Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from July 2009

• Fri 31: Tom Vanderbilt Dissects “The ‘E’ Word” 12
• Fri 31: Want to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths? Stop Letting Their Killers Walk. 17
• Fri 31: House Quickly Sends $2 Billion More to ‘Cash for Clunkers’ 16
• Fri 31: Streetfilms: Oakland’s Scraper Bikes and the Bike 4 Life Ride 3
• Fri 31: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 31: ‘Cash for Clunkers’ Out of Cash — But Not Quite Finished 2
• Fri 31: Pay Close Attention to the Following Message About Distraction 13
• Fri 31: Today’s Headlines 5
• Thu 30: Private Sector Taps Into Demand for Bike Parking 7
• Thu 30: So You Want Bicycle Access to Your Building. Now What? 5
• Thu 30: McCain & Coburn: Let’s Make Roads Safer — by Slashing Safety Money 6
• Thu 30: Driver, Seen Speeding, Injures Teenager on Fulton Street in Brooklyn 1
• Thu 30: Ratner’s Sidewalk Seizure: Marginalizing Pedestrians for Three Months 3
• Thu 30: Complete Streets Could Help America Lose Weight, Says CDC 7
• Thu 30: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 29: In Historic Vote, City Council Passes Bicycle Access Bill 13
• Wed 29: Q Poll: Car-Free Times Square a Smash Hit; MTA Skepticism Still High 19
• Wed 29: Your Burger or Your Car! (And More Fun with False Dichotomies) 18
• Wed 29: Bruce’s Way 11
• Wed 29: How Cars Destroy the Wilderness of Childhood 4
• Wed 29: Today’s Headlines 11
• Tue 28: Kalashnikovs for Clunkers: The Next Stimulus Plan 9
• Tue 28: Bicycle Access Bill Clears City Council Transpo Committee 17
• Tue 28: Oberstar to White House: On Emissions, Back Up Your Words With Action 2
• Tue 28: New Jersey Needs to Face Its Pedestrian Fatality Problem 5
• Tue 28: Always Wear a Bullet-Proof Helmet 17
• Tue 28: This Week in Livable Streets Events 0
• Tue 28: Today’s Headlines 6
• Mon 27: A Make-or-Break Week for Transportation Begins on the Hill 0
• Mon 27: After Hard-Fought Campaign, Bicycle Access Bill Set to Become Law 9
• Mon 27: Waiting for Raymond: In Letter to Albany, Kelly Silent on Safety Cams 3
• Mon 27: The Transformative Potential of Bike Sharing 16
• Mon 27: Today’s Headlines 19
• Fri 24: Park-in-a-Box: Enter the Park(ing) Day NYC 2009 Design Competition 4
• Fri 24: Bike Bans: A Serious Threat to Safe Routes to School 10
• Fri 24: Ad Nauseam: What “Cash for Clunkers” Hath Wrought 51
• Fri 24: The Weekly Carnage 3
• Fri 24: Streetfilms: Make Your Own Bike Etiquette PSA 4
• Fri 24: Fun and Games With Transportation 8
• Fri 24: Today’s Headlines 18
• Thu 23: A Smart Way for the Feds to Fund Transit Service 3
• Thu 23: Lawmakers Pitch Transport Funding Ideas, From VMT to Freight Taxes 1
• Thu 23: Status Report: Sands Street Bike Path Ready Next Week 12
• Thu 23: Fighting to Take Back Louisville’s Waterfront 9
• Thu 23: Today’s Headlines 7
• Wed 22: Yankees Trail Mets By 10 Racks in “Subway Series of Bike Parking” 20
• Wed 22: Advocating for a Transpo Bill That Keeps Transit Riders Moving 4
• Wed 22: Movement on Bicycle Access Bill: New Version Appears in City Council 4
• Wed 22: Vancouver Gives a Bridge Lane to Bikes 11
• Wed 22: Today’s Headlines 17
• Tue 21: Second Avenue Subway Keeps on Slipping Into the Future 29
• Tue 21: You Can Get Away With Anything in Traffic Court, With a Little Patience 12
• Tue 21: Turning a Blind Eye to the Risks of Auto Culture 2
• Tue 21: Senate Agrees on $26.8 Billion Highway Trust Fund Rescue 1
• Tue 21: Today’s Headlines 7
• Mon 20: Does Ray Kelly Know the Speed Limit Now? 9
• Mon 20: Know Your Road Lobbyists: The American Highway Users Alliance 7
• Mon 20: Streetfilms: Carmaggeddon Averted as Broadway Comes to Life 19
• Mon 20: This Week in Livable Streets Events 0
• Mon 20: How Much Do Bicyclists Really Slow Down Drivers? 56
• Mon 20: Today’s Headlines 19
• Fri 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 8
• Fri 17: Cycle Chicly! 9
• Fri 17: Mr. Gee, Tear Down This Highway 14
• Fri 17: Five Down, Five to Go: Plan Linking Transit to Climate Bill Wins Sponsors 1
• Fri 17: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 17: Can We Create More Meaningful City Rankings? 10
• Fri 17: Dear Streetsblog Readers: How Do You Handle a Sidewalk Riding Ticket? 50
• Fri 17: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 16: Ray Kelly on Traffic Crime: “I Don’t Know What You’re Talking About” 11
• Thu 16: Streetfilms: “Stop the Pollution, Pick a Solution” 1
• Thu 16: Elderly Pedestrian Killed Crossing Ocean Parkway 16
• Thu 16: Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic on Eighth = Rolling Goldmine 15
• Thu 16: Car-Sharing and the Case for a “Low-Car Diet” 2
• Thu 16: Today’s Headlines 12
• Wed 15: Eyes on the Street: Sands Street Bike Path Almost Rideable 8
• Wed 15: White House Staying Quiet for Now on Transit’s Role in Climate Bill 0
• Wed 15: Streetfilms: Manhattan DA Candidates Debate Traffic Justice 1
• Wed 15: Understanding Washington’s Metro Crash 0
• Wed 15: Inspired by Streetfilms, Ciclovia Comes to Roanoke, VA 2
• Wed 15: Lawmakers Cross Party Lines on Transpo Funding as Debate Rages 6
• Wed 15: In Flint, Trying to Reinvent a Shrinking City 9
• Wed 15: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 14: Fare Hike Four to Paterson: Not So Fast 7
• Tue 14: Legal Ordeal Continues for Driver Assault Victim Ray Bengen 12
• Tue 14: TA Report: Reckless Driving Casualties Rising as NYPD Enforcement Lags 12
• Tue 14: It’s Official: Paterson Taps Jay Walder to Head MTA 5
• Tue 14: Cities Must Become More Resilient to Survive 7
• Tue 14: Zozo Emerges for Celebrate Brooklyn 2
• Tue 14: Today’s Headlines 3
• Mon 13: Obama Talks Urban Policy as LaHood Seeks More Urban Transpo Money 2
• Mon 13: Transpo Bills Gummed Up By State Senate Dysfunction 3
• Mon 13: Status Report: Ninth Avenue Road Rage Case 2
• Mon 13: This Week in Livable Street Events [Updated] 3
• Mon 13: Warning: Windshield Perspective Hazardous to Your Health 1
• Mon 13: Streetfilms: Tour de Queens 2009 5
• Mon 13: Today’s Headlines 5
• Fri 10: Streetsblog Stalkerazzi Spots Tim Robbins on Two Wheels 15
• Fri 10: Ruben Diaz, Sr. Still Bending Over Backwards for Suburban Drivers 4
• Fri 10: Collaboration Key for NJ Transit’s Raritan Valley Line 12
• Fri 10: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 10: All Aboard the Great Streetcar Debate 7
• Fri 10: Today’s Headlines 18
• Thu 9: Top 20 Metro Areas Get 28% of Road Stimulus, 61% of Transit Stimulus 0
• Thu 9: Boxer Delays Senate Climate Bill Until September 4
• Thu 9: NYPD Crash Info Normally Released in a “Timely Fashion”? News to Us. 2
• Thu 9: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Shows Bus Lane Scofflaws How It’s Done 19
• Thu 9: Seventh Graders Picture a Safer, Livelier School Zone 4
• Thu 9: Making Climate Change Part of the Local Transpo Debate 0
• Thu 9: Congestion Study Sparks Clever Headlines, But Little Transit Talk 4
• Thu 9: Today’s Headlines 10
• Wed 8: Lawmakers Aim to Bring ‘Sustainable Communities’ From Talk to Action 0
• Wed 8: Space-Hogging Drivers, CB 12 Kill Washington Heights Greenmarket 18
• Wed 8: John Liu: Halting Bike Access Bill Not a Political Move 5
• Wed 8: Traffic Justice Q&A With Bronx Prosecutor Joseph A. McCormack 7
• Wed 8: Riding the Broadband Superhighway to Work 7
• Wed 8: Today’s Headlines 11
• Tue 7: The Imminent Irrelevance of Randal O’Toole 22
• Tue 7: Streetfilms: Car-Free in Curitiba 3
• Tue 7: Senate Starts Climate Push With Nods to Jobs, Energy and Transportation 0
• Tue 7: Bogotá-Gate 13
• Tue 7: Mapped: Hudson River Greenway to the George Washington Bridge 17
• Tue 7: Clicking to Connect With Government and Get Things Fixed 0
• Tue 7: Today’s Headlines 7
• Mon 6: Help Your Landlord, Win a Year Full of Expensive Hassles 10
• Mon 6: New Report on Roads Uses Old Assumptions 5
• Mon 6: Eyes on the Street: Risking Life and Limb for Greenway Access 38
• Mon 6: This Week in Livable Streets Events 0
• Mon 6: Paying for a More Comfortable Transit Ride 8
• Mon 6: Today’s Headlines 18
• Thu 2: Independence Day Special: The Freedom to Sit 10
• Thu 2: Streetfilms: D.C. DOT Director Talks “Transportation Freedom” 4
• Thu 2: Action Alert: Tell John Liu to Support Better Bike Commuting in NYC 2
• Thu 2: The Weekly Carnage 12
• Thu 2: Another Step in Reducing Auto Dependence 8
• Thu 2: Obama Administration’s Transportation Goals: Read Them Here 2
• Thu 2: Today’s Headlines 3
• Wed 1: Celebrate Brooklyn With Valet Bike Parking 1
• Wed 1: Ask and Ye Shall Receive: Brooklyn CB9 Gets a Bike Lane on Empire Blvd 19
• Wed 1: Renovation of Crumbling, Dangerous 215th Step-Street Delayed [Updated] 9
• Wed 1: Cities See Population Gains — But What About Political Power? 5
• Wed 1: NYPD Cruiser Carnage: Move Along, Nothing to See Here 15
• Wed 1: Mind the Gender Gap 9
• Wed 1: Streetfilms: Summer Streets Are Back! 0
• Wed 1: Today’s Headlines 6