Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from July 2010

• Fri 30: House Approves Transpo Spending Bill After Stripping Out $ for Livability 0
• Fri 30: The Case for Open Transit Data 0
• Fri 30: Eyes on the Street: Sudden Collapse in East River Greenway 19
• Fri 30: 500 Square Miles Lost to New Jersey Sprawl Over 20 Years 0
• Fri 30: Council, EDC Spend $3 Million to Keep Parking Cheap at Flushing Commons 12
• Fri 30: Today’s Headlines 13
• Thu 29: Department of Health Takes a Snapshot of Bed-Stuy Cyclists 18
• Thu 29: Data-Driven Traffic Enforcement Saves Lives. NYPD Only Halfway There. 1
• Thu 29: This Week in NYC Transportation: More Pollution, Less Efficiency 4
• Thu 29: Why Isn’t Traffic Reduction a Top Public Health Concern? 0
• Thu 29: Today’s Headlines 19
• Wed 28: Reid Energy Bill: No $ for Transit, Billions for Electric and Natural Gas Cars 0
• Wed 28: The Fare Hike, the Service Cuts, and the Ballot Box 21
• Wed 28: Sales Tax Hike Could Save Olympia’s Transit System 0
• Wed 28: Today’s Headlines 11
• Tue 27: Eyes on the Street: Safer Intersections for Young and Old on the UWS 10
• Tue 27: Long Island Towns Pursue Complete Streets Despite Assembly Stalling 3
• Tue 27: Environmentalists, Transpo Reformers Brace for Scaled-Back Energy Bill 0
• Tue 27: On the 20th Anniversary of ADA, Too Many Streets Remain Inaccessible 0
• Tue 27: Today’s Headlines 10
• Mon 26: City Seeks to Save By Reducing 26,000-Vehicle Municipal Fleet 16
• Mon 26: This Week: Queens Parking Tour, Dueling Street Reclamations 0
• Mon 26: More Space for Parking Than Offices at Boston-Area TOD 0
• Mon 26: Today’s Headlines 6
• Fri 23: Eyes on the Street: Blast of Thermoplast on Flushing 3
• Fri 23: Manhattan CB 7 Demands 800 Fewer Parking Spaces at Riverside Center 11
• Fri 23: London Mayoral Candidate: Use Congestion Charge to Lower Bus Fares 23
• Fri 23: “Movement Afoot” to Drop Downtown Brooklyn Parking Minimums 7
• Fri 23: What If Roads Really Did Have to Pay for Themselves? 0
• Fri 23: Today’s Headlines 10
• Thu 22: Manhattan CB4 Wants the Full Safety Treatment for Eighth Ave Bike Lane 17
• Thu 22: FTA: American Transit Systems Need $77.7 Billion in Repairs 0
• Thu 22: Planners Tackle Big Questions About How to Shape NYC Development 4
• Thu 22: Sympathy for the Careless Driver 0
• Thu 22: Today’s Headlines 10
• Wed 21: NYPD Let Witnesses Leave Scene of Fatal Fort Greene Crash 15
• Wed 21: The Soft Innovations of London’s “Cycle Superhighways” 12
• Wed 21: Finding the Buses That Need a Speed Boost 0
• Wed 21: Today’s Headlines 1
• Tue 20: Cop Caught on Tape Driving Into Cyclist Will Face Charges 24
• Tue 20: Quinn Praises Empty Garage at East River Plaza Ribbon Cutting 46
• Tue 20: What Would You Like to Get Out of Open NYCDOT Data? 15
• Tue 20: EDC’s Queens Plaza Project Adds Better Bike-Ped Routes, Subtracts Parking 7
• Tue 20: Night of the Living Highway Extension 0
• Tue 20: Today’s Headlines 16
• Mon 19: Brad Aaron: An Appreciation 9
• Mon 19: Hundreds of Neighbors Press NYPD for Justice for Slain Mother of Three 4
• Mon 19: Atlanta Releases Nation’s Largest Survey of Transit Riders 0
• Mon 19: This Week: Defending Riverside Park, Extending Eighth Avenue 5
• Mon 19: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 16: Summer Streets 2010: Dumpster Diving for the Masses 6
• Fri 16: Senators Aim to Reintroduce Transportation Into Climate Bill Debate 0
• Fri 16: NYC’s Car-Free Majority Deserves a Share of Defunct Bus Stops 10
• Fri 16: Council Mems Display Parking Ignorance at Flushing Commons Hearing 15
• Fri 16: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 15: Facebook Tally: PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1 52
• Thu 15: Cycling in Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes 0
• Thu 15: Can Cab-Sharing Reduce Traffic on NYC Streets? 6
• Thu 15: New Jersey Transit Village Program Continues to Grow 0
• Thu 15: Postcards From Our National Transportation Funding Meltdown 0
• Thu 15: Today’s Headlines 8
• Wed 14: Advocates: State DOT Analysis Engineered to Preclude Sheridan Teardown 27
• Wed 14: Eyes on the Street: Sidewalk Sinkhole in Sunset Park 4
• Wed 14: How in Good Conscience Can St. Charles County, Missouri Ban Bicycles? 0
• Wed 14: Today’s Headlines 26
• Tue 13: See a Pattern of Deadly Dump Trucks? Don’t Bother Federal Safety Officials 13
• Tue 13: Will California Achieve Its Anti-Sprawl Targets? 0
• Tue 13: The Car Loan Loophole: How Auto Dealers Dodged Financial Reform 0
• Tue 13: Today’s Headlines 11
• Mon 12: We’re Hiring: Lead Streetsblog’s National Coverage 3
• Mon 12: Eyes on the Street: The Nascent First Avenue Bike Lane 69
• Mon 12: The Overwhelming Majority of Drivers Don’t Want to Hurt You 0
• Mon 12: This Week: Tell State DOT to Tear Down the Sheridan 1
• Mon 12: Today’s Headlines 6
• Fri 9: Charter Revision Report: Land Use Process Should Stay Untouched, For Now 3
• Fri 9: Manhattan CB 5 Listens to Reason, Endorses Union Square Plan 26
• Fri 9: Accounting for the Economic Payoff of Streetcars and Buses 0
• Fri 9: Bike Infrastructure Innovators Take Their Show on the Road 0
• Fri 9: Today’s Headlines 5
• Thu 8: Garbage Truck Operator Kills Cyclist in Bushwick, Keeps Driving 28
• Thu 8: Feds Announce Winners of $293 Million in Transit Grants 0
• Thu 8: Car-Dependent States Hit Hardest by Obesity Epidemic 0
• Thu 8: Big Box Mall’s Giant Parking Garage a Predictable, Preventable Waste 43
• Thu 8: Ohio DOT Can’t Fathom Bike-Ped Access on Downtown Cleveland Bridge 0
• Thu 8: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 7: Greenpoint Ave Bridge Plan Adds Bike Lanes With Fat Buffers 42
• Wed 7: Victims’ Families and Electeds Urge Paterson to Sign Traffic Safety Law 0
• Wed 7: Thousands Play in the Streets at First-Ever “Oaklavía” 0
• Wed 7: Yes, You Can Move the Needle on Public Support for a Gas Tax Hike 0
• Wed 7: Today’s Headlines 14
• Tue 6: Manhattan Bridge Rehab Plans Pose Challenges for Bike-Ped Safety 6
• Tue 6: Traffic Remains Top Injury-Related Killer of New York City’s Children 5
• Tue 6: The Freedom to Not Drive 0
• Tue 6: This Week: Q’boro Bridge Buses, Union Square, Tour de Queens 1
• Tue 6: Today’s Headlines 18
• Fri 2: Eyes on the Street: If You Build It, They Will Sit 3
• Fri 2: What Does American Exceptionalism Mean For Livable Streets? 0
• Fri 2: Today’s Headlines 14
• Thu 1: With 34th Street Plaza in Doubt, Local Business Group Expresses Support 7
• Thu 1: As PPW Intrigue Mounts, Brooklyn Paper Defends the Completed Street 51
• Thu 1: For a Reasonable Price on Bike Parking, Try Brooklyn 17
• Thu 1: Telling the Story of Chicago, One Train Stop at a Time 0
• Thu 1: Today’s Headlines 14