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October 2009
Tue 20: New Study Shows $56 Billion in Hidden Health Damage From Autos 1
Tue 6: Walk21 Brings Together Top Urban-Minded Leaders 1
Mon 5: This Week at Walk21: Urban Planning Meets Public Health 1
July 2009
Fri 17: Transportation Reform Is Health Reform 8
June 2009
Tue 16: GOP’s New Attack on Health Care Reform Bill: It Promotes Walking! 12
May 2009
Tue 5: What's Really Dangerous for Kids? Hint: It Has Four Wheels and a Tailpipe. 10
November 2008
Tue 11: Shocker: Speed Limits Are Useless Without Enforcement 8
October 2008
Wed 29: TA Rolls Out CrashStat Improvements 8
June 2008
Tue 24: Streetfilms: Hiking the Heights 0
Fri 20: Where Would You Have a "Summer Street"? 25
Tue 17: Streetfilms: "Summer Streets" Kickoff 11
Mon 16: Bloomberg, Sadik-Khan and Friends Unveil "Summer Streets" 46
Mon 16: Car-Free Saturdays Will Open Path For Peds and Bikes From City Hall to 72nd 21
May 2008
Fri 30: Hell's Parking Lot 7
Thu 22: Coming Soon: A Major Car-Free Event in NYC 13
Wed 7: Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots? 0
April 2008
Mon 21: Progressive to Offer "Pay As You Drive" Insurance 38
Tue 15: Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate 20
March 2008
Tue 25: Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety 13
Wed 19: Moses to LaGuardia: Bikes Have No Place on the Street 4
February 2008
Tue 26: Assemblyman Hevesi Clarifies Transit "Money Grab" Comment 11
Wed 20: We Are Breathing Oil in Our Big Cities 4
Thu 14: Pint-Sized Parks Make Safer Streets and Cleaner Rivers 16
Wed 13: "My Other Car Is a Bright Green City" 6
Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3
January 2008
Tue 29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28
Mon 7: Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride Marks Another Year of Loss 1
Fri 4: Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge 12
Wed 2: Is Barack Obama the Livable Streets Candidate? 19
December 2007
Fri 21: January 3rd: The Wrongdoer is Brought to Justice 12
Thu 20: The One Carbon Tax That Couldn't 13
Mon 17: City Pedestrian Crossings Are Discriminatory by Design 13
Fri 14: What Makes a Place Walkable? 10
Wed 12: Driving: Teenage America's Deadliest Preventable Epidemic 19
Tue 4: Crashstat 2.0 Reveals NYC’S Most Dangerous Intersections 9
Mon 3: Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia 36
November 2007
Thu 29: For Victim's Family, a $10 Fee and an Agonizing Wait 0
Thu 29: Carrion Gets $30K Donation Following Yanks Walkway Deal 1
Tue 27: The Trafficist: An Interview With Randy Cohen 12
Fri 16: Morgenthau & NYPD Are "Dismissive" of Ped Fatality Questions 20
Mon 12: Congestion Pricing Will Make You Happy 14
Tue 6: Hell's Kitchen Parking Plan Continues to Confound 5
October 2007
Tue 30: Warning: Driving Could Be Hazardous to Your Health 2
Mon 22: Bogotá's Peñalosa Talks Up Livable Streets, Sans Spandex 3
Thu 18: Tykes on Bikes 1
Wed 17: Illinois Adopts "Complete Streets" Into Law 8
Mon 15: Idle Hands 27
Mon 15: Indianapolis Paves the Way for Bikes and Pedestrians 26
Tue 9: National Media Noticing the Urban Bicycling Trend 2
Mon 8: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5
Mon 8: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9
Wed 3: Doubts About DOT Congestion Prescription in Jax Heights 1
Tue 2: Vehicular Homicide Charge in Thomson Death 12
Tue 2: Fresh Direct Responds to Environmental Critics 37
Mon 1: Two Traffic Fatalities: One a Homicide, the Other an "Accident" 34
Mon 1: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7
September 2007
Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8
Wed 19: Americans Growing Too Large for Their Cars 8
Thu 13: A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under 2
Thu 13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2
Tue 11: Parallel Parking for Sociopaths 10
Wed 5: Japanese Automakers Settle Pollution Suit 0
Tue 4: Safety City: Where Cars Rule! 15
August 2007
Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13
Wed 22: Central Park 66th Street Transverse Is Unsafe 11
Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7
Mon 13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3
Wed 8: When a Car Does the Killing, It's Always an "Accident." 11
Tue 7: Congestion Pricing Questions the Mayor Will Need to Answer 23
Mon 6: New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the "Highway to Nowhere" 7
Fri 3: Grist: NYC is Not One of the World's Greenest Cities 55
Thu 2: Cool New Thing: What's Your Walk Score? 32
July 2007
Fri 27: Dying to Get to Work 11
Fri 13: Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing 13
Thu 12: Construction of Piazza de Meatpacking is Underway 3
Wed 11: New York City Kids Sing Their Support for Congestion Pricing 3
Fri 6: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4
June 2007
Tue 26: Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today 8
Tue 19: Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle 9
Wed 13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown's East River Waterfront 13
Tue 12: City Holds Its Breath for Silver 9
Thu 7: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0
Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4
Wed 6: Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready? 15
Wed 6: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell's Kitchen 4
Wed 6: REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC 4
Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10
Mon 4: Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives 1
Fri 1: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell's Kitchen 26
Fri 1: Small Business Leaders Voice Support For PlaNYC 2
May 2007
Wed 30: The 'Burbs: Extremely Safe or Especially Dangerous? 12
Thu 24: Blind Spots in SUVs Still Killing Kids 0
Wed 23: In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza 2
Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12
Thu 17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2
Thu 17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20
Wed 16: Aug. '05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street 5
Wed 16: Letter of the Week: Congestion Pricing Diplomacy 11
Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1
Thu 10: High-Emission Vehicles to Pay £200 ($400!) to Enter London 4
Thu 10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4
Tue 8: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24
Mon 7: Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen 4
Mon 7: StreetFilms: Touring Brooklyn's Future Waterfront Greenway 0
Mon 7: Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling 1
Thu 3: Londoners Take to the Streets -- on Cycles 4
Wed 2: This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month? 31
Wed 2: When Streets Are for People 7
April 2007
Thu 26: Is Walking PlaNYC's Missing Mode? 3
Thu 26: Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index) 1
Wed 25: Media (Mostly) Give PlaNYC Its Due 8
Wed 25: PlaNYC: Foster the Market For Renewable Energy 9
Tue 24: Electeds React to Congestion Pricing 19
Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44
Sat 21: StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley 0
Fri 20: Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB 4
Fri 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15
Thu 19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn's Iconic Public Space 7
Tue 17: Bus Depots a Symptom of Environmental Injustice 3
Fri 13: DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan 1
Thu 12: CB2 Committee Approves "Additional" Prince/Bleecker Routes 3
Wed 11: Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why? 9
Tue 10: Updated Version of DOT's 9th Street Plan 9
Tue 10: Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT's 9th Street Plan 0
Mon 9: Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better 8
Mon 9: City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking 16
Mon 9: Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan 27
Fri 6: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3
Wed 4: Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times 14
Tue 3: Mexico City 2030? 2
Mon 2: Pedestrian Safety: The National Picture 2
Mon 2: Congestion Relief: It's About Your Health 1
Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14
March 2007
Fri 23: Google Staff Get On Their Bikes 7
Thu 22: Studies Refute DOT's Claim That One-Way Avenues Are Safer 5
Fri 16: DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St. 29
Wed 14: StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way 10
Thu 8: Feds Withhold Fatal-Accident Info from Public 5
Wed 7: DOT's Park Slope Plan Requires Community Board Support 12
Fri 2: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6
February 2007
Mon 26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5
Fri 23: Streetfilms: Intersection Intervention 1
Wed 21: Why Wasn't Traffic-Calming Built on Third Avenue? 2
Wed 21: Eyes on the Street: Snow Days 6
Thu 15: Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat 12
Fri 9: The Subway Should Be Free 32
January 2007
Tue 30: Study: Kids Who Live Near Freeways Have Trouble Breathing 9
Mon 15: Does Vehicular Chaos Push Families Out of NYC? 10
Thu 11: Public Health and Livable Streets: Making the Connection 5
Thu 11: Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices 11
Mon 8: Memorializing Killed Cyclists: Is it Good for Cycling? 32
December 2006
Fri 22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2
Wed 20: Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety 9
Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
Sun 10: Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng 10
Fri 8: Seoul's New Heart 10
Thu 7: Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space? 20
Tue 5: Eric Ng Memorial Bike Ride This Saturday 0
Tue 5: File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London 7
Fri 1: Safe Routes to Schools: Yesterday's Press Event 3
November 2006
Wed 29: SUV Attack Update 2 10
Tue 28: Dutch Wheelchair 4
Tue 28: SUV Attack Update 8
Wed 22: Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods 11
Wed 22: This Morning's Commute: The Ian Goldman Affair 55
Mon 20: The Traffic is the Mitigation 10
Wed 15: Straphangers' Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team 13
Thu 9: "Officials Deny" That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous 4
Wed 8: Connecting Urban Design and Public Health 0
Mon 6: Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny 0
Thu 2: Eat More Carbohydrates, Burn More Hydrocarbons 1
Wed 1: San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets 5
October 2006
Wed 11: Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden 5
Fri 6: The New Business Cycle 6
Wed 4: Tomorrow, Special Event: What is Traffic's Human Toll? 1
September 2006
Thu 21: Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement 8
Wed 20: State of California Sues Carmakers on Climate Change 4
Tue 19: Statistics and Helmets 12
Tue 12: Ground Control for Commissioner Tom 5
Tue 12: Specific Commitments From the City on Bike Safety 15
Tue 12: Highlights from City's Bike Fatality & Injury Report 5
August 2006
Fri 18: Streetfilms: Car-Free Sunday on the Grand Concourse 0
Thu 10: Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC 24
Thu 10: Trucker Kills Cyclist on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street 11
July 2006
Mon 17: Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring 0
Mon 17: What's Wrong With This Picture? 6