Next Week: Fourth Avenue Task Force Talks Transportation
Right now, Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue is known for its speedway design and anti-urban architecture. But Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz hopes to turn the road into a grand "Brooklyn Boulevard" and in August, he established a task force charged with planning the street's future. This Monday, the task force's transportation and traffic committee will hold its first meeting, charting a course going forward.
November 11, 2011
34th Street Select Bus Service Launches This Sunday
It's no physically separated transitway, but bus riders can still get excited about the launch of Select Bus Service along 34th Street this Sunday.
November 11, 2011
Pedestrian Burdens: Send Us Pics of the Parking Garages Killing Your Street
Get your cameras ready, Streetsbloggers. It's time to show Department of City Planning Director Amanda Burden what city-mandated parking garages are doing to the streets in your neighborhood.
November 10, 2011
CB 2 Committee Endorses Parking-Protected Hudson St. Bike Lane
The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted unanimously on Tuesday to endorse a community-generated plan to upgrade the Hudson Street bike lane to a parking-protected lane.
November 9, 2011
Mica Drops Amtrak Privatization Plan in Call for Northeast Corridor HSR
House Transportation Committee Chairman John Mica backed off his controversial plan to privatize passenger rail on the Northeast Corridor today, announcing at a press conference that reforming Amtrak would suffice.
November 8, 2011
Brownsville Residents Push For Neighborhood’s First Bike Lanes
Brownsville wants safer streets for biking.
November 8, 2011
NYC DOT to Roll Out Smart Parking Tech in 2012
New York City is moving forward with plans to use sensors to improve parking management, along the lines of San Francisco's pioneering SFPark system. The program will be unveiled next year, Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan announced at a conference on transportation and technology held last Friday at Columbia University.
November 7, 2011