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Ninth Street Update: Robert’s Rules of Order
First off, please accept my apologies for continuing to torture you with the intensely parochial drama taking place on Park Slope's 9th Street. I justify all of this coverage by imagining that this story may be useful for advocates working towards Livable Streets goals in other neighborhoods.
May 8, 2007
Residential Parking Permits Spotted in PlaNYC Documents
Today's Crain's Insider reports:
May 3, 2007
Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London
On-street parking space becomes a pub’s outdoor patio in Covent Garden, London. Photo: Aaron Naparstek
April 27, 2007
How Green Is Our Mayor
Bookending his much-vaunted Earth Day speech with congratulatory video clips from California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Mayor Mike Bloomberg called for New Yorkers to take the initiative in the international fight against global warming, positioning himself as a leader on the issue.
April 23, 2007
Fort Greene Gets Action from Spitzer on Placards
The Fort Greene Association has scored another victory in the fight against abuse of placarded parking, this time with some help from very high places.
April 19, 2007
SoHo Car Owners Mobilizing to Save Parking, Fight Bike Lanes
The SoHo Alliance is at it again. The neighborhood organization that specializes in persecuting street vendors and artists rather than helping to figure out ways to carve out a bit of street space for them and all of the people over-spilling SoHo's sidewalks, is now mobilizing against the City's plan to install new bike lanes along Prince and Bleecker Streets.
April 18, 2007
The Parking Dysfunction Meter: Fines Are Five Times Revenue
More enduring than Big Foot, the Loch Ness Monster and the resurrection of Elvis is the deeply held belief that there is such a thing as "free" parking for the average motorist in New York City. "Free" means you do not have to pay.
April 16, 2007
City’s Parking Expansion Sustains Nothing but Motoring
From the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's latest newsletter, three examples of how City Hall contradicts its stated Long-Term Planning and Sustainability goals with policies that foster more automobile dependence:
April 12, 2007
CB6 Asks DOT to Find a Final Solution to the “Bicycle Problem”
Community Board 6 was grumpy about the idea of bike lanes on 9th Street.
April 12, 2007