uptown Bike Network Gets Safer With New Buffered Path in Harlem 8
• Mon 20: Eyes on the Street: Talk About a Hot Seat 8
• Mon 20: Progress Through Undevelopment 4
• Mon 20: Today’s Headlines 8
• Fri 17: Rail Across America 13
• Fri 17: Livable Streets Community News: CT Wants Enforcement Cams Too 1
• Fri 17: Highlights from Today’s RPA Regional Assembly 7
• Fri 17: Two-Way Protected Bike Path Sails Through CB6 Committee 18
• Fri 17: Squadron: Red Light Cams Needed at Dangerous Intersections 7
• Fri 17: The View of Congestion Pricing from Texas 2
• Fri 17: Today’s Headlines 18
• Thu 16: The Physics and the Ethics of the Rolling Stop 15
• Thu 16: Needed: A Better Way to Sweeten the Ravitch Plan 25
• Thu 16: DOT to Present Two-Way Protected Bike Path for PPW Tonight 11
• Thu 16: Urban Revitalization Continues Amid Recession 1
• Thu 16: Today’s Headlines 15
• Wed 15: Wiki Wednesday: Getting Streets in Shape With Road Diets 3
• Wed 15: Petition: Support a Climate Bill That Invests in Green Transportation 7
• Wed 15: What’s Next for New York State DOT? 2
• Wed 15: America’s Big Fat Road Problem 5
• Wed 15: Today’s Headlines 4
• Tue 14: Cartoon Tuesday: Draw Your Own Livable Street 0
• Tue 14: Reminder: Tonight’s Community Board Action 0
• Tue 14: Poll Watch: Red Light Cams Lauded by Crain’s Readers 1
• Tue 14: Obama Falls Prey to Ribbon-Cutting Syndrome 7
• Tue 14: Reaching Across the Urban-Suburban Divide 10
• Tue 14: Today’s Headlines 18
• Mon 13: CB Action Tomorrow: New Bike Routes for Harlem and Greenwich Village 20
• Mon 13: Transit Service Shrinking? Get Ready for the Rise of the Dollar Van. 32
• Mon 13: Streetfilms: London’s Campaign for People-First Public Spaces 2
• Mon 13: Sen. Mikulski Supports Car Tax Breaks While Transit Languishes 0
• Mon 13: Today’s Headlines 18
• Thu 9: Livable Streets Promised Land 13
• Thu 9: Report: New Yorkers Like Ped Streets More Than They Expected 5
• Thu 9: Who’s at Risk From Drunk Cyclists? 21
• Thu 9: Car-Free in Montana 3
• Thu 9: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 8: Wiki Wednesday: Community Boards 4
• Wed 8: The Latest in Piecemeal Transit Funding 4
• Wed 8: State DOT Pulls Transit Bait-and-Switch on Staten Island 17
• Wed 8: “Do as We Say, Not as We Do” = No Model for Sustainability 23
• Wed 8: Streetfilms’ Greatest Hits 1
• Wed 8: Safe Places for Senior Citizens to Walk 1
• Wed 8: Today’s Headlines 4
• Tue 7: Cartoon Tuesday: GM Imitates WALL-E With La-Z-Boy on Wheels 71
• Tue 7: State Sen. Andrew Lanza Defends Stance on MTA Rescue 30
• Tue 7: Is “Cash for Clunkers” a Good Idea, Ever? 22
• Tue 7: Driven to Distraction in America 13
• Tue 7: Today’s Headlines 26
• Mon 6: Tonight: Valet Parking and Cyclist Discount at MoMA 5
• Mon 6: Has John Liu Jumped the Shark on MTA Rescue? 10
• Mon 6: MTA Blame Game: The View from Staten Island 11
• Mon 6: Bill de Blasio Comes Out for $2 East River Bridge Tolls 14
• Mon 6: B77 Riders Protest Service Cuts. Is Velmanette Montgomery Listening? 3
• Mon 6: Should St. Louis Make Mass Transit Free? 21
• Mon 6: Today’s Headlines 18
• Fri 3: Barcelona, 100 Years Ago: A Model for Streets Today? 23
• Fri 3: Livable Streets Community News: UWS Synagogue Joins Up 0
• Fri 3: Stim Funds to Kickstart South Bronx Greenway 4
• Fri 3: Freakonomics Ponders the Freeloading Cyclist 19
• Fri 3: Bigger Sidewalks But No Protected Bike Lane for Houston Street 14
• Fri 3: The Case Against the Cul-de-Sac: Build Streets That Connect 7
• Fri 3: Today’s Headlines 5
• Thu 2: Red Light Cam Expansion Gets All Clear From Gantt 5
• Thu 2: Maureen McCormick: How Nassau Got Serious About Traffic Crime 11
• Thu 2: Adriano Espaillat: Upper Manhattan Prefers Doomsday to Bridge Tolls 21
• Thu 2: Cops Ticketing Cyclists on Delancey Side of Willy-B 27
• Thu 2: What Can We Learn from Oregon’s Mileage Tax Experiment? 6
• Thu 2: Today’s Headlines 5
• Wed 1: Wiki Wednesday: Where’s the MTA? 0
• Wed 1: Streetfilms: Curitiba, the Cradle of Bus Rapid Transit 11
• Wed 1: Under Sander, How “Bloated and Wasteful” Is the MTA? 6
• Wed 1: Working Families Party Leaps Into ‘Halt the Hike’ Mode 16
• Wed 1: Fare Hike Four Open Door to Suburban Copycats 14
• Wed 1: Accident vs. Crash: The View from Savannah 4
• Wed 1: Today’s Headlines 12