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A Snapshot of New York City Gridlock
Bruce Schaller's new study, Battling Traffic, released this morning at a standing-room only Manhattan Institute panel discussion, digs in to the question of what New Yorkers really think about the city's traffic congestion and the idea of using road pricing and other tools to manage it. Want to see what New York City gridlock looks like? Take a look at this remarkable map from Schaller's study:
December 7, 2006
Important Meeting Tonight on New L.E.S. Bike Lanes
Manhattan Community Board 3's Transportation Committee is holding a public meeting on the new bike lanes on Grand Street in the Lower East Side tonight at 6:30 pm at 273 Bowery (at Houston St.), University Settlement, Room 1. Details here. It is important that some bicycling advocates show up to this meeting. From Transportation Alternatives:
December 6, 2006
Manhattan BP Stringer Calls on NYC to Seek Federal Funds
$15 Million in Grants Are Available for the Study of Congestion Pricing
December 6, 2006
Gale Brewer to Introduce Congestion Pricing Legislation
Upper West Side City Councilmember Gale Brewer is emerging as City Council's top Livable Streets advocate. In April she worked with Transportation Alternatives to author Intro. 199, the Traffic Relief Bill. Today, Crain's Insider reports that Brewer now plans to introduce congestion pricing legislation:
December 6, 2006
A Parking Lot Grows in Brooklyn
Norman "the Human Tape Rec'oder" Oder , the hardest working advocacy journalist in New York City, has really been digging in to the important but not-particularly-sexy issue of parking policy at Forest City Enterprise's proposed "Atlantic Yards" development in Brooklyn.
December 6, 2006
A Brief History of New York City Congestion Charging
Car-Free lunchtime on Madison Avenue, April 19, 1971. New York City policy-makers haven't seriously considered traffic reduction since the Lindsay Administration. (Image courtesy of Jeff Zupan)
December 4, 2006
It’s Traffic Congestion Week in New York City
The Partnership for New York City releases its long-awaited congestion charging study today. Stay tuned.
December 4, 2006
Sidewalk Parking Opponents Gain Ground in . . . Where?
It is hard to tell exactly where the sidewalk meets the street above, where cars dominate the streetscape and wreck the pedestrian experience. Maybe that's what's to be expected in Los Angeles, where the photo was taken.
December 1, 2006
Curbside Space Wars
Private cars blocking service vehicles on W. 86th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam
November 28, 2006