Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from March 2010

• Wed 31: How Will NYC’s Progressive Caucus Approach Progressive Transportation? 12
• Wed 31: Wall Street Swaps Haunting Cities: How Many Transit Agencies Hold Them? 0
• Wed 31: Port Authority Commits to Agency-Wide Plan for Better Bike Access 19
• Wed 31: Streetfilms: Bike-Centric Left Turn Markings on San Francisco’s “Wiggle” 0
• Wed 31: Los Angeles as a Model Transit City? 0
• Wed 31: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 30: As Minneapolis Joins NACTO, Oberstar Backs Shift on Transit Operating Aid 0
• Tue 30: Do Bus Cams Cost Too Much? Actually, They Pay for Themselves 15
• Tue 30: New Poll: Support For Transit Expansion Transcends Rural-Urban Divide 0
• Tue 30: San Francisco First City in the Nation to Count Its Parking Spaces 0
• Tue 30: Ed Skyler Departs. Who Will Take Over NYC’s Street Safety Portfolio? 0
• Tue 30: Why Fort Worth Needs Its Streetcar 0
• Tue 30: Today’s Headlines 4
• Mon 29: Is New York City the Car Culture Capital of America? 14
• Mon 29: This Week: Sunset Park Greenway Forum, Ecocity Visions 0
• Mon 29: What’s So Scary About Bicycle Infrastructure? 0
• Mon 29: Oberstar Stays Optimistic About New Transport Bill in 2010 0
• Mon 29: Today’s Headlines 1
• Fri 26: Jim Brennan on Bus Cam Rejection: NYC “Irrationally Expanding” Bus Lanes 16
• Fri 26: Streetfilms: SFPD Chief Bikes With Cycling Advocates. Ray Kelly, Let’s Ride. 2
• Fri 26: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 26: New Scorecard From DOT: Driving in Decline, Safety Improvements Work 4
• Fri 26: Older People Need Safer Streets for True Independence 0
• Fri 26: Today’s Headlines 14
• Thu 25: Boxer Aims to Put TIGER-Type Program in Next Federal Transport Bill 0
• Thu 25: Better Bus Service in Jeopardy Thanks to Shelly Silver and Assembly Dems 12
• Thu 25: A School Where You Have to Use Your Own Two Feet 0
• Thu 25: Today’s Headlines 9
• Wed 24: Silver, Assembly Dems Reject Better NYC Bus Service 29
• Wed 24: MTA Service Cuts — The Tough Choice Albany Never Has to Vote On 1
• Wed 24: State Senate Undermines Better Enforcement for New Bus Lanes 3
• Wed 24: LES Bike-Ped Improvements Sail Through Manhattan CB 3 9
• Wed 24: Feds Begin Redefining ‘Affordable Housing’ to Include Transport Costs 0
• Wed 24: Revisiting the Idea of a Bicycle Tax 0
• Wed 24: Today’s Headlines 4
• Tue 23: Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias 3
• Tue 23: Bids for Federal Streetcar Aid Top Available Money by Nearly Tenfold 0
• Tue 23: On American Streets, “Freak Accidents” Are Freakishly Common 8
• Tue 23: Streetfilms: Contraflow Bike Lanes — A Capital Idea 0
• Tue 23: Henry Hudson Bridge Walkway Set to Re-Open After Three Years 16
• Tue 23: Transit Operating Aid Bill Doesn’t Fly With Major D.C. Transit Group 0
• Tue 23: What We’re Really Saying When We Say “Alternative” 0
• Tue 23: Today’s Headlines 8
• Mon 22: How London Is Saving Lives With 20 MPH Zones 19
• Mon 22: Senate Health Bill Approved: What It Means for Transportation 0
• Mon 22: Pedro Espada’s Student Fare Fix: Toll the East River Bridges 23
• Mon 22: This Week: Parking in Flushing, BK Greenway, NJ Fare Hikes 0
• Mon 22: Getting Romantic About Transit 0
• Mon 22: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 19: A Transcontinental Transpo Message: Don’t Be Afraid to Experiment 1
• Fri 19: NYPD Kisses the Blarney Stone After Ray Kelly Saves the Day 14
• Fri 19: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 19: Transport Fix to Jobs Bill Would Take $192M From CA, Send $76M to TX 0
• Fri 19: Albany’s Selective Theft of Transit Funding: Only NYC Pays 8
• Fri 19: Getting More Women on the Bike 0
• Fri 19: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 18: In Any Language, the Cost of Congestion Comes Through Loud and Clear 11
• Thu 18: Inhofe Questions Transit and Bike-Ped Investments in House Transport Bill 0
• Thu 18: After Meeting Walder, Student Transit Advos Set Sights on City and State 6
• Thu 18: Saturday: Input Wanted on Inwood Waterfront Esplanade 7
• Thu 18: How Can Bicycles and Buses Share the Road More Safely? 0
• Thu 18: Today’s Headlines 23
• Wed 17: Upper East Side Workshop Kicks Off New Street Safety Campaign 14
• Wed 17: As Geithner Touts Infrastructure, Skepticism Persists on $4B ‘I-Fund’ Plan 0
• Wed 17: DOT Proposes Flushing Ave Bikeway in Prelude to Major Greenway Push 33
• Wed 17: City Bus Hits and Kills Cyclist on Crotona Avenue in the Bronx 21
• Wed 17: Photo Call: Families on Transit Where You Live 0
• Wed 17: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 16: Brown Offers Senate Plan For More Federal Operating Aid to Local Transit 0
• Tue 16: Eyes on the Street: Yankees Grab Lead in “Subway Series of Bike Parking” 10
• Tue 16: Can the New York City Council Wrest Crash Information From NYPD? 2
• Tue 16: At Flushing Commons, NYCEDC’s Fuzzy Math Superceded PlaNYC Goals 45
• Tue 16: How Infrastructure Shapes the Way We Move 0
• Tue 16: Today’s Headlines 6
• Mon 15: Details on East Side SBS Come Into Focus at CB 8 Meeting 9
• Mon 15: Parking Overkill in Flushing: NYCEDC Made It Happen 33
• Mon 15: LaHood Reaches Out to Transit Industry, Lamenting ‘Lousy Economy’ 0
• Mon 15: Bill Targeting Drivers With Suspended Licenses Gains Steam 3
• Mon 15: Streetfilms: Voices From the National Bike Summit 0
• Mon 15: This Week: UES & Bklyn Street Safety, NYMTC & Carrion 0
• Mon 15: Does Your City Have Ambitions? 0
• Mon 15: Today’s Headlines 8
• Fri 12: In Surprise Appearance, Ray LaHood Caps Off National Bike Summit 0
• Fri 12: Eyes on the Street: NYPD Chivalry Is Dead on 34th Street 38
• Fri 12: The Weekly Carnage 3
• Fri 12: Fare Hike 2010: Your Chance to Prop Up Albany 10
• Fri 12: Bay Ridge Mother Stirs Street Safety Awakening at Brooklyn CB 10 2
• Fri 12: Streetsblog Commenters, Unite! 0
• Fri 12: Is 2010 the Year for Federal Bike Aid? The Answer: A Big ‘Maybe’ 0
• Fri 12: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 11: Safer Bowery, LES Bike Lanes Clear Manhattan CB3 Committee 25
• Thu 11: Months After Traffic Deaths, NYPD Denies Access to Crash Information 10
• Thu 11: New House Jobs Bill Dominated by Direct Aid to Cities 0
• Thu 11: Mercedes Exploits the Daredevil Cyclist Stereotype 33
• Thu 11: Today’s Headlines 8
• Wed 10: Streetfilms: Michael Musto, Il Ciclista Dolce 47
• Wed 10: Google Engineer Scott Shawcroft Explains the New Bike Map 14
• Wed 10: City Planning Can Set the Bar Higher on Fourth Avenue 9
• Wed 10: Google Bike Routes — The Wait Is Over 22
• Wed 10: Walk and Smell the Flowers 0
• Wed 10: U.S. Transit Trips Hit 10.2B in 2009, With Light Rail Up in Nine Cities 5
• Wed 10: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 9: Albany Didn’t “Cut” the MTA Budget. They Stole From It. 22
• Tue 9: Dodd Vows to Pass Livability Bill Amid Skepticism From Rural Senators 6
• Tue 9: JSK’s “98 Percent” Car-Free Central Park Claim Is 100 Percent Wrong 25
• Tue 9: Using Social Media to Fix Transit That Fails 1
• Tue 9: Today’s Headlines 4
• Mon 8: For Pedestrians, Atlantic and Flatbush Could Go From Bad to Worse 12
• Mon 8: A Fresh Look at American Sprawl 27
• Mon 8: Bus Cams on the Table in Gov’s Budget 7
• Mon 8: This Week: Mobility Rights, Parking Reform, SBS, Group Rides 0
• Mon 8: Saving Money by Ditching the Car 8
• Mon 8: Today’s Headlines 10
• Fri 5: Streetfilms Shorties: The Manhattan Bridge Turns 100 4
• Fri 5: Building an App to Help Neighbors Ride Together 5
• Fri 5: One Last Reminder: Aaron Naparstek Going-Away Party Is Tonight 4
• Fri 5: The Weekly Carnage 6
• Fri 5: From “Hey, You #*%!!” To “Dear Driver” 21
• Fri 5: Whose Lifestyle Is It Anyway? 8
• Fri 5: Today’s Headlines 9
• Thu 4: To Save Student MetroCards, Trim the Fat From Bloated Yellow Bus Costs 41
• Thu 4: LaHood Faces Off With GOP Senator Over High-Speed Rail, Livability 5
• Thu 4: Waiting for Raymond: How Many NYPD DWI Disasters Is Too Many? 2
• Thu 4: Billyburg’s “New Domino” Mixes Parking Disaster With Bike-Ped Benefits 27
• Thu 4: DOT Sets Construction Timeline for Permanent Ped-Friendly Times Square 1
• Thu 4: Rising to the Challenge of Bringing Kids on Transit 6
• Thu 4: Today’s Headlines 11
• Wed 3: Senate Starts Work on New Transport Bill, With House Version as a Guide 0
• Wed 3: MTA Blame Game: Lowlights From Queens 8
• Wed 3: Streetfilms: Seattle’s Link Light Rail — The Start of Something Big 5
• Wed 3: The Importance of Family-Friendly Transit 32
• Wed 3: Bunning Throws in the Towel, Congress Restores Transport Funding 2
• Wed 3: Today’s Headlines 4
• Tue 2: Friday: Join Us for the Aaron Naparstek Farewell Bash 19
• Tue 2: Transportation Filibuster Update: Bunning Won’t Yield to Fellow GOPer 3
• Tue 2: Why Car Chases Are Never Worth the Risk 7
• Tue 2: Scott Stringer Asks: What Are Your Budget Priorities? 5
• Tue 2: DOT Plans to Bring NYC’s First Separated Busway to 34th Street 101
• Tue 2: “We Need to Stop Designing Our Lives Around Cars” 0
• Tue 2: Today’s Headlines 14
• Mon 1: National Survey: Driving Down in 2009, Sustainable Transport Up 15
• Mon 1: Waiting for Raymond: LAPD Chief Leapfrogs Kelly on Cyclist Outreach 0
• Mon 1: The Truth About Student Fares: MTA a Huge Bargain for State and City 14
• Mon 1: Federal Transportation Law Expired Over the Weekend: What’s Next? 1
• Mon 1: Vancouver’s Olympic Transit Demonstration 3
• Mon 1: This Week: MTA Hearings, Team T.A., Streetsblog Soiree 0
• Mon 1: Today’s Headlines 7