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October 2009
Wed 28: Transportation Policy Becomes the Proverbial Tree Falling in the Forest 5
Tue 20: How the $8.7 Billion Transportation Contracting Gap Is Hitting Your State 1
Fri 16: Transport Debate Still Stalled As Oberstar Decries "Lack of Political Will" 3
Mon 5: Congress’ Transport Impasse Hits States — and Not Just Their Road Funds 0
September 2009
Wed 30: Senate Climate Bill Released With Much Fanfare, Little Focus on Transport 0
Wed 30: LaHood's Distracted Driving Summit: Follow It Live 1
Tue 29: New Report: Feds Subsidizing Parking Six Times as Much as Transit 8
Tue 22: Report: 10 Percent Transit Growth Would Help Meet House Climate Target 0
Wed 16: New Investigation Finds 2,100 Transport Lobbyists Working the System 0
Thu 10: How Much Would Most People Pay For a Shorter Commute? 3
Wed 9: What Should We Learn From Moses and Jacobs? 13
Tue 1: New Poll: Public Supports Congestion Tolling Over Gas Tax Hike by 2 to 1 6
August 2009
Mon 17: Tuesday: City Council Candidates for District 39 Debate Livable Streets 10
Wed 5: Portland’s Transport Research Guru Headed to Obama Administration 1
June 2009
Tue 23: STAA Tuned: Transpo Bill Leaves Funding Question Hanging 1
Thu 4: LaHood Vows to Avert Federal Transpo Bankruptcy and Pay For It 4
Tue 2: Randal O'Toole: Taking Liberties With the Facts 48
May 2009
Wed 20: On TV Tonight... 15
Fri 15: Does Your Commute Suck? Tell Us About It. 1
Fri 15: Welcome Elana Schor, Streetsblog's New National Reporter 11
April 2009
Wed 29: We Need an Ambitious Transpo Bill. So How Are We Going to Pay for It? 18
Mon 27: What's Wrong With SAFETEA-LU -- and Why the Next Bill Must Be Better 6
Fri 24: Is the Obama Administration Poised to Push Transit? 4
Tue 21: New Video Series Tells the Story of Sprawl 0
Fri 17: Highlights from Today's RPA Regional Assembly 7
Wed 15: Petition: Support a Climate Bill That Invests in Green Transportation 7
Tue 7: Is "Cash for Clunkers" a Good Idea, Ever? 22
March 2009
Mon 30: Back to the Grid, Part 2: John Norquist on Reclaiming American Cities 2
Thu 26: Back to the Grid: John Norquist on How to Fix National Transpo Policy 17
Wed 18: Wiki Wednesday: Funding Green Transportation With CLEAN TEA 2
February 2009
Wed 25: Obama: America "Cannot Walk Away" From the Automobile 27
Fri 20: First Order of Business for Carrión: Bike to the White House Day? 4
Wed 18: Hope Springs Eternal for American Transpo Policy 8
Wed 18: Stimulus Bill Is a Step Forward for Pedestrians, Cyclists & Cities 4
Tue 10: Senate Approves Stimulus Bill -- On to Conference Committee 0
Fri 6: Where Does Stimulus Cash Go From Here? TSTC Explains. 2
Mon 2: Schumer Proposes $6.5B More for Transit in Senate Stim Bill 10
January 2009
Thu 29: Obama Stimulus Leaves Bus Riders By the Side of The Road 17
Thu 29: Is Transit a Priority for Nancy Pelosi? 4
Wed 28: Nadler Amendment: The Ayes Have It 13
Wed 28: Last Chance to Tell House Reps to Vote for Transit 4
Wed 28: Chuck Schumer on Transit: I've Got Your Back, Fairfield County 12
Wed 28: Call This Morning to Boost Transit Funding in Stimulus Package 4
Tue 27: Nadler Amendment Clears Rules Committee. Floor Vote Next. 2
Tue 27: Call Now for a Better Transit Stimulus 5
Tue 27: House Nixes Funding for Transit Service. Where Is Schumer? 5
Mon 26: Rep. DeFazio's Amendment Required to Be Withdrawn 6
Mon 26: Stimulus Fight Heats Up in Senate and House 4
Mon 26: Quick Hits From Last Week's House Transpo Committee Hearing 0
Fri 23: Hire a Construction Worker, Fire a Bus Driver? 24
Thu 22: Congress Sending Wrong Signals to State DOTs in Stimulus Draft 11
Wed 21: Wiki Wednesday: Transit and the Stimulus 6
Wed 21: Senate Set to Confirm LaHood as Transportation Secretary 1
Wed 21: Did Team Obama Gut Transit Funds From the Stimulus Package? 10
Fri 16: Stimulus Draft, the Day After 5
Thu 15: Dems Release Stimulus Draft: $30B for Highways, $10B for Transit 9
Tue 13: New York City Wins the 2009 Sustainable Transport Award 7
Tue 13: $2 Billion for Bicycling in Stimulus Package? 10
Fri 9: Bloomberg to Obama: Stimulus Aid Should Go Directly to Cities 8
Fri 9: Chicago Loses NYC's Congestion Pricing Money 3
Thu 8: Quick Impressions of the MTA's Sustainability Report 7
Wed 7: Wiki Wednesday: "Shovel-Ready" Pedestrian Safety Plans? 5
Wed 7: Tell Congress: Don't Waste Money on Highway Expansion 2
Tue 6: Cartoon Tuesday: What's Your Destination? 1
December 2008
Tue 23: The Elevated Bikeways of Minneapolis? 13
Fri 19: Want a Green Recovery? Stimulate Green Transportation 4
Fri 19: Congestion Pricing vs. Ravitch Plan: Which is Better for the Boroughs? 26
Wed 17: Transpo Sec Rumor Mill: Rep. Ray LaHood the Leading Candidate 37
Tue 16: Why Stimulus Money Should Go to Cities, Not States 17
Mon 15: Stimulus Package on Track to Perpetuate Transpo Status Quo 12
Thu 11: Big Three Ad Campaign Fails to Win Over Congress 18
Fri 5: Will Transit, Bikes, and Peds Get a Stimulus We Can Believe In? 11
Tue 2: How to Build a Better Infrastructure Plan 5
Mon 1: Tell the Highway Lobby About '09 Transpo Spending 1
November 2008
Fri 21: Merge 3
Tue 18: Cartoon Tuesday: Detroit Double-Feature 7
Mon 17: GM's Ransom Note to America 29
Fri 14: Obama Names Transpo Transition Team 12
Fri 14: John Liu Wants Federal Bailout for MTA, Calls Bridge Tolls a "Distraction" 10
Thu 13: Urbama Admin? Prez-Elect 'The Real Deal' Says Metro Policy Guru 2
Wed 12: Obama Wants Car Czar to Accompany Big Three Aid 7
Mon 10: Pelosi, Reid and Emanuel Push for Carmaker Bailout 27
Fri 7: Share Your National Vision With the President-Elect 8
Fri 7: Reason to Like Rahm Emanuel as White House Chief of Staff 1
Wed 5: Sadik-Khan Said to Be Obama Cabinet Contender 16
Tue 4: The McCain-Palin Ticket: America's Last Anti-Urban Campaign? 3
Mon 3: On Election Eve, Reading the Transpo Tea Leaves 2
Mon 3: Letters to David Brooks: Yes to Infrastructure, No to Highways 1
October 2008
Fri 31: Newt Gingrich: I Vant to Suck Your Oil 12
Wed 29: AIG Collapse Leaves Transit Agencies in the Lurch 4
Mon 27: No Takers for Contest to Make Fun of Walking, Biking, Transit 13
Fri 24: The Case for Active Transportation, by the Numbers 3
Thu 23: Shaping the 2009 Transpo Debate: Rockefeller Foundation's Nick Turner 8
Mon 20: It's Elementary: Kids Offer Livable Streets Advice to 44 3
Fri 17: Report: American Cities Raring to Build $248B in Transit Projects 0
Fri 17: Nobelist Krugman Joins Call for Federal Transportation Spending 6
Thu 16: In New Report, RPA Reinforces Link Between Transit and Growth 10
Thu 16: The Build for America Plan: Invest in Transportation, Create Jobs 12
Wed 15: Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign 3
Tue 14: Ask the Candidates to Talk Transportation at Tomorrow's Debate 2
Fri 10: PBS Exposes the Joys of Transit 12
Fri 10: James Oberstar on the Future of U.S. Transportation Funding 1
Tue 7: Economy Hitting the Skids? Time to Get Ambitious About Transportation 17
Tue 7: Amtrak Bill Clears the Way for Bike-Friendly Trains 13
Fri 3: The Bailout: Won't Someone Please Think of the Car Dealers? 1
Thu 2: Bailout Bill Includes Bike Commuting Benefit 22
Wed 1: Gasoline Shortages Fuel Panic and Rage in the South 7
September 2008
Fri 26: Where They Stand: Obama and McCain on Transportation 5
Fri 26: Streetfilms: Interview With the Transportation Engineer 5
Thu 18: Brookings: Feds Should Stop Giving Transit Projects the Run-Around 4
Tue 16: Ravitch Commission Faces Difficult Task of Shoring Up MTA's Future 11
Mon 15: At Grand Central, Sen. Clinton Calls for Funding Mass Transit 9
Mon 15: What If a Rep From NYC Chaired the Assembly Transpo Committee? 5
Thu 11: Urbanism: Not Just for Lefties 13
Tue 9: U.S. Senate Getting Serious About Transit Stimulus 8
Thu 4: Palin to RNC: It's Drill or "Do Nothing at All" 5
Wed 3: Wiki Wednesday: Complete Streets 0
Wed 3: Sarah Palin, Transit Advocate? 7
August 2008
Fri 29: How Do We Make Clean Transportation Part of the National Discussion? 22
Wed 27: Pew Poll: Most Americans Want More Transit Investment 5
Thu 21: Who Loves Traffic? Dan and the Highway Lobby 8
Wed 20: Leaving Cars Behind, Seniors Find Streets Inhospitable 6
Mon 18: Report: NYC's Off-Street Parking Policy Will Set Off a Traffic Explosion 19
Fri 15: Transit Stimulus Bill Needs Co-Sponsors in Senate 5
Wed 13: McCain Impressed by US Trains, So Long as They Don't Stay in US 14
Thu 7: Obama's Energy Platform Has a (Small) Livable Cities Plank 10
Mon 4: Hillary Clinton Introduces Senate Version of Transit Relief Bill 16
July 2008
Tue 29: The U.S. Wants to "Borrow" From Transit to Pay for Highways 16
Tue 29: "Traffic" Author Tom Vanderbilt on Leonard Lopate Today at Noon 0
Fri 25: $36,000,000,000 for Corn. $0 for Transit. 16
Thu 24: Wanted: A Progressive DOT Director for Washington D.C. 8
Thu 24: Why Is David Gantt Still Running the Assembly Transpo Committee? 9
Wed 23: How to Ease Pain at the Pump Without Deepening Oil Dependence 8
Wed 23: Weiner Invokes Jane Jacobs, Endorses "Alternative Modes" 6
Tue 22: Highway Funding: The Last Bastion of Socialism in America 36
Fri 18: Is San Fran More Walkable Than NYC? 32
Wed 16: Rising Demand for Transit Could Be a "Turning Point" 3
Wed 16: Rising Fuel Costs and Ridership Strain Local Transit Systems Nationwide 18
Tue 8: Bike Commuters Clean Up and Lock Up in Brisbane, Australia 9
Tue 1: Maryland Senator Ben Cardin: America Needs Transit, Now 4
Tue 1: House Passes Bill to Boost Transit Funding, Includes $237M for NYC 1
June 2008
Fri 20: Georgia Governor Comes Around on Commuter Rail 17
Wed 18: Carfree Cities Conference Kicks Off in Portland 4
Tue 17: Obama Calls for Investment in Regional Intercity Rail 13
Mon 16: Obama: I'll Boost Funds for Bike-Ped Projects If Elected 10
Wed 4: New Law Encourages DOT to Set Traffic Reduction Targets 10
May 2008
Thu 29: Responding to Criticism, Sen. Adams to Hold Transpo Meeting 13
Thu 29: CB 3 Supports DOT's Manhattan Bridge Proposal 13
Thu 29: DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit 19
Wed 28: Joe Lieberman: Did Someone Say "High Gas Prices"? 23
Wed 28: State Senators: Let's Get More Cars on the Road 66
Tue 27: Has Time Run Out on the Parking Placard "Crackdown"? 6
Fri 23: Happy Memorial Day Weekend 10
Fri 23: Urge Congress to Support Amtrak and Passenger Rail 22
Thu 22: Portland Elects Cyclist Mayor; Obama Draws 8,000 on Bikes 14
Mon 19: DOT to Hold Woodhaven Boulevard Forum Tonight 4
Thu 15: Q Poll Finds Americans Opposed to Gas Tax "Holiday" 2
Wed 14: Electeds Go to the Mat for Cheap Gas 7
Tue 13: Bus Rapid Transit Under Fire in Delhi, India 10
Fri 9: Northern Virginia Locked In to Congested Roads 11
Thu 8: Video Contest Seeks Winning Pitch for Transit 1
Wed 7: Delaware Senator Dares to Utter the Word "Transit" 18
Wed 7: Clinton Camp May Rethink Gas Tax Strategy 13
Tue 6: Cartoon Tuesday: "Holiday" 7
Tue 6: Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne 17
Mon 5: Sign a Petition to Clinton and McCain at GasTaxScam.com 2
Fri 2: Federal Complete Streets Legislation Gains Momentum 5
Fri 2: How Much Would You Actually Save With a Gas Tax "Holiday"? 21
Thu 1: Streetfilm: Lessons from L.A. 1
Thu 1: U.S. DOT Launches Official, Horribly-Named "Blog" 10
Thu 1: Obama Dismisses Gas Tax "Gimmick" 24
April 2008
Wed 30: Chuck Schumer and Hillary Clinton: Where Is the Leadership? 11
Wed 30: Council Considers Eliminating Truck Parking Fines (Update #2) 25
Wed 30: Paul Newell on Congestion Pricing and Reforming Albany 13
Tue 29: Paul Steely White and Brian Lehrer Analyze DOT Plan 0
Tue 29: Americans Turn to Prayer at the Pump 22
Tue 29: Sadik-Khan Introduces the New York City Model 13
Mon 28: DOT Rolls Out "Sustainable Streets" Plan 15
Wed 23: "Crisis" Mode AAA Urges Panicked Drivers to Take Transit 36
Tue 22: How Paris is Beating Traffic Without Congestion Pricing 30
Fri 18: Sadik-Khan: We're Putting the Square Back in Madison Square 15
Thu 17: A Transit Miracle on 34th Street 49
Thu 10: If You Build It With Less Parking, They Will Still Come 16
Thu 10: Neighborhoods and Parking Reform: Show Them The Money 22
Wed 9: Kossacks Welcome Demise of Congestion Pricing 45
March 2008
Thu 20: Two Ways to Tell the Story of Congestion Pricing 9
Fri 14: It's No Accident: Bike-Ped Safety Bill Clears Council 9
Mon 10: New Bill Would Bring Crash Studies and Safety Improvements 0
Wed 5: Earl Blumenauer Kicks Off 2008 Bike Summit 5
Wed 5: Iowa's Senator Harkin Introduces "Complete Streets Act" 11
Tue 4: Union Campaign Calls for Mary Peters' Ouster 0
Mon 3: 2008: Year of the Bicycle? 8
Mon 3: Today's Headlines 4
February 2008
Wed 27: Obama's National Transportation Plan Includes Bicycling & Walking 12
Mon 25: Is Big Environment Ready to Say America Is Hooked on Cars? 13
Thu 21: The New DOT is Still Using the Old Measuring Stick 10
Wed 20: Missing: Urban Policy in the Presidential Campaign 4
Fri 15: To Lubricate Street Life, Lower the Unlimited Fare 29
Wed 13: "My Other Car Is a Bright Green City" 6
Wed 13: What Is "Mode-Neutral" Funding? 16
Fri 8: Bush Admin Wants to Rob Transit to Pay for Highways 15
Thu 7: Refused by His City, Man Jailed for Painting a Crosswalk 31
Tue 5: Who is the Livable Streets Candidate? 13
Mon 4: The Human Rights Argument For BRT And Pricing 16
Mon 4: City Subsidizing Boater Parking 10
Fri 1: Congestion Pricing Plan Includes a "Livable Streets Lock Box" 54
Fri 1: A "Vision Zero" for New York? 3
January 2008
Wed 30: Would Dems' Pledge for "Change" Bring Transportation Reform? 20
Tue 29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28
Tue 29: No Clear Transpo Agenda From GOP Presidential Candidates 8
Mon 28: Streetfilm: Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Bogotá 64
Mon 28: Kheel Plan Getting Lots of Play, Except Where It Counts 5
Mon 28: Parking Workshops Set for Queens and Brooklyn 6
Fri 25: Kheel Planners Detail Free Transit Proposal 30
Thu 24: "Carfree Cities" Conference Comes to Portland 1
Thu 24: Motorists Dominate UES Parking Workshop 16
Fri 18: StreetFilm: Crosswalks #1 27
Fri 18: Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else 15
Wed 16: Illegal Parking Now "Legal" for Marty Markowitz 15
Wed 9: A Q&A With Ted Kheel, Free Transit Advocate 40
December 2007
Mon 24: Merry Gridlock! 17
Fri 21: Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life 6
Thu 20: The One Carbon Tax That Couldn't 13
Thu 20: MTA Cheered and Jeered, But Mostly Jeered 6
Tue 18: Kheel Plan: Double the Congestion Charge & Make Transit Free 35
Mon 10: This Holiday Season London's Streets Are "Absolutely Jammed" 26
Mon 10: Is America Finally Getting Interested in Passenger Rail? 18
Fri 7: Replace Penn Station Rats' Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard 5
Tue 4: Good Streets Include Streetcars 49
November 2007
Fri 30: Its Showtime for the DOT Parking Team 33
Fri 30: Paris Wins the ITDP Sustainable Transport Award 1
Tue 27: Eliminate the Parking Requirement 65
Mon 26: Mayor Norman Mailer: Free Bikes, Clean Air and No Private Cars 10
Mon 26: TSTC.org Would Be More Thankful If... 4
Mon 19: Alan Durning's "Year of Living Carlessly" and "Bicycle Neglect" 2
Tue 13: Peters Revisits Her Bikes "Are Not Transportation" Comment 3
Mon 12: When in Rome, Share Bikes 14
Mon 12: In Amsterdam Cyclists Always Get the Green Light 2
Wed 7: Jan Gehl: Gridlocked Streets Are "Not a Law of Nature" 8
Tue 6: The Trafficist 4
Mon 5: TSTC Launches "Mobilizing the Region" Blog 4
Thu 1: Weiner's Congestion Testimony: Anything But Pricing 30
October 2007
Wed 31: Happy Halloween From Clarence the Purple Traffic Wizard 11
Wed 31: Jan Gehl: Half of Manhattan Trips Could be Done by Bike 1
Wed 31: Finally: A Spot to Talk About Parking 0
Wed 31: Queens Civic Congress Has Its Own Plan 3
Mon 29: The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will 33
Wed 24: Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane 16
Mon 22: The Times Wants Your Traffic Ideas 4
Mon 22: Times Calls for End to Free Parking Monopoly 46
Fri 19: RPA Refutes Anti-Pricing “Alternatives” Study 9
Thu 18: Who is Richard Brodsky? 14
Wed 17: Pricing Advocates Call for Impact Study and New Parking Policies 27
Wed 17: Promising Aid, Lawmakers Ask MTA Not to Raise Fares 1
Tue 16: To Obey, Or Not to Obey 130
Mon 15: Robin Chase: "The Web 2.0 of Transportation Technologies" 21
Fri 12: Council Member Addresses Stadium Parking Fee Crisis 9
Wed 10: Is Transportation Reform Possible When the Cops Don't Care? 28
Tue 9: National Media Noticing the Urban Bicycling Trend 2
Mon 1: "Vision Zero": Not One More Traffic Death 7
September 2007
Fri 28: Portland Sees Explosive Growth in Bicycling 21
Thu 27: 34th Precinct Promises Action on Broadway and Dongan 0
Wed 26: Pedicab Law Put on Hold 9
Tue 25: DOT Asks, and Gets an Earful from West Siders 3
Fri 21: Upper West Side Livable Streets Advocates: Mark Your Calendar 18
Thu 20: Delucchi Study Finds That U.S. Motorists Do Not Pay Their Way 23
Wed 19: Officers Stopping Cyclists in Central Park 28
Tue 18: City to Unveil 'Look' Bike Safety Campaign 4
Thu 13: A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under 2
Thu 13: World Cities Adding One Million People Every Week 2
Wed 12: Gridlock Sam Offers Four Ideas to Cut Traffic Congestion 16
August 2007
Wed 29: Casino-Jamming in the Catskills 5
Fri 24: Ich bin ein Bicyclist 17
Fri 24: Survey Finds That Buffered Bike Lanes Are Better 17
Fri 24: Transit-Oriented America, Part 5: Wrap-Up 1
Wed 22: Streetsblog Commenter Published in Boston Globe 3
Wed 22: Improved DOT Rolls Out Improved Web Site 13
Tue 21: Staten Island PlaNYC Panel Tonight 0
Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7
Mon 20: Transit-Oriented America, Part 1: Eight Thousand Miles 44
Fri 17: Secretary Peters Says Bikes "Are Not Transportation" 56
Thu 16: Pedicabs Protest New Regulations 9
Tue 14: The Cars That Ate New York 0
Mon 13: What Up, G? 1
Fri 10: In the Shadow of the Queensboro Bridge 10
Mon 6: New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the "Highway to Nowhere" 7
Wed 1: City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes 4
July 2007
Tue 31: Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase 30
Mon 30: Parking Meters: The Congestion Pricing Controversy of 1932 3
Fri 27: Bike Parking on Steroids 23
Thu 26: French Revolution 18
Wed 25: Ninth Ave. and 14th Street Redesign Update 0
Tue 24: Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene 11
Fri 20: Congestion Pricing: What's the Deal? 32
Wed 18: Critical Transportation Reforms Sink With Pricing 7
Wed 18: Bike-Sharing in Berlin 8
Wed 18: The London Model is Dead. Time to Look at Paris. 13
Mon 16: A French Revolution: This One On Two Wheels, No Guillotine 1
Fri 13: StreetFilm: Trading Car Parking for Bike Racks 0
Fri 13: DOT Media Blitz Forthcoming 16
Fri 13: BRT Moving Ahead but City Pushes Back the Timeline a Bit 7
Wed 11: "Green" Transport Consultant Bans Employees from Biking 6
Mon 9: It's Getting Better All the Time 1
Fri 6: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4
Fri 6: Push to Declutter England's Streets 3
Thu 5: Ninth Street Earns Its Stripes 19
Thu 5: Bike-Sharing in New York: Could It Happen Here? 6
Thu 5: A Rising Bicycle Tide in Mexico City 4
Thu 5: Slow Going for New Bus Lanes 11
June 2007
Fri 29: No Love for One-Way Proposal in Jackson Heights 7
Tue 26: Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today 8
Mon 25: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday 1
Mon 25: Book Review: Twenty-Three Years to Save the Planet 8
Fri 22: Toronto Cycling Activists Build Their Own Bike Network 2
Thu 21: Shifting Gears at DOT 3
Wed 20: Q&A With Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan 20
Tue 19: Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle 9
Tue 19: The Perfect Argument for Congestion Pricing 15
Fri 15: It's the Bus Riders, Stupid. 4
Tue 12: Lappin Describes Her Position as "Similar to Gov. Spitzer's" 0
Fri 8: From a Sea of Green, Bloomberg Works a Tough Room 24
Wed 6: Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars 11
Tue 5: T.A.: City, State Parking Drive Would Torpedo Taxi Initiative 10
Mon 4: StreetFilms: Sadik-Khan Rides the Tour de Brooklyn 2
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
Tue 29: How Many New Yorkers Actually Commute to the CBD by Auto? 8
Fri 25: NY1's "Inside City Hall" on Congestion Pricing 1
Tue 22: On San Fran's Market Street Bikes Outnumber Cars for a Day 10
Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2
Thu 17: Time to Expand DOT's Toolbox Beyond Signs and Signals? 15
Thu 17: The Car Habit Is Tough to Break 20
Mon 14: Anti-Pricing Council Member Has Pro-Parking Industry Fans 7
Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1
Mon 14: A New Day at DOT 5
Fri 11: Congestion Pricing Foes Will Go into Attack Mode 24
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
Wed 9: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7
Mon 7: Sadik-Khan and Congestion Pricing: Ready for Prime Time 30
Mon 7: Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen 4
Mon 7: Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling 1
Thu 3: Londoners Take to the Streets -- on Cycles 4
Thu 3: Are "Directional Miles of Bike Lanes" a Good Metric? 32
Tue 1: PlaNYC Team Releases Transportation Technical Report 7
April 2007
Mon 30: Five Small Steps to a More Effective, Progressive DOT 5
Fri 27: It's Official: Sadik-Khan in at DOT 3
Fri 27: Can Technology Make Public Transit More Alluring? 5
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: Queens Chamber Continues Campaign Against Congestion Pricing 9
Tue 24: Electeds React to Congestion Pricing 19
Mon 23: Will City Council Override Mayor's Pedicab-Bill Veto? 2
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: Decongestion in Cities Around the World 1
Thu 19: Bruce Schaller Profiles a "City in Flux" 8
Wed 18: Detractors Find Congestion Pricing Facts in Short Supply 20
Wed 18: Bus Bulbs Are Blooming 15
Mon 16: The Parking Dysfunction Meter: Fines Are Five Times Revenue 16
Fri 13: DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan 1
Fri 13: Pedicab Limits: Let the Free Market Decide 4
Thu 12: Quinn's Pedicab Problem: Personal or Political? 9
Thu 12: City's Parking Expansion Sustains Nothing but Motoring 7
Thu 12: CB2 Committee Approves "Additional" Prince/Bleecker Routes 3
Wed 11: We Must Imagine a Future Without Cars 7
Tue 10: Co-op City Group Wants Bus Rapid Transit to Keep Its Distance 3
Mon 9: City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking 16
Fri 6: Park Slope Passes on Traffic-Calming, Ped Safety & Bike Lanes 24
Fri 6: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3
Fri 6: Resolved: More Traffic Congestion & Automobile Dependence 7
Tue 3: Mexico City 2030? 2
Mon 2: Friday Ride Yields Mass Police, Media Coverage 1
Mon 2: Theodore Kheel: My Proposal to Robert Moses 6
Mon 2: StreetFilm: Room to Breathe 6
Mon 2: Congestion Relief: It's About Your Health 1
Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14
March 2007
Fri 30: Bloomberg Says He'll Veto Pedicab Bill 10
Wed 28: An English Plan in New York 3
Tue 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5
Mon 26: City Council Fiddles While New York City Chokes on Traffic 27
Thu 22: Studies Refute DOT's Claim That One-Way Avenues Are Safer 5
Thu 22: In Defense of Horodniceanu 0
Wed 21: Congestion Pricing: Does New York Have the Will? 18
Tue 20: Meet the New Boss 36
Tue 20: StreetFilms: Interview with Parking Guru Donald Shoup 0
Tue 20: Mayor Bloomberg at the Crossroads: Who Will Run DOT? 13
Mon 19: Park Slope says: "One Way? No Way." CB6 says: "Let's Study It." 9
Fri 16: Doctoroff Sets Stage for Something Bold, Creative & Expensive 10
Fri 16: Coverage of Last Night's Park Slope Meeting 18
Fri 16: DOT's Park Slope One-Way Presentation 7
Fri 16: Brooklyn to City Hall: Give us Planning Not Traffic Engineering 23
Thu 15: The Power of Parking Policy 4
Wed 14: StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way 10
Wed 14: Why Is Saudi Arabia's Oil Production Down? 11
Tue 13: DOT's Park Slope Proposal: Is this Atlantic Yards Planning? 6
Tue 13: "Parking Rock Star" Donald Shoup Plays Broadway 6
Mon 12: One Way? No Way. Send a Message to City Hall. 1
Mon 12: Insta-Bus Rapid Transit for Lower Manhattan 1
Sun 11: Quick Bus and Ped Improvements Coming to Lower Broadway 10
Fri 9: City Finally Finishes Eight-Year-Long Truck Study 5
Thu 8: Brooklyn to Bloomberg: Include Local Stakeholders in Planning 22
Thu 8: Feds Withhold Fatal-Accident Info from Public 5
Wed 7: DOT's Park Slope Plan Requires Community Board Support 12
Tue 6: StreetFilms: "Something Has to Be Done" 0
Mon 5: Why Is DOT Reorganizing Park Slope Traffic? Because. 7
Mon 5: Commissioner Weinshall Agrees: Two-Way Streets Calm Traffic 0
Mon 5: Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon 5
Fri 2: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6
Thu 1: There's No Such Thing as "Free Parking" 20
Thu 1: City Council Passes New Pedicab Regulations 8
February 2007
Wed 28: City Council Set To Vote on Pedicabs Today 7
Wed 28: DOT's Plan for Park Slope Traffic "Improvements" Confirmed 1
Wed 28: DOT to Propose Radical New Traffic Plan for Park Slope 105
Tue 27: No Parking Slope 27
Mon 26: Bloomberg Admin Misses "Golden Opportunity" on Intro. 199 0
Mon 26: A Weekend Subway Ride With Robert Moses 15
Fri 23: The Times Applauds Cycling... The Times of London, That Is. 7
Thu 22: Sources Say... 5
Thu 22: Mayor Livingstone Extends Congestion Charge Westward 6
Thu 22: How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity? 31
Wed 21: Illegal Permit Parking Crackdown Underway? 13
Wed 21: Eyes on the Street: Snow Days 6
Tue 20: Kate Ascher: New York City's Next DOT Commissioner? 3
Tue 20: Will "Atlantic Yards" Kill the JFK-Lower Manhattan Rail Link? 4
Fri 16: DOT Commissioner Update 19
Thu 15: Plan Urged Safety Measures for Intersection Where Boy Died 16
Tue 13: Sustainable Transportation for NYC: How to Make it Happen 2
Mon 12: Gridlock Sam: Avert Climate Catastrophe, Ride a Vespa® 28
Mon 12: Unintended Consequences of Paris's Traffic-Reduction Policies 4
Fri 9: Streetfilms: "A City Is a Means to a Way of Life" 0
Fri 9: Congestion Tops Citizens' PlaNYC 2030 Concerns 1
Fri 9: Robert Moses's Fundamental Misunderstanding 28
Fri 9: 40,000+ U.S. Buses Are Equipped With Bike Racks. None in NYC. 13
Fri 9: The Subway Should Be Free 32
Fri 9: Another Free-Market Argument for Congestion Pricing 8
Thu 8: DOT: "Our Job is to Keep Traffic Moving, Not Pedestrian Safety" 12
Wed 7: Is a 1.3 mph Increase in Crosstown Traffic Speed "Innovative?" 6
Wed 7: Driving Mrs. Kelly 9
Wed 7: Disgruntled Drivers Responsible for UK Letter Bombs? 13
Tue 6: New York New Visions Tackles "Sustainable" New York Future 2
Tue 6: Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply 18
Mon 5: Bush Administration Advocates for Congestion Pricing 32
Mon 5: The Price of Parking: Let the Free Market Decide? 63
Fri 2: Streetfilms: An Interview with Sam Schwartz 0
Fri 2: EDC's McDonald a Leading Candidate for DOT Commissioner 6
January 2007
Wed 31: What If Emily Lloyd Were Next at DOT? 5
Wed 31: Who Will be the Next DOT Commissioner? 18
Tue 30: Weinshall Upheld a "Cars-First Status Quo," T.A. Says 11
Mon 29: New York City 2030. London Today. 2
Fri 26: Pedestrian Interference 13
Fri 26: Streetfilms: "We're New York, We Can Lead" 12
Thu 25: Are Port Authority's Airport Expansionists Flying Blind? 36
Tue 23: The Known Unknowns of New York City's Streets 4
Tue 23: Teaching City Gov't to Count More Than Just Cars and Trucks 5
Thu 18: New Congestion Pricing Poll in Line With London & Stockholm 19
Wed 17: Traffic Signals Timed for Bicycling 13
Tue 16: PLANYC 2030 Community Leader Meetings 2
Fri 12: The Times is a Changin' 22
Wed 10: Making Hell's Kitchen Less Hellish 20
Mon 8: A Tale of Two Cities' Parking Policies 6
Wed 3: Day Two: Ten Things for Governor Spitzer to Fix 21
December 2006
Fri 22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2
Fri 22: Highlights From the Latest Mobilizing the Region 1
Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10
Tue 19: DOT Giving Away 350 Metrocards at Shea Park-and-Ride 4
Mon 18: Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread 15
Tue 12: Parochial Thinking Amid Ominous Signs 1
Sun 10: Streetfilms: Memorial for Eric Ng 10
Fri 8: Seoul's New Heart 10
Fri 8: Chicago: A City Whose Mayor Cares About Bicycling 12
Fri 8: Where Do Manhattan Auto Commuters Come From? 26
Thu 7: Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief 15
Thu 7: A Snapshot of New York City Gridlock 5
Wed 6: Important Meeting Tonight on New L.E.S. Bike Lanes 4
Wed 6: Manhattan BP Stringer Calls on NYC to Seek Federal Funds 5
Wed 6: Gale Brewer to Introduce Congestion Pricing Legislation 0
Wed 6: A Parking Lot Grows in Brooklyn 1
Mon 4: A Brief History of New York City Congestion Charging 14
Mon 4: It's Traffic Congestion Week in New York City 0
Fri 1: Sidewalk Parking Opponents Gain Ground in . . . Where? 10
November 2006
Thu 30: Auto Insurance Break for Rail Commuters 9
Tue 28: Curbside Space Wars 8
Wed 22: Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods 11
Wed 22: Fresh Direct Builds a Grocery Empire on Free Street Space 36
Tue 21: A CRISPier Way to Build NYC's 200+ Miles of New Bike Lanes? 17
Mon 20: The Traffic is the Mitigation 10
Mon 20: Electrification of the Region's Rail 15
Mon 20: Congestion Pricing: The Public Conversation Begins 6
Fri 17: Transit-Oriented Development in Jersey City 7
Wed 15: Straphangers' Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team 13
Wed 15: Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London 18
Wed 15: Streetfilms: Yesterday's Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall 1
Wed 15: New Bike Stencils Completed on the Lower East Side 8
Tue 14: Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall This Morning 0
Mon 13: London's Cycling Design Standards: A Model for NYC? 11
Mon 13: Gridlock Sam Tells the Story of NYC's First Bike Lanes 18
Mon 13: Birth of a Class III Bike Route 10
Fri 10: The Cost of Doing Business in Midtown 3
Thu 9: "Officials Deny" That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous 4
Tue 7: If a 26.2-mile, Half-Day Street Closure Generates $188M... 1
Tue 7: Cutting the Carbon and Enjoying the Scenery 5
Tue 7: Scrimp My Ride 3
Mon 6: Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps 23
Mon 6: Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny 0
Fri 3: Streetfilms Portland Week: Safe Routes to School 6
Fri 3: DOT Culture: Stifling Innovation on NYC's Streets? 9
Fri 3: New Bike Markings For Brooklyn's Fifth Ave. This Month 6
Thu 2: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5
Wed 1: San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets 5
October 2006
Tue 31: Streetfilms Portland Week: Bicycle Boulevards 11
Tue 24: DOT Announces Five Bus Rapid Transit Corridors 33
Mon 23: They Paved Prospect Heights and Put up a Parking Lot 0
Mon 23: A New Vision for the Meatpacking District 5
Fri 20: Rumor Confirmed 1
Tue 17: Thursday's Transpo Conference: A Call for Reform 8
Tue 17: The Cost of Sprawl on Low-Income Families 8
Mon 16: DOT's Missed Opportunity on the Manhattan Bridge 13
Sat 14: 'Unnecessary Driving' Banned in Buffalo 1
Fri 13: The Iris Weinshall Renaissance 11
Fri 13: Congestion Charging Rumor Mill 9
Thu 12: Live-Blogging the Manhattan Transpo Policy Conference 19
Wed 11: New Bike Markings on the Upper West Side 6
Wed 11: Separated at Birth? 5
Tue 10: Would you pay a Half Dollar to Bike Across the GWB? 9
Tue 10: Important Manhattan Transportation Forum on Thursday 4
Mon 9: Stockholm: Congestion Charging is Likely to Continue 15
Fri 6: Eyes on the Street: Amsterdam 6
Fri 6: Job Opening 0
Wed 4: Can Sprawl Be Beneficial? 19
Wed 4: Notes on Bicycling in Copenhagen 18
Tue 3: Traffic's Human Toll 0
Tue 3: Danish Bike Cargo 12
Mon 2: Pricing for Sustainability 6
September 2006
Thu 28: Learning From a Streets Renaissance in Hong Kong 9
Thu 28: Above the Law: Parking Permit Abuse Study Released 5
Tue 26: Beyond Thermoplast, Street Signs and Signal Timing 21
Tue 26: Urban Density and a Pocketbook Plea for Congestion Pricing 17
Tue 26: The Queensboro Meat Grinder 6
Mon 25: Aiming to Reduce Car Use Around Brooklyn's New Park 8
Thu 21: Parking it in Midtown 21
Tue 19: Stockholm Voters Approve Congestion Charging 3
Tue 19: Statistics and Helmets 12
Tue 19: The Cost of Living 0
Mon 18: Stockholm Voters OK Congestion Charging 3
Thu 14: Streetsblog Interview: Ryan Russo 10
Thu 14: U.K. Study Finds Wearing a Bike Helmet May be More Dangerous 8
Wed 13: New York City's Opinion-Makers Turn Attention to Traffic 13
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
Tue 12: City Announces Major Bike Safety Improvement Initiative 14
Fri 8: Doctoroff: Congestion is a Major Problem. Time to Act. 21
Wed 6: Richard Heinberg: Saudi Oil Supply May be Crashing 10
Tue 5: Is DOT Doing Enough to Make NYC Bike-Friendly? 24
Fri 1: Cars, Ethanol and Patriotism 13
Fri 1: The Cost of Free Residential Parking 11
August 2006
Thu 31: Rally for a Livable Houston Street 8
Fri 25: Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes 3
Mon 21: Eyes on the Street: Demand Management 5
Wed 16: Sneak Preview of Bloomberg's 21st Century Urban Vision 16
Wed 16: NY1: Why is Bloomberg So Weak on Transportation? 2
Thu 10: European Vacation 3
Wed 2: Mayor Bloomberg Says NYC Traffic Congestion is Good. 16