Archive for Public Health

July 2008

7/03: Happy Independence Day 11

June 2008

6/24: Streetfilms: Hiking the Heights 0

6/20: Where Would You Have a "Summer Street"? 25

6/17: Streetfilms: "Summer Streets" Kickoff 11

6/16: Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan and Friends Unveil "Summer Streets" 46

6/16: Car-Free Saturdays Will Open Path For Peds and Bikes From City Hall to 72nd 21

May 2008

5/30: Hell's Parking Lot 7

5/22: Coming Soon: A Major Car-Free Event in NYC 13

5/07: Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots? 0

April 2008

4/21: Progressive to Offer "Pay As You Drive" Insurance 32

March 2008

3/25: Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety 13

February 2008

2/20: We Are Breathing Oil in Our Big Cities 4

2/18: Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy 7

2/14: Pint-Sized Parks Make Safer Streets and Cleaner Rivers 16

2/13: "My Other Car Is a Bright Green City" 6

2/01: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3

January 2008

1/29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28

1/07: Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride Marks Another Year of Loss 1

1/04: Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge 12

1/02: Is Barack Obama the Livable Streets Candidate? 19

December 2007

12/21: January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice 12

12/20: The One Carbon Tax That Couldn't 13

12/17: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design 13

12/14: What Makes a Place Walkable? 10

12/12: Driving: Teenage America's Deadliest Preventable Epidemic 19

12/04: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9

12/03: Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia 35

November 2007

11/29: For Victim's Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait 0

11/29: Carrion Gets $30K Donation Following Yanks Walkway Deal 1

11/27: The Trafficist: An Interview With Randy Cohen 12

11/16: Morgenthau & NYPD Are "Dismissive" of Ped Fatality Questions 20

11/12: Congestion Pricing Will Make You Happy 14

11/06: Hell's Kitchen Parking Plan Continues to Confound 5

October 2007

10/30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2

10/18: Tykes on Bikes 1

10/17: Illinois Adopts "Complete Streets" Into Law 8

10/15: Idle Hands 27

10/15: Indianapolis Paves the Way for Bikes and Pedestrians 26

10/09: National Media Noticing the Urban Bicycling Trend 2

10/08: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5

10/08: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9

10/03: Doubts About DOT Congestion Prescription in Jax Heights 1

10/02: Vehicular Homicide Charge in Thomson Death 12

10/02: Fresh Direct Responds to Environmental Critics 35

10/01: Two Traffic Fatalities: One a Homicide, the Other an "Accident" 34

10/01: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7

September 2007

9/24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8

9/19: Americans Growing Too Large for Their Cars 8

9/13: A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under 2

9/13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2

9/11: Parallel Parking for Sociopaths 10

9/05: Japanese Automakers Settle Pollution Suit 0

9/04: Safety City: Where Cars Rule! 15

August 2007

8/31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13

8/28: Queens Leaders Fight Safety Fixes for Fatal School Crossing 25

8/22: Central Park 66th Street Transverse Is Unsafe 11

8/20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7

8/14: The Cars That Ate New York 0

8/13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3

8/08: When a Car Does the Killing, It's Always an "Accident." 11

8/06: New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the "Highway to Nowhere" 7

8/03: Saturday Evening in Jackson Heights, Queens: Feel the Pain 44

8/03: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55

8/02: Cool New Thing: What's Your Walk Score? 30

July 2007

7/27: Dying to Get to Work 11

7/13: Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing 13

7/12: Construction of Piazza de Meatpacking is Underway 3

7/11: New York City Kids Sing Their Support for Congestion Pricing 3

7/06: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4

June 2007

6/26: Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today 8

6/19: Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle 9

6/13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown's East River Waterfront 13

6/12: City Holds Its Breath for Silver 9

6/07: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0

6/07: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4

6/06: Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready? 15

6/06: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell's Kitchen 4

6/06: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4

6/05: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10

6/04: Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives 1

6/01: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell's Kitchen 26

6/01: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2

May 2007

5/30: The 'Burbs: Extremely Safe or Especially Dangerous? 12

5/24: Blind Spots in SUVs Still Killing Kids 0

5/23: In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza 2

5/18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2

5/18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12

5/17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2

5/17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20

5/16: Aug. '05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street 5

5/14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1

5/10: High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London 4

5/10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4

5/08: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24

5/07: Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen 4

5/07: StreetFilms: Touring Brooklyn's Future Waterfront Greenway 0

5/07: Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling 1

5/03: Londoners Take to the Streets -- on Cycles 4

5/02: This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month? 29

5/02: When Streets Are for People 7

April 2007

4/26: Is Walking PlaNYC's Missing Mode? 3

4/26: Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index) 1

4/25: Media (Mostly) Give PlaNYC Its Due 8

4/25: PlaNYC: Foster the Market For Renewable Energy 9

4/24: Electeds React to Congestion Pricing 19

4/23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44

4/21: StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley 0

4/20: Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB 4

4/20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15

4/20: CB2 Signs Off On Prince-Bleecker Bike Lanes 2

4/19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn's Iconic Public Space 7

4/17: Bus Depots a Symptom of Environmental Injustice 3

4/13: DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan 1

4/12: CB2 Committee Approves "Additional" Prince/Bleecker Routes 3

4/11: Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why? 9

4/10: Updated Version of DOT's 9th Street Plan 9

4/10: Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

4/09: Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better 8

4/09: City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking 16

4/09: Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan 27

4/06: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3

4/04: Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times 14

4/03: Mexico City 2030? 2

4/02: Pedestrian Safety: The National Picture 2

4/02: Congestion Relief: It's About Your Health 1

4/01: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14

March 2007

3/22: Studies Refute DOT's Claim That One-Way Avenues Are Safer 5

3/16: DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St. 29

3/14: StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way 10

3/08: Feds Withhold Fatal-Accident Info from Public 5

3/07: DOT's Park Slope Plan Requires Community Board Support 12

3/02: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6

February 2007

2/26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5

2/23: Street Films: Intersection Intervention 1

2/21: Why Wasn't Traffic-Calming Built on Third Avenue? 2

2/21: Eyes on the Street: Snow Days 6

2/15: Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat 12

2/09: The Subway Should Be Free 32

January 2007

1/30: Study: Kids Who Live Near Freeways Have Trouble Breathing 9

1/15: Does Vehicular Chaos Push Families Out of NYC? 10

1/11: Public Health and Livable Streets: Making the Connection 5

1/11: Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices 11

1/08: Memorializing Killed Cyclists: Is it Good for Cycling? 32

December 2006

12/22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2

12/20: Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety 9

12/19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10

12/10: Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng 9

12/08: Seoul's New Heart 10

12/07: Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space? 20

12/05: Eric Ng Memorial Bike Ride This Saturday 0

12/05: File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London 7

12/01: Safe Routes to Schools: Yesterday's Press Event 3

November 2006

11/29: SUV Attack Update 2 10

11/28: Dutch Wheelchair 4

11/28: SUV Attack Update 8

11/22: Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods 11

11/22: This Morning's Commute: The Ian Goldman Affair 55

11/15: Straphangers' Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team 13

11/09: "Officials Deny" That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous 4

11/08: Connecting Urban Design and Public Health 0

11/06: Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny 0

11/01: San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets 5

October 2006

10/06: The New Business Cycle 6

September 2006

9/21: Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement 8

9/20: State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change 4

9/12: Ground Control for Commissioner Tom 5

9/12: Specific Commitments From the City on Bike Safety 15

9/12: Highlights from City's Bike Fatality & Injury Report 5

August 2006

8/18: Street Films: Car-Free Sunday on the Grand Concourse 0

8/10: Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC 24

8/10: Trucker Kills Cyclist on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street 11

July 2006

7/17: Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring 0

7/17: What's Wrong With This Picture? 6