The Bronx Helpers Bring Home a 20 MPH Slow Zone
The Bronx Helpers set out to get a stop sign. They won 17 blocks of safer streets.
July 13, 2012
DOT Study Rejects Residential Parking Permits For Stadium Neighborhoods
The Department of Transportation has rejected neighborhood demands to implement residential parking permits around the Barclays Center and Yankee Stadium, according to a DOT report released last Friday. DOT cited the availability of on-street parking spaces during Yankee games, the large number of non-residents parking on the street for purposes other than visiting the stadium, and the heavy costs of administering and enforcing an RPP program.
July 13, 2012
Today’s Headlines
Cuomo Phone Call Gets Vanderhoef to Drop Tappan Zee Bridge Objections (Crain’s) Gelinas: Plenty of Room For Compromise on Cheaper Tappan Zee Transit (Post) Newsday Editor: Critics Right to Seek Answers on Tappan Zee Bridge Plans City Rejects Residential Parking Permits For Stadium Neighborhoods (Post) Next Level of NYPD Ticket Fixing Scandal: Officer Charged With Hiring … Continued
July 13, 2012
Even a Paltry $150M For Tappan Zee Transit Is Too Much For Andrew Cuomo
Earlier this week, Streetsblog reported that Governor Andrew Cuomo is dishonestly overstating the cost of building Tappan Zee Bridge transit. Cuomo has repeatedly said that building a 30-mile bus rapid transit system would cost $5 billion, and that the state can't afford to spend that much. But that number is inflated by the inclusion of billions of dollars in highway improvements, like new climbing lanes for trucks, many of which are entirely unrelated to providing transit.
July 12, 2012
Midtown Rezoning Would Let Developers Buy Height With Ped Improvements
Transit-oriented development is a virtuous circle. New transit infrastructure makes it easier and faster to get to a place, and then that place grows. New development in turn leads to demand to justify better infrastructure, and more tax dollars to pay for it. That, in a nutshell, is the story of how Manhattan grew into what it is today, first around streetcars, then els, and eventually the subways.
July 12, 2012
State Reports Belie Cuomo’s Claim That Tappan Zee Transit Will Cost $5B
At the beginning of the week, Governor Andrew Cuomo launched a media offensive to defend his decision to halt all work on building new transit infrastructure across the Tappan Zee Bridge. "The bus system would roughly double the cost of the bridge," Cuomo told radio host Fred Dicker.
July 11, 2012
NYC’s Hottest Commercial Districts Are Awash in Livable Streets
Which parts of Manhattan have seen the healthiest commercial real estate markets since the economic collapse of 2008? It's the Meatpacking District and the area around Broadway between Union and Herald Squares, according to a new report by broker Janet Liff [PDF], covered by Crain's last week. Notably, says Liff, both of those neighborhoods have received significant improvements to their streets, adding more public space and increasing safety for walking and biking.
July 10, 2012