Sarah Goodyear

Brooklyn Four-Year-Old Struck, Killed by Hummer (Gothamist) Pedicab Drivers Protest Proposed Rules (AMNY) MTA Wants City Hall to Help Pay for 7 Line Extension (AMNY) NJ Transit Proposes 10% Fare Hike (AMNY) Anti-Congestion-Pricing Petition Drive in UK (Guardian) Proposals for New Tappan Zee Bridge Could Include Rail Line (Daily News) NJ Tries to Limit Greenhouse … Continued

Today on Gotham Gazette, Bruce Schaller outlines how transportation policy could fit in to Mayor Bloomberg's sustainability initiative for 2030. The piece merits a full read, but Schaller frames his argument in terms of three big ideas:

Millard “Butch” Seay Named Acting President of NYC Transit (Newsday) Sustainable Transportation for 2030 (Gotham Gazette) Subway Cell Service Delayed, but Will Go Forward (AMNY) The Next Wave of Hybrids (NY Sun) Caro: Remember How Moses Affected People (AYR) In LA, They Call Them “Lexus Lanes” (LA Times) A Cool $25M for a Climate Backup … Continued

Stringer Will Seek Study of Road Use Fees (NY Sun) At Least 10,000 DWI Offenders Still Driving in NJ Because of Test (Newsday) Lawsuit Claims NYPD Ignored Cop Hit-Run Info (Daily News) Would Verrazano Toll Ease Truck Congestion? (Brooklyn Paper) NYPD Sergeant Nabbed for DWI After Crash (Newsday) Sustainable Skyscraper Goes Up on 42nd St. … Continued

The second phase of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 outreach campaign, which has been soliciting feedback from the public through meetings with community leaders and on PlaNYC's website, has been completed, and the word is in: People in New York want to do something about traffic congestion.

An opinion piece in today's New York Sun addresses the congestion-pricing incentives laid out in the Bush Administration's new budget proposal. The article, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former chief economist at the US Department of Labor who is now with the conservative Hudson Institute, argues that "the only effective way to reduce traffic congestion is to use pricing," and that "Americans rely on prices for a stable supply of food, clothes, water, energy, and telecommunications. Why should roads be an exception?"

FedEx Garage Moves to Bronx: Few Jobs, Lots of Fumes? (Daily News) Projected Cost for WTC Transit Hub Soars to $3.4B (NY Post) Boy, 3, Killed by Hit-and-Run Pickup (Daily News) Rockefeller Foundation Creates Jane Jacobs Medal (NY Sun) Branson Announces $25M Science Prize to Combat Warming (NY Post) Brooklyn Cruise Port May Be Sinking … Continued

Top Female Execs Seen as Possible Weinshall Replacements (NY Sun) Dad Convinced Hit-Run Son to Surrender (NY Post) European Car Firms Attack Pollution Plans (BBC) EU Car CO2 Fight Only Beginning (BBC) Breakdown of Bush’s Energy, Enviro Budget (Mother Jones) Capturing Greenhouse Gases with Sandstone, Water (CNET) Bishop of London Won’t Fly for a Year … Continued

A letter bomb exploded yesterday at the offices of the Drivers and Vehicle Licensing Agency in Swansea, South Wales, injuring a woman. It was the seventh such incident reported at a UK agency linked to traffic enforcement in the past three weeks, and the third in three days, according to an article in the Guardian. A total of six people have been injured so far, according to a statement issued just yesterday by police. 

Lessons for PlaNYC 2030 from Lindsay Era? (Metro) This Just In: NYC Buses Run Late (AMNY) Spitzer Aide Foye Cast as Saviour of Moynihan Station (NY Observer) Two Pedestrians Hurt in Rockefeller Center Crash (NY Post) One Dead in Double Hit-and-Run on Grand Central Pkwy (NY Post) Two Horses Captured After Running Wild on Pelham … Continued