Feds Withhold Fatal-Accident Info from Public
An article in the LA Times (reg required) details how the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has systematically withheld information on fatal accidents from the public, even going so far as to deny Freedom of Information Act requests from researchers.
March 8, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Spitzer Vows to Derail MTA Fare Hike (Metro) No Zipcars in Clinton Hill, but Williamsburg Now Has Them (Gowanus Lounge) Leventer Out at Brooklyn Bridge Park (NY Post) Property Owner Wins One Against Ratner (NY Sun) Gov’t Officials in Arctic Told to Keep Mum on Climate Change? (NYT) Bronx Borough Prez Touts Green Roofs (Daily … Continued
March 8, 2007
The Greening of the Times
Today's New York Times has an entire section on "The Business of Being Green" (Times Select), which includes articles on economies of scale in alternative energy, carbon-offset shopping, the possibly endangered practice of truck idling, Danish wind farms, and environmental litigation.
March 7, 2007
Today’s Headlines
MTA Fare Hike in 2008 “A Real Possibility” (Daily News) She Commutes 200 Blocks a Day by Bike (AMNY) Jackson Heightsers Protest Heavy Traffic on Roosevelt Ave. (Daily News) Taxi Drivers Threaten Strike Over GPS (Metro) Fire Dept Nixes Subway Radio System (NYT) Tappan Zee Plan Still Omits High Rider Option (TSTC) Off-Limits Areas of … Continued
March 7, 2007
StreetFilms: “Something Has to Be Done”
Here are some highlights from Sunday's rally for pedestrian safety. In the words of Audrey Anderson, whose 14-year-old son, Andre, was killed by an SUV while he was riding his bike: "Drivers who kill and are not apparently drunk walk away from crash sites as free as the birds in the air. How can this be, we all must ask?"
March 6, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Mayor Bloomberg: Add Traffic Cams (Daily News) Carmakers Unveil Greener Cars in Euro Show (BBC) U.S. “Stuck in Reverse” on Fuel Economy (MSNBC) Global Impact of Asia’s Pollution (BBC) Thai Activists Spur Cleaner Air in Bangkok (NYT) US Projects 19 Percent Increase in Emissions by 2020 (Houston Chronicle) Children Losing Sleep Over Global Warming (Scotsman.com) … Continued
March 6, 2007
Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon
The New York Times came out advocating for progressive transportation policies in its Sunday City section editorial, saying that the departure of DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall presents "a great opportunity to take bold action on a vexing quality of life and health issue: traffic congestion."
March 5, 2007
Today’s Headlines
Three Pedestrians Killed Across City (Gothamist) Rally Calls Attention to Ped Deaths (AMNY) Too Many Dying on City’s Meanest Streets (Daily News) NYC Street “Carnage” (Metro) Blood on the Streets (Daily News) Cameras Catching More Red-Light Runners (Gothamist) Second Ave. Groundbreaking “In the Next Few Weeks” (NY Post) Late-Night Ride Service for Women Looks to … Continued
March 5, 2007
Four-Year-Old Killed by Hummer Shouldn’t Have Died in Vain
The death of four-year-old James Jacaricce Rice at the intersection of Third Avenue and Baltic Street in Brooklyn yesterday didn't make a huge splash in the news. But it should have.
February 14, 2007
The Power of Moses: Please Wield Responsibly
An op-ed piece by Eleanor Randolph in today's New York Times finds yet another lesson in the current re-examination of Robert Moses's legacy. Randolph looks at the enormously powerful entities, usually known as authorities, that Moses left behind: "public-private hybrid[s] that can collect fees, take on debt and build things with little government interference."
February 14, 2007