Streetsblog New York City

Streetsblog New York City stories from October 2011

• Mon 31: Manhattan CB 2 Passes Unanimous Resolution in Favor of Bike-Share 4
• Mon 31: Trapped By Car Dependence: Stories From Commute-Battered Americans 0
• Mon 31: Eyes on the Street: “Bowtie of Death” Needs a New Nickname 6
• Mon 31: This Week: City Council Considers Greenfield’s Dirty Streets Bill 4
• Mon 31: AP: GOP Attacks on Transportation Enhancements Are “Tall Tales” 0
• Mon 31: Today’s Headlines 10
• Fri 28: Hudson Valley Elected Officials Blast Decision to Take Transit Off Tappan Zee 1
• Fri 28: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 28: Jury Applies No Penalty to Speeding Driver For Killing Cyclist Jake McDonaugh 20
• Fri 28: Celebrate Complete Streets at TSTC’s Annual Benefit 1
• Fri 28: Memo to Rand Paul: Want Bridges in Better Shape? Invest in Cycling 0
• Fri 28: Today’s Headlines 7
• Thu 27: Leaving the Scene of a Fatal Crash Now Legal in New York City 20
• Thu 27: GOP Gov Rick Snyder Has a Plan to Expand Michigan Transit — and Pay For It 0
• Thu 27: Tappan Zee Docs Rescued From Memory Hole Say New Bridge Needs Transit 8
• Thu 27: DCP Plan: Weaken Parking Policies With End Run Around Clean Air Act 0
• Thu 27: The Power of Blogs and Social Media in Transportation Policy 0
• Thu 27: Today’s Headlines 7
• Wed 26: Victim’s Family to NYPD: Tell Us What Happened to Our Son 20
• Wed 26: Flawed DCP Studies Might Undermine DCP’s Own Parking Reforms 6
• Wed 26: Tow Truck Driver Hit and Killed 86-Year-Old Woman on Upper East Side 24
• Wed 26: Where to Go for Traffic Justice Rally at Noon Today 3
• Wed 26: The Surprising Psychology of Driver Interaction With Cyclists 0
• Wed 26: Today’s Headlines 2
• Tue 25: Tomorrow: Rally at One Police Plaza Calling on NYPD to Uphold Traffic Laws 27
• Tue 25: Promising Parking Reforms Brewing Inside Department of City Planning 10
• Tue 25: Seattle Drivers Cause Most Crashes, But Seattle Cops Increasingly Cite Peds 0
• Tue 25: Today’s Headlines 41
• Mon 24: Time to See Older Drivers Through Dry Eyes 0
• Mon 24: Who Killed Transit on the New Tappan Zee? Feds and State DOT Won’t Say. 26
• Mon 24: This Week: Bike-Share Outreach in Full Swing 1
• Mon 24: Today’s Headlines 4
• Fri 21: Weprin Survey Finds 61 Percent Like Bike Lanes, Even in Eastern Queens 11
• Fri 21: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 21: City Says Decrepit Inwood Step-Street on Track for Rehab 4
• Fri 21: Friday Job Market 1
• Fri 21: Groningen’s Cyclist Green-For-All 0
• Fri 21: Senate Panel to Vote on Transportation Bill Next Month 0
• Fri 21: Today’s Headlines 3
• Thu 20: Latest Q-Poll: Bike-Share Even More Popular Than Bike Lanes 4
• Thu 20: PlaNYC Program Will Bring 1,000 Sleek New Benches to City Sidewalks 14
• Thu 20: Cuomo Selects Joe Lhota as Next MTA Chair 1
• Thu 20: Jay Walder Came to the MTA With a Plan to Improve Transit. Will Joe Lhota? 4
• Thu 20: Look Out Below: One in Nine Bridges Structurally Deficient, Reports T4A 0
• Thu 20: Today’s Headlines 12
• Wed 19: Chicago Proposes “Congestion Fee” On Parking to Fund Transit 6
• Wed 19: Cuomo Names Patrick Foye to Head Port Authority 3
• Wed 19: Even the Godfather of Rail~Volution Wouldn’t Raise the Gas Tax Right Now 0
• Wed 19: Five Ways Market Research Paints Bright Future for Public Transit 0
• Wed 19: Flatbed Truck Driver Hit and Killed Cyclist in East Williamsburg Last Night 21
• Wed 19: The Scandalously High Cost of Shortchanging Transit 0
• Wed 19: Today’s Headlines 6
• Tue 18: DOT Hell’s Kitchen Study Produces Slate of Pedestrian Safety Upgrades 5
• Tue 18: Open Thread: How Would You Use City Traffic Crash Data? 7
• Tue 18: Bike-Share Presentations Continue at CBs This Week, Beginning Tonight 0
• Tue 18: Planning Experts Call for an Overhaul of NYC Zoning Rules 4
• Tue 18: In South Carolina, a New Era of Justice for Cyclists? 0
• Tue 18: Today’s Headlines 6
• Mon 17: What If Washington Never Built Metro? 0
• Mon 17: Rail~volution: Will New Americans Fuel Smart Growth or Suburbanism? 0
• Mon 17: BlackBerry Outage Linked to Massive Drop in Traffic Crashes 5
• Mon 17: NYCHA Chairman: Parking Minimums “Working Against Us” 12
• Mon 17: This Week: Hell’s Kitchen Transportation Study Released 3
• Mon 17: The $125,000 Commute: Not as Uncommon as You’d Think 0
• Mon 17: Today’s Headlines 11
• Fri 14: Why Henriette Rides 0
• Fri 14: What Should Happen to the Sheridan Expressway? Share Your Ideas Tomorrow 6
• Fri 14: Former House Transpo Chair James Oberstar on the Post-Interstate Era 0
• Fri 14: Berlin’s Striking Cycling Renaissance 0
• Fri 14: The Weekly Carnage 1
• Fri 14: LaHood: Engineers Should Embrace Next-Gen Bikeway Design Guide 0
• Fri 14: NYPD Goes Out of Its Way to Obscure Street Safety Data 17
• Fri 14: Cyclist Requests Summit With Jerry Brown After Gov Kills Safe Passing Bill 0
• Fri 14: Today’s Headlines 8
• Thu 13: Chris Ward: NYC Truck Traffic “an Economic and Environmental Crisis” 6
• Thu 13: Ray LaHood Won’t Stay at USDOT Past 2012 0
• Thu 13: Carnahan and LaTourette Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Bolster Transit Service 0
• Thu 13: One Year After Taking Effect, State’s Vulnerable User Laws Gathering Dust 3
• Thu 13: New Tech Promises Less Subway Crowding, If Albany Doesn’t Beggar the MTA 6
• Thu 13: MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability 6
• Thu 13: Thursday Job Market 1
• Thu 13: Will New Infrastructure Funding Survive the Demise of Obama’s Jobs Bill? 0
• Thu 13: Lacking Sidewalks, South Fresno Peds Cut Dirt Path Maze Through City 0
• Thu 13: Today’s Headlines 6
• Wed 12: Bike Lane Made Columbus Avenue Safer, and UWS Residents Noticed 4
• Wed 12: CB 2 Committee Voices Support for Bike-Sharing as System Details Emerge 26
• Wed 12: CrashStat Upgrade Provides Interactive, Up-To-Date Street Safety Data 8
• Wed 12: New Jersey Residents: “More Smart Growth, Please” 0
• Wed 12: Today’s Headlines 13
• Tue 11: Will Cuomo Scrap Transit on the Tappan Zee and Just Widen the Highway? 9
• Tue 11: Major Transpo Projects Chosen For Federal Fast-Tracking Lean Multi-Modal 0
• Tue 11: The NBBL Files: Norman Steisel’s Ideas Became Jimmy Vacca’s Bills 25
• Tue 11: What the Cycling Movement Can Learn From Occupy Wall Street 0
• Tue 11: Today’s Headlines 16
• Mon 10: This Week: Bike Share Presentations, Summit For New York City 1
• Mon 10: Today’s Headlines 4
• Fri 7: Why Lisa Rides 5
• Fri 7: UN Deal Clears Way to Close East River Greenway Gap Over Next Decade 6
• Fri 7: Public Presentations on NYC Bike-Share Start Next Week 9
• Fri 7: Detroit Father Charged With Child Endangerment for Cycling With Sons 0
• Fri 7: Today’s Headlines 22
• Thu 6: New Urbanists: No Economic Recovery Without Smart Growth 0
• Thu 6: Eyes on the Street: New Public Plaza Coming to Jackson Heights 1
• Thu 6: Streetfilms Shortie: Walk to School Day 2011 3
• Thu 6: West Side Protected Lanes Get Thumbs Up From CB 4 6
• Thu 6: Today’s Headlines 13
• Wed 5: The NBBL Files: Chuck Schumer “Doesn’t Like the Bike Lane” 18
• Wed 5: Transit Union Challenges NYPD Order to Help Arrest Fellow Protestors 0
• Wed 5: Bus Bulbs Will Boost Nostrand Avenue Select Bus Service 4
• Wed 5: No Safe Option for Jersey Teens Killed on Railroad Tracks 0
• Wed 5: USDOT Tries to Resuscitate the HSR Dreams Congress Wants to Bury 0
• Wed 5: Today’s Headlines 10
• Tue 4: The NBBL Files: Bike Lane Opponents Knew Their Lawsuit Lacked Merit 21
• Tue 4: Wednesday: CB 4 to Vote on West Side Protected Bike Lanes 2
• Tue 4: Blaming the Victim: Specious Complaints About Cyclist Behavior 0
• Tue 4: Today’s Headlines 6
• Mon 3: The NBBL Files: Weinshall Got Randy Mastro Before the Paint on PPW Was Dry 39
• Mon 3: Show Your Support for Crucial East Side Greenway Link 2
• Mon 3: Aerotropolis: A New Model for Cities? 0
• Mon 3: Today’s Headlines 33