Eve Kessler
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LGA AirTrain Documents Raise Questions About Parking
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The Port Authority hasn't disclosed enough about ancillary plans around its AirTrain project, critics say.
Advocates Pushing Raft of New Street-Safety Bills in Albany
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Drive includes measures on reckless drivers, speed limits, speed cameras, alcohol-impaired driving, and driver education.
How Hoboken Has Eliminated Traffic Deaths
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The Mile Square City shows what can be accomplished when a municipality really focuses on the zero of Vision Zero — it has recorded no traffic fatalities for three straight years.
Upper East Side Candidate Moscaritolo Wants Residential Parking Permits
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A controversial plank in an otherwise straight-ahead transportation platform.
BIPOC and Disability Advocates Zero In on Highway Spending
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Reprinted with permission from “The Urbanist.” On March 9, advocacy organizations Front and Centered and Disability Rights Washington held the first of a series of press conferences calling for Washington State legislators to halt spending on new highways. Instead, the coalition urges lawmakers to prioritize investments in building missing sidewalks and creating reliable transit and paratransit systems to serve all […]
How Buffalo Moved Away From Parking Requirements
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Reprinted with permission from Sidewalk Labs. Follow Sidewalk Labs’s weekly newsletter or subscribe to its podcast, “City of the Future.” One promising trend in urban planning is the push from a growing number of U.S. cities to reduce minimum parking requirements for new developments. As the name suggests, parking minimums require developers to build a […]
OPINION: Expand the Shared Street at University Place in Manhattan
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A one-block experiment south of Union Square has more than proved its worth. In fact, it's a model for the city.
Upper East Side Candidate Julie Menin Aims To Rein in the FDR Drive
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An East Side council hopeful's transportation plan shows the safe-streets movement has penetrated the mainstream.
Cuomo’s ‘Wrong Way AirTrain’ Boondoggle Moves Ahead
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The LaGuardia AirTrain gets a shot in the arm — but is it (and the governor) still relevant?
‘Transit Guy’ Schumer Pushes NY Highway Widening
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Construction interests — and Sen. Schumer — want to add a lane to the Catskills artery. It's madness.
TransAlt’s ’25 by 25′ Proposal Shakes Up Mayoral Race
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Five progressive candidates back a proposal to claw back a quarter of public space from cars in four years.
The Space We Give to Passenger Cars Only
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A cartogram shows the tremendous range of limited-access expressways in metropolitan New York.