Comments on: Cast Your Vote for the 2009 Streetsies http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/ Covering the New York City Streets Renaissance Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:07:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Michael D. D. White http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-179281 Michael D. D. White Thu, 31 Dec 2009 19:30:02 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-179281 Yes, how do you vote? The ongoing massacre of the public realm near Atlantic Yards is obviously the Urban Abomination of the Year but, we note the runner-up, the New Yankee Stadium has a lot in common with what with makes Atlantic yards objectionable and it ain't just the parking. Yes, how do you vote? The ongoing massacre of the public realm near Atlantic Yards is obviously the Urban Abomination of the Year but, we note the runner-up, the New Yankee Stadium has a lot in common with what with makes Atlantic yards objectionable and it ain’t just the parking.

]]> By: gecko http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-178241 gecko Sat, 26 Dec 2009 21:18:15 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-178241 #4 Larry Littlefield, "The biggest victory is more people decided to try getting around by bicycle." Yes! Absolutely! Couldn't agree more. But, Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan, and Obama are important according to Lester Brown's "sandwich model of social change," from the section of Plan B 4.0: "Three Models of Social Change" "Many social changes occur when societies reach tipping points or cross key thresholds . . . The sandwich model of social change is in many ways the most attractive one, partly because it brings a potential for rapid change . . . The ideal situation for rapid, historic progress occurs when mounting grassroots pressure for change merges with a national leadership committed to the same change." http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/three-models-of-social-change http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/plan-b/pb4book.pdf (page 141 of linked pdf; page 256 of actual printed book). #4 Larry Littlefield, “The biggest victory is more people decided to try getting around by bicycle.”

Yes! Absolutely! Couldn’t agree more.

But, Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan, and Obama are important according to Lester Brown’s “sandwich model of social change,” from the section of Plan B 4.0: “Three Models of Social Change”

“Many social changes occur when societies reach tipping points or cross key thresholds . . . The sandwich model of social change is in many ways the most attractive one, partly because it brings a potential for rapid change . . . The ideal situation for rapid, historic progress occurs when mounting grassroots pressure for change merges with a national leadership committed to the same change.”

http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/three-models-of-social-change
http://www.livablestreets.com/streetswiki/plan-b/pb4book.pdf

(page 141 of linked pdf; page 256 of actual printed book).

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-178221 Cap'n Transit Sat, 26 Dec 2009 15:55:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-178221 Luke, that crappy Glaeser piece has been thoroughly debunked around the web, including <a href="http://dc.streetsblog.org/2009/08/19/glaeser-goes-out-with-a-whimper/" rel="nofollow">here on Streetsblog</a>. Luke, that crappy Glaeser piece has been thoroughly debunked around the web, including here on Streetsblog.

]]> By: luke blogger http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-178211 luke blogger Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:52:53 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-178211 HSR rail is a greenwashed concept and induces sprawl. http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/what-would-high-speed-rail-do-to-suburban-sprawl/ Who supports it? Crony contractors and central valley land speculators who plan on building more sprawl for 10s of miles around each HSR station. http://www.hjta.org/california-commentary/wheels-coming-high-speed-rail HSR rail is a greenwashed concept and induces sprawl.

http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/18/what-would-high-speed-rail-do-to-suburban-sprawl/

Who supports it? Crony contractors and central valley land speculators who plan on building more sprawl for 10s of miles around each HSR station.

http://www.hjta.org/california-commentary/wheels-coming-high-speed-rail

]]> By: Clarence Eckerson Jr. http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177901 Clarence Eckerson Jr. Wed, 23 Dec 2009 05:06:50 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177901 That's not all folks... Check out what some of the movers and shakers in the Livable Streets world chose as their favorite Streetfilm of 2009: http://www.streetfilms.org/fans-select-their-favorite-streetfilms/ In the comments, let us know which one you preferred, why, and what you'd like to see in 2010. That’s not all folks…

Check out what some of the movers and shakers in the Livable Streets world chose as their favorite Streetfilm of 2009: http://www.streetfilms.org/fans-select-their-favorite-streetfilms/

In the comments, let us know which one you preferred, why, and what you’d like to see in 2010.

]]> By: Cap'n Transit http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177841 Cap'n Transit Wed, 23 Dec 2009 03:21:32 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177841 <blockquote>I wish I could have voted for all four legislative fiascos.</blockquote> Sorry, you live in Schneiderman's district.

I wish I could have voted for all four legislative fiascos.

Sorry, you live in Schneiderman’s district.

]]> By: Felix http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177801 Felix Wed, 23 Dec 2009 01:51:26 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177801 What about taking a whole park for the new Yankee stadium? Didn't they only take half a park for the parking garage? What about taking a whole park for the new Yankee stadium? Didn’t they only take half a park for the parking garage?

]]> By: Larry Littlefield http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177791 Larry Littlefield Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:02:06 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177791 The biggest victory is more people decided to try getting around by bicycle. They can destroy the transit system (financially they already have, along with the school system, etc.) But riding a bicycle is mostly a matter of deciding to do try it and sticking with it until your muscles get used to it, given even modest accommodation. It is precisely for that reason that it, along with working at home, is what I have the most hope for. The biggest victory is more people decided to try getting around by bicycle. They can destroy the transit system (financially they already have, along with the school system, etc.) But riding a bicycle is mostly a matter of deciding to do try it and sticking with it until your muscles get used to it, given even modest accommodation.

It is precisely for that reason that it, along with working at home, is what I have the most hope for.

]]> By: Mark Walker http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177781 Mark Walker Tue, 22 Dec 2009 22:15:58 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177781 I wish I could have voted for all four legislative fiascos. I wish I could have voted for all four legislative fiascos.

]]> By: ddartley http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177741 ddartley Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:43:10 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177741 For "biggest victory" I voted for what was perhaps the least sensational of the nominees. The choice not to expand the Deegan excited readers here, but it seemed to me that it did so less than any of the other nominees. But I think it's the biggest victory because, while the other victories are exciting steps into the future, the choice NOT to expand a highway as a way to deal with car volume represents, I think, a shift from a particular strain of past thinking that is so unbelievably entrenched everywhere--among transportation experts and lay people alike--that changes or challenges to it are very significant. And besides, it helps that The Bronx was spared, for once, the default "poop on The Bronx" attitude in metro-area planning. For “biggest victory” I voted for what was perhaps the least sensational of the nominees. The choice not to expand the Deegan excited readers here, but it seemed to me that it did so less than any of the other nominees. But I think it’s the biggest victory because, while the other victories are exciting steps into the future, the choice NOT to expand a highway as a way to deal with car volume represents, I think, a shift from a particular strain of past thinking that is so unbelievably entrenched everywhere–among transportation experts and lay people alike–that changes or challenges to it are very significant.

And besides, it helps that The Bronx was spared, for once, the default “poop on The Bronx” attitude in metro-area planning.

]]> By: J http://www.streetsblog.org/2009/12/22/cast-your-vote-for-the-2009-streetsies/comment-page-1/#comment-177731 J Tue, 22 Dec 2009 20:36:49 +0000 http://www.streetsblog.org/?p=117141#comment-177731 How do you cast a vote? I'm only seeing the results. How do you cast a vote? I’m only seeing the results.

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