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Pedestrian, 82, Hit and Killed by Delivery Truck in Chelsea (NYT) Allegedly Drunk Dad Leaves Kid in Car After Crash (NY Post) Flashy Electric Vehicles Generate Buzz (LA Times) European Commission Proposes 18% Cut in New-Car Emissions (BBC) LA Seeks to Curb Attacks on Parking Officers (LA Times) Weinshall’s Response to Sullivan Op-Ed (NYT) The … Continued

Here's some more fodder for the debate that was prompted by today's earlier post about charging more for parking on city streets. This story, too, comes from the Wall Street Journal, and is available online to subscribers only. But you might want to run out and buy today's paper to read the whole thing, because the news is that in a budget blueprint to be released today, the Bush Administration is coming out in favor of congestion pricing:

The Wall Street Journal ran a piece this weekend by Conor Dougherty on the municipal move toward charging more for parking. It's available online to paid subscribers only, but here's a taste:

Climate Change: A Disaster Epic in Slo-Mo (NYT) Scientists Offered Cash to Challenge IPCC Climate Study (Guardian) We Can’t Let Kyoto Debacle Happen Again (Observer) SF Cracks Down on Free Parking for Municipal Workers (SF Chronicle) An Unlikely Endorsement of Roundabouts (Newton Streets) Fashion Week Bike Lane Barricades (My Bike Lane) Cop Held in Alleged … Continued

Sam Schwartz, aka "Gridlock Sam," is best-known to many New Yorkers through his Daily News column about the city's quotidian traffic woes. Schwartz is the president and CEO of Sam Schwartz LLC, a traffic planning and engineering firm that has worked on projects including the JFK AirTrain, the IKEA project in Red Hook, Brooklyn, and the World Trade Center Memorial.  Before he moved to the private sector in 1990, Schwartz served as NYC traffic commissioner and as deputy commissioner of transportation in the Koch administration. He sat recently with Mark Gorton, president and founder of the Open Planning Project, to discuss congestion pricing, cars in parks, and the way pedestrians in this city don't get much respect from traffic planners. As the city begins looking for a new transportation commissioner to replace Iris Weinshall, this interview is worth watching:

From today's Crain's Insider:

IPCC Issues Urgent Warning on Climate Change (NYT) City Comptroller Says MTA Not Spending Enough to Maintain Subway (Newsday) Straphangers Give Thumbs-Up to Roving Station Agents (Daily News) Bush Supports $2 Billion Airport Rail Link (Post) Feds Commit Funds for LIRR–Grand Central Connection (Post) BQE Renovations Would Threaten BB Park (Brooklyn Paper) NYC Cabbie Is … Continued

Gore Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Global Warming Work (CNN) MTA Forms Panel to Look at Soaring Capital Costs (AMNY) Gabe Pressman and Everyone Else on Robert Moses (Gothamist, NY Sun) Debate Over Road Privatization to Heat Up in Washington (Mother Jones) States Take Action to Curb Dangerous Driving (USA Today) Children Driving Green … Continued

If Mayor Bloomberg is indeed looking inside his administration for the next head of DOT, at least some advocates of progressive planning would like him to consider Emily Lloyd, the commissioner of the city's Department of Environmental Protection.  "It would be awesome if we had someone like her," said Fred Kent, president of the Project for Public Spaces. "She's really a very practical, thoughtful, holistic person. It's a quality that would be unusual in a DOT."

Congestion Pricing Prophet: Biking Is the New Golf (NY Observer) MTA Projects Face Budget Crisis (NYT) More Freight Could Be Traveling Into City by Rail (NYT) Allegedly Drunk Driver Was Assaulting Girlfriend When He Crashed (Daily News) Bush Admin Accused of Censoring Scientists on Climate Change (Guardian) Prince Charles Says US Must Lead on Climate … Continued