Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from June 2010

• Wed 30: Final Deal on New Domino Locks in Parking, Adds Shuttle Buses 13
• Wed 30: Gantt Reversal Revives Strong Complete Streets Bill in Assembly 4
• Wed 30: Parks Dept Allows Catering Hall to Fence Off Staten Island Greenway 23
• Wed 30: HUD Chief Preaches Livable Communities at Conference on Cities 0
• Wed 30: Today’s Headlines 11
• Tue 29: Talking Planning, Diversity, and Cycling With the Women Behind Velo City 7
• Tue 29: Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs: Senior Citizens Need Safer Streets 5
• Tue 29: Chicago Takes Tentative First Step Toward Bike-Sharing 0
• Tue 29: Today’s Headlines 10
• Mon 28: With Albany Hoarding DWI Fines, Counties Can’t Afford Leandra’s Law 1
• Mon 28: End of the Lines 16
• Mon 28: Seeing the Street as a New Cyclist 0
• Mon 28: This Week: Kent Avenue Report, “Our Cities Ourselves” 0
• Mon 28: Today’s Headlines 3
• Fri 25: For Parking at New Domino, Don’t Worry About Environmental Review 7
• Fri 25: Land Use Process Likely Safe in Charter Revision, But Major Issues Simmer 1
• Fri 25: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 25: MTA Open Thread: How Will Service Cuts Affect You? 22
• Fri 25: It’s Been a Great Ride 0
• Fri 25: Today’s Headlines 14
• Thu 24: Bloomberg Touts Approval of 1,600 Parking Spaces at Flushing Commons 7
• Thu 24: “Our Cities Ourselves”: Imagining the Future of Urban Transport 0
• Thu 24: Kelly Absolves Officers in Fatal Harlem Chase; De Blasio Shows Interest 4
• Thu 24: As Service Cuts Kick In, MTA Deficit Keeps Growing 1
• Thu 24: Questions Linger About Bloomberg’s New Livery Van Service 7
• Thu 24: Jail Time for Hunting Down People on Bikes With a Car While Drunk: Zero 0
• Thu 24: Today’s Headlines 15
• Wed 23: Selling Bike-Ped Infrastructure: Vancouver Shows How It’s Done 14
• Wed 23: Eyes on the Street: Cyclists Told to Walk Riverside-Hudson Greenway Link 38
• Wed 23: Port Authority Chief Calls for Green Overhaul of Region’s Freight System 9
• Wed 23: Bridge Tolls Not Very Popular, Says Progressive Caucus Survey 10
• Wed 23: National Parks Service Encourages Exploration of Downtown St. Louis 0
• Wed 23: Today’s Headlines 6
• Tue 22: Smart Growth Law Is Coming to New York. Now What Happens? 6
• Tue 22: Harlem NYPD Chase Ends in Another Pedestrian Death 35
• Tue 22: DOT Compromises, to a Point, on Union Square Plan 21
• Tue 22: A Boom in Bike Parking for Forth Worth 0
• Tue 22: Today’s Headlines 6
• Mon 21: Albany’s Bus Lane Cam Deal Only Covers Five Select Bus Service Routes 30
• Mon 21: Shameless Shelly Silver Claims Credit for Saving Student Fares 32
• Mon 21: To Address Demand for Oil, We Must Focus on Transportation 0
• Mon 21: This Week: Union Square, Nostrand SBS, Weekend Walks 0
• Mon 21: Tonight: Voices of Reason Needed to Counter PPW Bike Lane Hysteria 45
• Mon 21: “They Have to Do the Right Thing or Else They’re Going to Get Killed” 0
• Mon 21: Today’s Headlines 10
• Fri 18: Eyes on the Street: Bus Bulbs on Broadway, Protected Lanes on Second Ave 16
• Fri 18: Student MetroCards: Albany Offers Nothing, MTA Folds, Riders Lose 23
• Fri 18: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 18: Low Expectations for High-Speed Rail at NYU Conference 16
• Fri 18: Better Than Boycotting BP: Getting Out of the Car 0
• Fri 18: Today’s Headlines 23
• Thu 17: Assembly Kneecaps Complete Streets; Senate Passes Hayley & Diego’s Law 0
• Thu 17: Jon Stewart Lambastes 40 Years of Presidential Posturing on Oil 0
• Thu 17: How Do You Get New York’s Street Fairs Past Fried Dough? 10
• Thu 17: Reckless Drivers Aren’t Waiting for Vance Vehicular Crime Reforms 2
• Thu 17: Federal Bike-Ped Funding Sets New High, With Much More Room to Grow 7
• Thu 17: No Better Time to “Dump the Pump” 0
• Thu 17: Today’s Headlines 9
• Wed 16: Smart Growth Bill Passes State Assembly, Senate Vote Expected 1
• Wed 16: Eyes in the Capitol: Four Seconds of Glory for Bus Cam Bill 6
• Wed 16: Hoboken Launches First Citywide Car-Sharing Program in U.S. 12
• Wed 16: Yankee Stadium Parking Boondoggle Getting Worse Every Day 9
• Wed 16: The High Cost of (Bike) Parking 0
• Wed 16: Today’s Headlines 21
• Tue 15: Albany Committees Wisely Advance Smart Growth Bill 4
• Tue 15: Double-Take Time: Bus Cam Bill Clears Assembly Transpo Committee 4
• Tue 15: Traffic Injuries Plummet on Allen and Pike After Bike-Ped Overhaul 7
• Tue 15: Want the Best Deal on Parking? Get Yourself a Police Surgeon Placard 35
• Tue 15: Upper West Side Pedestrians Injured in Two Crashes on Same Block 5
• Tue 15: A Transit Education in Santa Rosa 0
• Tue 15: Today’s Headlines 10
• Mon 14: The Moral Imperative of the BP Oil Spill: Drive 20 Percent Less 0
• Mon 14: New Domino Drops 266 Parking Spaces. How Low Can It Go? 17
• Mon 14: This Week: Livable Streets on the Big Screen 1
• Mon 14: Pedestrians Caught in the Crosswalk 0
• Mon 14: Today’s Headlines 7
• Fri 11: Weekend Walks 2010: Car-Free Streets Coming to 18 Nabes. L’Chaim! 1
• Fri 11: Schumer, Labor Leaders Rally to Keep Buses and Trains Running 3
• Fri 11: The Weekly Carnage 3
• Fri 11: Albany Update: Bill to Protect Peds and Cyclists One Step Closer to Law 12
• Fri 11: Pedestrian Reclamation on Tap for Deadly Ozone Park Intersection 8
• Fri 11: Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Accessibility 0
• Fri 11: Today’s Headlines 3
• Thu 10: Is Sidewalk Dining to Blame for Dyckman Street’s Traffic Nightmare? 30
• Thu 10: City Council to Albany: NYC Wants Bus Lanes That Work 8
• Thu 10: Even Below 34th Street, Gaps Appear in Plan for Protected Bike Lanes 22
• Thu 10: East Harlem to Bloomberg: Protected Bike Lanes Must Extend Uptown 36
• Thu 10: How Is a Parking Space Different From a Toilet? 0
• Thu 10: Today’s Headlines 10
• Wed 9: Dodd’s Livability Bill Earns Praise from Local Governments 0
• Wed 9: Hayley and Diego’s Law Clears State Assembly 0
• Wed 9: Q&A With Sam Hoyt: Why New York State Needs a Smart Growth Law 9
• Wed 9: “Black Box” Standard for New Cars Could Be Big Gain for Street Safety 45
• Wed 9: More Bike Parking Goodness 0
• Wed 9: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 8: Albany Update: Hayley and Diego’s Law Has Momentum 2
• Tue 8: In Race to Succeed Schneiderman, Support for Transit, Skepticism on Tolls 0
• Tue 8: Quinn and Vacca Urge City Council Support for Bus Cameras 5
• Tue 8: City Bigs, Local Electeds Back Deal to Bridge East River Greenway Gap 16
• Tue 8: Squeaky Wheels Get the Bike Parking 0
• Tue 8: Today’s Headlines 4
• Mon 7: Eighth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Slated for 11-Block Extension 19
• Mon 7: East Side Re-Design Moves Ahead, But Full Bike Corridor Is on Hold 18
• Mon 7: Like They Say, It Really Is All About Location 0
• Mon 7: This Week: Livable Streets Proposals Take Manhattan 0
• Mon 7: Today’s Headlines 15
• Fri 4: Driver With Suspended License Critically Injures Parent at Queens School 15
• Fri 4: Got a Question for Albany? 7
• Fri 4: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 4: Why NYC Residents Should Care About the Upstate Sprawl Bomb 50
• Fri 4: Plummeting Bike Use in Beijing, and the Need for a Global Strategy 0
• Fri 4: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 3: This Sunday: Help Close the East River Greenway’s Midtown Gap 25
• Thu 3: Albany Update: Hayley and Diego Hearing; Bus Riders Waiting for Shelly 0
• Thu 3: A Farewell to Elana Schor, and a Note About Our National Coverage 13
• Thu 3: To E-Bike or Not to E-Bike 0
• Thu 3: Bike Month NYC 2010 0
• Thu 3: Today’s Headlines 16
• Wed 2: Vote on UWS’s “No-Brainer” Bike Lane Shouldn’t Have Been a Squeaker 35
• Wed 2: AFL-CIO Flexing Its Muscle for Senate Transit Operating Aid Bill 0
• Wed 2: Younger People Driving Less, Auto Industry Getting Nervous 0
• Wed 2: In Close Vote, CB 7 Supports Safe Cycling for Upper West Side 7
• Wed 2: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 1: Eyes on the Street: Marcia Kramer’s Worst Nightmare 13
• Tue 1: What’s Good for Green Transport Is Good for Business in the East Village 6
• Tue 1: NYCDOT Prioritizes Sustainable Modes at Queens Approach to Triborough 15
• Tue 1: This Week: Turn Out to Support Safer Biking on Columbus Ave 1
• Tue 1: What Do Sushi and Bicycles Have in Common? 0
• Tue 1: Today’s Headlines 7