Aaron Donovan

Before he began blogging about land use and transportation, Aaron Donovan wrote The New York Times Neediest Cases Fund’s annual fundraising appeal for three years and earned a master’s degree in urban planning from Columbia. Since then, he has worked for nonprofit organizations devoted to New York City economic development. He lives and works in the Financial District, and sees New York’s pre-automobile built form as an asset that makes New York unique in the United States, and as a strategic advantage that should be capitalized upon.

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Carnage

The Weekly Carnage

Fatal Crashes (13 Killed This Week; 162 Killed This Year)

Aaron Donovan

March 23, 2007

Events

Auto Free New York Meeting – Charles Komanoff on the Carbon Tax

What do Mayor Bloomberg's congestion pricing plan and a tax on carbon emissions have in common? Plenty. Join Streetsblog ontributor Charles Komanoff, co-founder and co-director of the new Carbon Tax Center, for a discussion of the economics and politics of a U.S. carbon tax, at the monthly meeting of Auto-Free New York. Yes, there will be ample time to discuss the Mayor's pricing plan as well.

Aaron Donovan

March 23, 2007

Events

SWIM Coalition Kickoff – Groups to Ask Mayor Bloomberg to Make Waterways Clean Enough For Swimming

The Storm Water Infrastructure Matters coalition (S.W.I.M.), a new city-wide environmental group, will hold an outdoor event, that will include kayakers, river waders, water quality monitoring, a short film (indoors) and water toy races. The event, part of the global observance of World Water Day, will kick off a concerted campaign to make all of NYC's waterways safe for recreation, including swimming.

Aaron Donovan

March 20, 2007

Events

Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour

Cities worldwide are embracing new ideas about mass transit, congestion pricing, parking, public squares, mixed used development, and more, yet New York City's transportation policies often seem as though they are stuck in the 1960s. But the sustainable transportation movement in New York City is alive in Streetsblog, StreetFilms, Transportation Alternatives, the Municipal Art Society, Project for Public Spaces, and other organizations along with many individual blogs and community groups.

Aaron Donovan

March 20, 2007

Events

Presentation: Brooklyn Bridge Park Transportation and Access Study

The traffic engineers conducting the Brooklyn Bridge Park Transportation and Access Study will present their preliminary findings at this public meeting. The study, which included important public input, reviewed transit options to-and-from the park such as bicycle/pedestrian improvements, bus route modifications and vertical connections.

Aaron Donovan

March 19, 2007

Events