Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from September 2011

• Fri 30: Why Julio Rides 9
• Fri 30: Republicans Have Their Own Plan to Pay for Infrastructure Jobs: Oil Drilling 0
• Fri 30: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 30: Why Is the Manhattan Institute Afraid of Livable Streets? 29
• Fri 30: Critical Mass: Good for Cycling or Bad PR? 0
• Fri 30: Today’s Headlines 1
• Thu 29: Dutch Cycling Embassy Releases Inspirational Video, Launches Website 0
• Thu 29: Local Data Confirm: NYC Bike-on-Ped Injuries Declined as Cycling Rates Rose 8
• Thu 29: Thursday Job Market 0
• Thu 29: Backwards Priorities: Most Vulnerable Commuters Last to Be Considered 0
• Thu 29: Today’s Headlines 14
• Wed 28: Contrary to Statement on WNYC, Gibson Dunn Now Claims Weinshall as Client 25
• Wed 28: Will Obama’s Transportation Jobs Plan Avoid Funding Sprawl? 0
• Wed 28: Utility Van Driver: We Need Better NYPD Enforcement to Protect Pedestrians 10
• Wed 28: Minneapolis’s Midtown Greenway: Good for Bikes, Good for Business 0
• Wed 28: So Much for Austerity: Wisconsin Builds $25 Million Interchange in Cornfield 0
• Wed 28: Today’s Headlines 5
• Tue 27: Design For Permanent Times Square Plazas Released 17
• Tue 27: Clinton Hill Celebrates Putnam Plaza With Dance Party 3
• Tue 27: TTI: Mass Transit Saved Drivers 45.4 Million Hours Last Year 0
• Tue 27: Bike Lane Opponents File Appeal in Prospect Park West Lawsuit 36
• Tue 27: Who Would You Like to See Sponsor NYC Bike-Share? 24
• Tue 27: Would President Romney Build Roads or Rail? 0
• Tue 27: The Toothless Official Response to Air Quality Emergencies 0
• Tue 27: Today’s Headlines 11
• Mon 26: City Council Singles Out Bike Lanes in Bills to Codify DOT Outreach 17
• Mon 26: Jim Walden Gets In Sync With the Tea Party Transportation Platform 11
• Mon 26: This Week’s Got It All: Bikes, Buses, and Public Plazas 1
• Mon 26: Wait. What? Already? Cleveland Takes Step Backward on Complete Streets 0
• Mon 26: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 23: In Progress: Better Bike-Ped Access on the South Side of Grand Army Plaza 15
• Fri 23: Mica, GOP Leadership Looking to Raise Transportation Spending Levels in Bill 0
• Fri 23: Hunter Profs: Study of Bike-on-Ped Injuries By Other Hunter Profs “Skimpy” 19
• Fri 23: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 23: Dealbreaker: Senate Rejects House Budget Due to Lack of Car Subsidies 0
• Fri 23: Will Seattle’s “Carmageddon” Be as Anti-Climactic as LA’s? 0
• Fri 23: Today’s Headlines 11
• Thu 22: With CB 8 Vote, East Side Bikeway Ready to Run From Houston to 125th 9
• Thu 22: Senate Saves a Sliver For High-Speed Rail 0
• Thu 22: Doctors’ Note Says Complete Streets Are Vital to New York’s Health 4
• Thu 22: Hylan Blvd SBS Relies More on Fast Payment and Signals, Less on Bus Lanes 7
• Thu 22: Thursday Job Market 2
• Thu 22: New York’s Highest Court “Systematically Decriminalizing” Vehicular Killings 7
• Thu 22: CB 4 Committee Says Yes to West Side Protected Bike Lanes Up to 59th Street 16
• Thu 22: Today’s Headlines 9
• Wed 21: Comptroller: Paying for MTA Capital Plan With Debt Will Crush Riders 6
• Wed 21: Fact: Places With High Numbers of Cyclists Are Safer for Pedestrians 19
• Wed 21: Community Board 11 Approves East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes 5
• Wed 21: Village Residents Fight to Keep Fourth Parking Garage Off Single Block 11
• Wed 21: One Year In, Capital Bikeshare Shatters Expectations 0
• Wed 21: Cleveland’s Slow But Steady Evolution Toward Complete Streets 0
• Wed 21: Today’s Headlines 21
• Tue 20: What’s Causing the Drop in Bike-on-Ped Injuries? 11
• Tue 20: Senate Strips High-Speed Rail Funding 0
• Tue 20: In Progress: The Reclamation of Grand Army Plaza for Walking 9
• Tue 20: Labor, Elected Officials and Community Groups Rally For Transit Lockbox 1
• Tue 20: Should Public Transit Agencies Strive for Profitability? 0
• Tue 20: Federal Support for Smart Planning Is on the Line Today 0
• Tue 20: Today’s Headlines 9
• Mon 19: Study: 1,000 Peds Injured Annually By Cyclists Statewide; Number Is Dropping 53
• Mon 19: Eyes on the Street: Witness the Birth of Putnam Plaza 3
• Mon 19: Obama: “I Will Veto Any Bill” Without Tax Increases on the Wealthy 0
• Mon 19: Tonight at Harvard: Aaron Naparstek Presents the Films of Clarence Eckerson 0
• Mon 19: This Week: CB 4 Considers Extending West Side Bike Lanes to 59th 5
• Mon 19: Park(ing) Day Organizer Arrested in Miami 0
• Mon 19: Today’s Headlines 5
• Fri 16: Why Jono Rides 0
• Fri 16: Park(ing) Day Once Again Sweeps the Globe 0
• Fri 16: Tomorrow, You Can Take Bike-Share for a Test Ride 0
• Fri 16: The Weekly Carnage 4
• Fri 16: Shakespeare In The Park(ing) Spot 1
• Fri 16: The Stranger: If Safer Streets Mean War, We’re Ready for Combat 0
• Fri 16: Send Us Your Park(ing) Day Pics! 3
• Fri 16: Last-Minute Deal Preserves Bike/Ped Funding. But For How Long? 0
• Fri 16: James Vacca, NIMBY Accomplice 11
• Fri 16: After Rash of Cyclist Deaths in Seattle, Grief Turns to Anger 0
• Fri 16: Today’s Headlines 6
• Thu 15: Park(ing) Day 2011: Find Your Favorite Park(ing) Spot 5
• Thu 15: The Incredible Shrinking Megastore: Retailers Think Outside the Big Box 0
• Thu 15: Boehner: Lets Build Highways to Transport Fossil Fuels 0
• Thu 15: Lower East Side Electeds Come Together for Safer Delancey Street 2
• Thu 15: DOT Wants Your Help to Decide Where Bike-Share Stations Will Go 27
• Thu 15: Looking to Root Out Transportation Waste? Try Highways to Nowhere 0
• Thu 15: Relive Yesterday’s Big Bike-Share Announcement 2
• Thu 15: Today’s Headlines 12
• Wed 14: Unscientific Survey Says: 100 Percent of New Yorkers Support Bike-Share 7
• Wed 14: Coburn Blocks Quick Senate Vote on Transportation Extension 0
• Wed 14: Sadik-Khan Announces a Bike-Share Program That’s Big Enough to Succeed 24
• Wed 14: Two Manhattan Pedestrians Killed 24 Hours Apart 4
• Wed 14: NYC Bike-Share: First Look 10
• Wed 14: NYC Chooses Alta to Operate Bike-Share System With 10,000 Bikes 47
• Wed 14: One Year Later, Businesses and Residents Back Safer Union Square 2
• Wed 14: Riding the Sidewalks and Risking Death: The Plight of Las Vegas Cyclists 0
• Wed 14: NYC to Announce Bike-Share Operator This Afternoon 0
• Wed 14: Today’s Headlines 9
• Tue 13: Gale Brewer Launches Survey on Columbus Avenue Bike Lane 8
• Tue 13: Traffic Still the Top Injury-Related Killer of NYC Kids 4
• Tue 13: House Passes Transportation Extension Unanimously 0
• Tue 13: CB12 Committee Okays Safe Greenway Connection For Wash. Heights Cyclists 4
• Tue 13: House Prepares to Vote on Extension, Coburn Will Try to Kill Bike/Ped 0
• Tue 13: In Chelsea, Adding Parks to the Street Could Free Up Room For Housing Too 2
• Tue 13: The Parking Deck vs. the Local Grocery 0
• Tue 13: Today’s Headlines 7
• Mon 12: Fact Check: Jeff Sessions Got It Wrong on Bike Paths in His Hometown 0
• Mon 12: City Council Leaders Support Bike-Share After Procedural Disagreement 17
• Mon 12: House and Senate Agree on 6-Month Transpo Extension 0
• Mon 12: This Week: Election Day and Park(ing) Day 1
• Mon 12: Ten Years After 9/11, American Oil Addiction Persists 0
• Mon 12: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 9: Why Iga Rides 5
• Fri 9: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 9: London Asks Would-Be Mayors For 20 MPH Speeds — What Should NYC Ask For? 15
• Fri 9: Obama’s Jobs Speech Gets the Transportation Wonk Seal of Approval 0
• Fri 9: Obama Includes Infra Bank in His Jobs Push; Mica Rejects It Out of Hand 0
• Fri 9: Today’s Headlines 6
• Thu 8: Fitch Downgrades MTA Debt — Interest Payments May Eat More of Your Fare 1
• Thu 8: First Avenue Bike Lane Designs Prove, Again, There’s No War On Cars 7
• Thu 8: NYPD: Contrary to the Tabs, Fallen Cyclist Nicolas Djandji Didn’t Run a Red 22
• Thu 8: Inhofe Supports Clean Extension, Won’t Vote Against Bike/Ped (This Time) 0
• Thu 8: CB 8 Committee May Not Love Cyclists, But Still Votes for Safer First Avenue 18
• Thu 8: Thursday Job Market 0
• Thu 8: Georgia DOT: Only People on Bikes Go Joyriding 0
• Thu 8: Today’s Headlines 3
• Wed 7: Where Does Your Fare Go? Increasingly, To Pay Off MTA Debt 15
• Wed 7: Ten Years After Redefining BRT, What’s Next for TransMilenio? 0
• Wed 7: Behind President Obama’s Call For More Infrastructure Projects 0
• Wed 7: Janette Sadik-Khan: Bridge-Fixing Fanatic 2
• Wed 7: CB 11 Committee, Joined By Mark-Viverito, Votes For East Harlem Bike Lanes 7
• Wed 7: Will New Haven Replace a Highway With Highway-Like Conditions? 0
• Wed 7: Today’s Headlines 8
• Tue 6: Senate’s “Dr. No” Says He’ll Block Transpo Extension Unless Bike/Ped Is Cut 0
• Tue 6: Has DOT Decided Against Designing a Safer Delancey Street? [Updated] 32
• Tue 6: GOP Leader’s Infra “Compromise” Is Just Another Ploy to Kill Bike/Ped 0
• Tue 6: This Week: Turn Out for Complete Streets on the East Side 0
• Tue 6: The Indisputable Density Dividend 0
• Tue 6: Today’s Headlines 13
• Fri 2: Map It: How Bikes Can Fill Transit Gaps 12
• Fri 2: Polluters Rejoice! Obama Caves on Proposed Ozone Standard 0
• Fri 2: The Weekly Carnage 0
• Fri 2: Times Square: Livable Streets Mecca, Retail Sensation 7
• Fri 2: Today’s Headlines 8
• Thu 1: Eyes on the Street: Biking the Beat 23
• Thu 1: Thursday Job Market 2
• Thu 1: Tennessee Mom Threatened With Arrest For Letting Daughter Bike to School 0
• Thu 1: Behind the Blue Wall With Officer X 14
• Thu 1: Today’s Headlines 6