Levine’s Car2Go Bill Needs Cold Hard Data on Company’s Traffic Impact
This afternoon, Council Member Mark Levine will introduce a bill [PDF 1, 2] requiring DOT to give car-share companies designated on-street parking spaces, potentially for a price. Guaranteed parking would boost car sharing, Levine says, and reduce car ownership. Trouble is, there's not much data to say whether or not car-share in New York is reducing vehicle ownership or just encouraging more driving.
August 13, 2015
Street Seats and Bike Lanes Come to Brownsville and East New York
Livable streets improvements are rolling out for residents of Brownsville and East New York. Two new Street Seats have popped up just blocks from each other on Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard. Meanwhile, DOT is installing the neighborhood's latest round of bike lanes.
August 12, 2015
Denny Farrell Says We Got His Street Safety Rant Wrong; Here’s the Audio
Assembly Member Denny Farrell, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, played a key role in the death of congestion pricing. More recently, he's been a regular at Upper Manhattan community board meetings, where he inveighs against traffic safety projects. Now, he's spending his time writing letters to bloggers.
August 12, 2015
Cuomo and Christie Play Chicken With Trans-Hudson Train Commuters
It's been almost five years since New Jersey Governor Chris Christie killed the ARC tunnel. Things haven't improved since.
August 11, 2015
Eyes on the Street: 33rd Street Plaza Comes to Life
There is now a plaza at Penn Plaza.
August 11, 2015
New Mural in Park Slope Puts Traffic Justice Front and Center
By the end of the month, people loading food into their cars at the Key Food on Fifth Avenue and Sterling Place in Park Slope will have a great view of a new mural about safe driving.
August 10, 2015
No Charges for Driver Who Killed 66 Year-Old Man on Atlantic Avenue
Update [Wednesday, August 12]: The victim has been identified as Muyassar Moustapha, 66.
August 10, 2015