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Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply
Chairman of the City Council Transportation Committee, John C. Liu, praised outgoing DOT commissioner Iris Weinshall and called for an innovative thinker as her successor.
February 6, 2007
The City That Never Walks
The messenger is unexpected -- Robert Sullivan, a contributing editor at Vogue magazine -- but the message to Mayor Bloomberg on today's New York Times op/ed page is clear: It is time to act. When it comes to building a more livable urban environment and reversing automobile domination, New York City is falling behind other world cities. In fact, we're even lagging behind a number of American cities too, Sullivan writes:
January 29, 2007
Streetfilms: “We’re New York, We Can Lead”
Transportation Alternatives held press conference on the steps of City Hall yesterday in support of Intro 199, a bill introduced in the City Council by Councilmember Gale Brewer that calls for better information-gathering about the city's traffic and aims to "reduce the proportion of driving to the central business districts and increase the proportion of walking, biking and the use of mass transit."
January 26, 2007
The Times is a Changin’
A chart illustrating the number who commute by auto to the Central Business District from Bruce Schaller's study for the Manhattan Institute, Battling Traffic: What New Yorkers Think About Road Pricing.
January 12, 2007
Confronting Our Problems
Below is an interesting e-mail sent yesterday to Transportation Alternatives. T.A. forwarded it to Streetsblog and we all thought that it would make fodder for an interesting discussion. The letter's author gave Streetsblog permission to publish it. One of my questions is whether people think that this cyclist's approach is a productive way for New York City's urban environmental advocates to press their case?
December 21, 2006
Pedestrian Safety in Brooklyn Heights
Pedestrian injury and fatality data from the Transportation Alternatives Crash Map
December 13, 2006
Congestion Pricing: The Public Conversation Begins
The New York Sun has the first of what will be a littany of congestion pricing stories coming out in the next few months. Finally, with city and state elections out of the way, New York City is about to embark on a substantive discussion of its transportation, traffic congestion and long-term sustainability issues. Some excerpts below:
November 20, 2006
Streetfilms: Yesterday’s Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall
Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief Press Conference A few quick scenes from yesterday's event Running time: 2:02
November 15, 2006
Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall This Morning
Councilmember Gale Brewer joined Transportation Alternatives and representatives of community groups from all over the city at this morning's Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief rally on the steps of City Hall. The Coalition currently includes 129 community organizations.
November 14, 2006
And the 2006 Pokey Award Goes to…
Paul White of TransAlt and Gene Russianoff of Straphangers' Campaign deliver the Golden Snail.
October 24, 2006