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StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley
The debate over congestion pricing has been heating up in advance of Mayor Bloomberg's big Earth Day speech tomorrow. What better time to get some talking points on the matter from Bob Kiley, who served as the Commissioner of Transport for London from 2001 to 2006? (Kiley was also chairman and CEO of New York's MTA from 1983 to 1990.)
April 21, 2007
Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB
Roosevelt Island's old connection to the Queensboro Bridge -- elevator building, 1916-1956
April 20, 2007
Decongestion in Cities Around the World
GOOD Magazine profiles five innovations in urban transportation that you don't find in America, yet. Josh Jackson reports:
April 20, 2007
Bruce Schaller Profiles a “City in Flux”
Ahead of Sunday's big PlaNYC 2030 reveal, Bruce Schaller of Schaller Consulting has released an exhaustive analysis of New York City traffic, transit and public space. "CITYinFLUX: Understanding and Untangling Traffic and Transportation in NYC" is a compendium of over 40 reports and databases, highlighting a wealth of interesting facts, charts and analyses. The complete report (43 page PDF) is available here.
April 19, 2007
Detractors Find Congestion Pricing Facts in Short Supply
Add the Queens Chamber of Commerce to the list of pre-emptive congestion pricing foes.
April 18, 2007
Bus Bulbs Are Blooming
According to a more-than-a-little-snarky post on Curbed, the first of Lower Broadway's hotly anticipated bus bulbs has been constructed on Broadway south of Spring Street.
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
DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan
While acknowledging that casualties have dropped overall in recent years, safety advocates and government officials are calling on the DOT to establish measurable benchmarks for further reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths in the city, and want the agency to get moving on relatively minor improvements that would help meet those goals.
April 13, 2007
Pedicab Limits: Let the Free Market Decide
This NY Sun editorial weighs in on the proposed pedicab restrictions:
April 13, 2007
Quinn’s Pedicab Problem: Personal or Political?
City
Council Speaker Christine Quinn is reportedly pressuring -- some might
say coercing -- council members into backing her effort to override of Mayor Bloomberg's veto of stringent pedicab restrictions. Tony Avella of Queens talked to the Sun about Quinn's anti-pedicab campaign among council members.
April 12, 2007