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Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish
Please note: This was an April Fool's Day post...
April 1, 2007
Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT’s 9th Street Proposal?
As noted elsewhere, tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will consider a plan by DOT to redesign 9th Street from Third Avenue to Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Brooklyn.
March 29, 2007
A Tale of Two DOT Plans
Looking down Park Slope's 9th Street at Prospect Park West. They call this "excess capacity."
March 29, 2007
Opposition Brewing to DOT’s Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes
Tonight, 6:30 pm at Old First Church on 7th Avenue and Carroll Street, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 hosts a blockbuster follow-up meeting to the "One-Way? No Way!" extravaganza of March 15.
March 29, 2007
A Community Workshop to Re-envision Grand Army Plaza
All across the city neighborhood groups are coming together to re-envision and plan their own communities. In the last few months we've seen valuable community-planning processes taking place in Hell's Kitchen, the Meatpacking District and, to a certain extent, along Bedford Avenue in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. People aren't waiting around for real estate developers or city agencies to tell them how their neighborhoods should be. They are going out and doing the thinking and planning themselves.
March 29, 2007
An English Plan in New York
The once traffic-filled street between Trafalgar Square and the National Gallery is now a thriving plaza.
March 28, 2007
StreetFilms: Interview with Parking Guru Donald Shoup
"I don't see why people have to pay market rents to live in a neighborhood but the cars should live rent-free. In New York you have expensive housing for people and free parking for cars. You've got your priorities exactly the wrong way around."
March 20, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg at the Crossroads: Who Will Run DOT?
With DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall set to depart city government in three weeks, sources say that Mayor Michael Bloomberg is close to announcing her replacement. The Mayor's choice will have a profound impact on day-to-day neighborhood life as well as the City of New York's long-term future. Though the DOT commissioner job search has barely been covered by the local press, this may very well be one of the most important decisions of the last 1,000 days of the Bloomberg Administration.
March 20, 2007
Doctoroff Sets Stage for Something Bold, Creative & Expensive
Yesterday, Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff and MTA President Lee Sander delivered a pair of one-two speeches at the annual meeting of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council. Sadly, the report I wrote up yesterday afternoon was eaten by my blog software. It was really good too. Much more entertaining than this one. What are you gonna do?
March 16, 2007
Coverage of Last Night’s Park Slope Meeting
Big Crowd of Slopers Turn Out to Jeer One-Way Proposal (Gowanus Lounge) 400+ Slopers Deride DOT Plans for Sixth and Seventh Avenues (Yards Report) Slope Weighs One-Way Byways (Voice) Board votes down one-way proposal (Brooklyn Paper) Jonathan Barkey photos
March 16, 2007