Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from April 2011

• Fri 29: Why Wilson Rides 4
• Fri 29: Count It: First and Second Avenue Redesigns Are a Success 5
• Fri 29: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 29: Everyone’s On Board for East Harlem Bike Lanes — Except NYCDOT 12
• Fri 29: President Obama Expected to Release Proposed Transportation Bill 0
• Fri 29: Digging a Hole: What’s Behind America’s Aversion to Fixing It First? 0
• Fri 29: Today’s Headlines 27
• Thu 28: Developer: I’ve Walked Away From Projects Because of Parking Minimums 60
• Thu 28: Third Houston Outerbelt Would Turn Prairies Into Texas Toast 0
• Thu 28: Utility Cycling Tips From Bike Zealot Martha Stewart 11
• Thu 28: DOT to Extend East Side Bike Lanes to 57th, But Mostly With Shared Lanes 33
• Thu 28: Which Places Have the Best Complete Streets Policies? 0
• Thu 28: Chasing the Elusive New Transit Rider, Missing the Bus? 0
• Thu 28: Today’s Headlines 13
• Wed 27: MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan: What’s Good for Times Square Is Good for America 5
• Wed 27: New Study: The Parking Placard On That Car Is Probably Illegal 20
• Wed 27: Research Bolsters Case for Cycle Tracks While AASHTO Updates Guide 0
• Wed 27: Moving Beyond the Automobile: Parking Reform 0
• Wed 27: Domenic Recchia: There’s a Place For Bike Lanes, But I’m Not Telling Where 11
• Wed 27: Signal Timing and Pedestrian Safety: A Case Study From Baltimore 0
• Wed 27: Today’s Headlines 4
• Tue 26: Ten Things NBBL Doesn’t Want You to Know 25
• Tue 26: To Get Safer Streets, Traffic Lights and Stop Signs Aren’t the Answer 26
• Tue 26: PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Rachel Weinberger, UPenn Professor 3
• Tue 26: Fact Check: New York Post Has No Idea Who Planned NYC Bike Lanes 7
• Tue 26: The New Dynamics That Are Eroding the Market for Sprawl 0
• Tue 26: Today’s Headlines 15
• Mon 25: Under Pressure, AASHTO Withdraws Objection to Stronger Bike-Ped Rules 0
• Mon 25: Without Adequate Federal Funding, Will States Raise Their Own Gas Taxes? 0
• Mon 25: Swap the Suburban Payroll Tax for East River Bridge Tolls — Deal or No Deal? 16
• Mon 25: This Week: Toll Tech, Parking Minimums, and Auto Motives 3
• Mon 25: Don’t Dismiss “Don’t Be a Jerk” 71
• Mon 25: Arlington Republicans Come Out Against Bike-Share Expansion 0
• Mon 25: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 22: Why John Rides 8
• Fri 22: PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Kate Slevin, Tri-State Transportation Campaign 0
• Fri 22: The Weekly Carnage 8
• Fri 22: PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Joan Byron, Pratt Center for Community Development 4
• Fri 22: PlaNYC 2.0 Reactions: Paul Steely White, Transportation Alternatives 0
• Fri 22: Video: 400+ Cyclists Per Hour on the Manhattan Bridge 18
• Fri 22: SFPark, Putting Shoup’s Ideas to the Test, Launches to Much Political Support 0
• Fri 22: Today’s Headlines 15
• Thu 21: PlaNYC 2.0 Hints at Parking Reform, Touts Bike-Share, Lacks Transpo Focus 1
• Thu 21: “Don’t Be a Jerk” — The Wrong Message at the Wrong Time 82
• Thu 21: Eyes on the Street: NYPD’s Traffic Enforcement Resources at Work 29
• Thu 21: Mayor’s Office Highlights “Clean Heat Campaign” in Major PlaNYC Update 0
• Thu 21: It’s the Sprawl, Stupid — The Budget Buster No One’s Talking About 0
• Thu 21: Today’s Headlines 10
• Wed 20: Steve Cuozzo’s Bike Data Is Like Donald Trump’s Data on Obama’s Citizenship 21
• Wed 20: What the Feds Giveth, the States Taketh Away — From Bike/Ped Programs 0
• Wed 20: DOT to Red Hook: No Streetcar For You 40
• Wed 20: Eyes on the Street: The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Approach 16
• Wed 20: Zipcar Goes Public, Seattle Times Goes Road-Crazy, Commuters Go By Bike 0
• Wed 20: Today’s Headlines 1
• Tue 19: Gabe Klein, Architect of DC’s Bike Progress, Is Chicago Bound 0
• Tue 19: Moving Beyond the Automobile: The Right Price for Parking 0
• Tue 19: CicLAvia 2011: Angelenos (And Their Mayor) Take Back the Streets 0
• Tue 19: Suburban Commuter Rail: Politically Attractive, Functionally Repulsive 0
• Tue 19: Today’s Headlines 8
• Mon 18: Henry St. Placard Abuser Fends Off NYPD By Mixing Church and State 17
• Mon 18: Paradigm Shift in Charleston: County Leaders Reject Highway Expansion 0
• Mon 18: Grand Army Plaza Redesign Moves Forward Without Plaza Street Bike Lane 31
• Mon 18: $100 Million for HUD Sustainability Program Survives in This Year’s Budget 0
• Mon 18: To Curb Congestion, Parking Reform Must Be in PlaNYC Update 5
• Mon 18: The Rising Price of Gas Is the Talk of the Nation 0
• Mon 18: This Week: Sheridan Walking Tour, 34th Street CB Meeting 0
• Mon 18: Today’s Headlines 12
• Fri 15: Why Jamal Rides 4
• Fri 15: HUD Grant Will Lay the Groundwork for TOD in New York and Connecticut 8
• Fri 15: The Weekly Carnage 3
• Fri 15: Reason Makes a Comeback in Central Park 17
• Fri 15: Construction Industry Objections to Sheridan Teardown Don’t Stand Up 19
• Fri 15: Senate Introduces a Narrower Bill for Wider Sidewalks 0
• Fri 15: An Australian Perspective on Urban-Suburban Politics 0
• Fri 15: Today’s Headlines 22
• Thu 14: Flashback: Grand Army Plaza Public Workshop, March 2007 3
• Thu 14: Without New MTA Funds, Transit Riders May Face Return of 70s-Era Disrepair 13
• Thu 14: The Columbia River Crossing: A Highway Boondoggle in Disguise 0
• Thu 14: Brooklyn Pop-Up Café Wins Community Board 2 Endorsement 6
• Thu 14: Portland Can’t Add Bike Parking Fast Enough to Please Businesses 0
• Thu 14: Brooklyn CB 6 Unanimously Approves DOT Modifications to PPW Bike Lane 30
• Thu 14: Today’s Headlines 4
• Wed 13: Pedestrians, Including Bill Clinton, Breathe Easier in the New Times Square 4
• Wed 13: Actually, If You Build It, They Will Bike 7
• Wed 13: Got a Drivers License and a Gripe? NYC Reporters Want to Hear From You 30
• Wed 13: Moving Beyond the Automobile: Road Diets 0
• Wed 13: Local Lawmakers: Don’t Mess With Texas Cyclists and Pedestrians 0
• Wed 13: Today’s Headlines 12
• Tue 12: Efforts to Close East River Greenway Gap Advance With Feasibility Study 10
• Tue 12: AASHTO: New Rule Makes It Too Hard to Ignore Cyclists and Pedestrians 0
• Tue 12: IBO: Ending the Free Ride Over NYC Bridges Could Raise $1B+ Each Year 18
• Tue 12: High-Speed Rail Funds Get Slashed in Detailed Budget Plan 0
• Tue 12: Eyes on the Street: Two Lanes of Ped Space Coming to Chelsea Subway Stop 12
• Tue 12: Livability Star Vancouver the Latest City to Look at Highway Removal 0
• Tue 12: Today’s Headlines 8
• Mon 11: Would You and Your Kids Bike on PPW Without Physical Separation? 20
• Mon 11: The Efficient Past and Wasteful Present of the Brooklyn Bridge 31
• Mon 11: You Can Open Your Eyes Now: Budget Deal Spares Transpo the Worst 0
• Mon 11: This Week: Highway Teardowns, Stopping Speeding, RPA Gala 0
• Mon 11: Transit and Rail Likely to Take a Hit in Budget Compromise 0
• Mon 11: Who Rides the Lanes? 750 Turn Out for the Prospect Park West Family Ride 0
• Mon 11: Today’s Headlines 20
• Fri 8: Why Sally Rides 13
• Fri 8: NYPD Traffic Cop: “My Objective Is The Cars, Not The People” 41
• Fri 8: Sunday: Moms, Dads and Kids Ride the Prospect Park West Bike Lane 4
• Fri 8: Government Shutdown Would Be a Punch in the Gut to Transit Agencies 0
• Fri 8: Two Drunk-Driving Cops Crash Cars In Two Nights 3
• Fri 8: Washington Heights Towers Would Add 500+ Parking Spots on Top of 1 Train 18
• Fri 8: Activists’ Warnings About Miami’s Brickell Avenue Prove Prophetic 0
• Fri 8: Cuomo to Cut 10 Percent of State Parking Placards 3
• Fri 8: Today’s Headlines 17
• Thu 7: Fare Hike 2014: Without New MTA Revenue, $137 Monthly Pass Could Happen 53
• Thu 7: Pedestrian Refuges Provide Simple Safety Fix for Roosevelt Island Bridge 4
• Thu 7: Jim Brennan Wants to Get Rid of the Prospect Park West Bike Lane 40
• Thu 7: The Ryan Budget: Doing the Same Thing, Expecting a Different Result 0
• Thu 7: Today’s Headlines 20
• Wed 6: GOP Budget Would Slash Transpo Spending, Entrench Oil Dependence 0
• Wed 6: Seriously, Why Is Anthony Weiner So Terrified of Bike Lanes? 26
• Wed 6: New York’s Car Ownership Rate Is on The Rise 58
• Wed 6: No Joke: New York Transit Riders Need Separated Bus Lanes 9
• Wed 6: Moving Beyond the Automobile: Traffic Calming 0
• Wed 6: In Energy-Uncertain Future, Indiana DOT Bets That Nothing Will Change 0
• Wed 6: Today’s Headlines 27
• Tue 5: JSK: Plaza Program Will Expand; Gridlock Sam: Backlash Nothing New 2
• Tue 5: Pedestrian Seriously Injured Crossing Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue 20
• Tue 5: Ratner Arena Will Include 400 Satanic Bike Parking Spots 13
• Tue 5: How Far Should Bike and Transit Advocates Take Their Alliance? 0
• Tue 5: Today’s Headlines 21
• Mon 4: This Is What Gibson Dunn Lawyer Jim Walden Wants to Sue Out of Existence 37
• Mon 4: How Ad Dollars Help Explain the Media’s Bike Backlash 0
• Mon 4: This Week: Shared Streets, Parking Tickets, SBS for Hylan Blvd 0
• Mon 4: Lavishing Developers With Publicly Funded Infrastructure in the D.C. Burbs 0
• Mon 4: Today’s Headlines 13
• Fri 1: PPW Bike Lane Opponents Have PR Firm Spinning For Them 8
• Fri 1: Jim Brennan Poll Finds 3-2 Margin of Support for PPW Redesign 22
• Fri 1: With No Separated Busway on 34th Street, What’s Next for BRT in NYC? 4
• Fri 1: Vote for Streetsblog 20
• Fri 1: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 1: More From the House Transpo Hearings: The Advocates Edition 0
• Fri 1: Chuck Schumer: America Needs More Streets Like Prospect Park West 43
• Fri 1: What L.A.’s 30/10 Plan Could Mean for Transit Funding Nationwide 0
• Fri 1: Today’s Headlines 13