Quality of Life
Streetsblog Basics
Where in the City is this?
Every so often I find little gems of street planning that I would love to see replicated elsewhere in the city. For instance, the other night I walked past this side street with bump outs at the crosswalk that give pedestrians more space and prevent automobiles from cutting corners too sharply.
August 21, 2006
Streetfilms: Car-Free Sunday on the Grand Concourse
Car-Free Sunday on the Grand ConcourseA Clarence Eckerson, Jr. StreetfilmRunning time: 3:58 - 12.35 MB, QuickTime
August 18, 2006
Travel Tips for the Plutocracy
Jeff Marshall avoids onerous airport security by commuting in his own Soviet fighter jet.
August 15, 2006
Brooklyn’s Fort Greene Fights for Livable Streets
DOT's failure to provide a traffic signal or even a simple crosswalk at intersections along DeKalb Avenue disconnects the neighborhood from its bus stops and its park.
August 14, 2006
Hillary Feels Staten Island’s Pain on Traffic
While transportation issues are clearly not very high up on Mayor Bloomberg's agenda, at least one New York elected official is acknowledging that the city has major traffic problems in need of big solutions. At last week's Staten Island Chamber of Commerce breakfast, Clinton focused almost exclusively on transportation issues, according to the Advance:
August 14, 2006
The Post ‘Drops the Ball’ on Yankee Stadium Story
The Post had a story yesterday reporting on the last ditch effort to stop the Yankee's bad plan to build a new stadium with fewer seats for us Yankee fans but dump more traffic and emissions on the already suffering low-income neighborhoods of the south Bronx. Here's how the Post characterizes opponents of the plan:
August 12, 2006
Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar
Correpsondent Pascal van den Noort sends news of this project that his organization, Velo Mondial is working on in Qatar. The ruler of Qatar, Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani wants to get his people riding bicycles. One of the challenges in accomplishing this goal is the fact that, for much of the year, Qatar is hotter than a blast furnace.
August 10, 2006
Can You Name the Town?
Sorry I missed posting last week's Weekly Carnage everyone. I was out of town, um, visiting the strip mall in the photo above.
August 9, 2006