Report Details How Onerous NYC’s Regressive Parking Minimums Really Are
New research from New York University's Furman Center [PDF] provides added evidence that New York's parking minimums are forcing developers to provide unwanted automobile infrastructure, leading to less development, higher housing costs and more traffic.
March 21, 2012
BRT Imposes Order on Mexico City Streets, Speeding and Greening Commutes
This is the second in a series of reports about sustainable transportation policies in Mexico City. Last week, Streetsblog participated in a tour of the city led by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. A previous installment covered pedestrian improvements in the city and a third will discuss its bicycle planning.
March 21, 2012
East Harlem CB Approves Protected Bike Lanes for First and Second Avenues
East Harlem's Community Board 11 last night approved, again, plans to build protected bike lanes and pedestrian refuge islands on First and Second Avenues. The vote comes after a lengthy public debate in which the community fought for the lanes and the board approved them, only to take back its support after local businesses protested.
March 21, 2012
Two-Way Bike Lane Will Cross Central Park Along 72nd Street
This summer, cyclists will have a second path to safely cross Central Park.
March 20, 2012
How Mexico City Fought and Cajoled to Reclaim Streets for Pedestrians
This is the first in a series of reports about sustainable transportation policies in Mexico City. Last week, Streetsblog participated in a tour of the city led by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Upcoming installments will cover the city's transit expansions, particularly its new bus rapid transit lines, and its bicycle planning.
March 19, 2012
East Harlem Community Board to Take Final Bike Lane Vote Tomorrow
After a long and circuitous path, the fate of protected bike lanes on East Harlem's First and Second Avenues may be decided in a community board vote Tuesday night.
March 19, 2012
Challenger Attacks Marty Golden and Senate GOP for Anti-Transit Stance
Andrew Cuomo may have handed continued control of the State Senate to the Republican Party by allowing them to draw their own districts, but 2012 is still an election year. With the Senate leadership's latest attack on transit funding, they aren't making it any easier for their New York City candidates to win.
March 16, 2012
Quinn Deal Reduces Parking — and Housing — at St. Vincent’s Site
Responding to requests from the community board and advocacy groups, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn did what neither the City Planning Commission nor Borough President Scott Stringer would: reduce the excessive number of parking spaces planned for the Rudin family's redevelopment of the St. Vincent's Hospital site.
March 16, 2012