Bill de Blasio
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This Summer, Prospect Park Will Be Completely Car-Free for the First Time
Prospect Park will be completely car-free from July 17 through September 10, Mayor de Blasio and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg announced this morning. It's the first time that Prospect Park will cease to be a shortcut for car traffic for more than a few days at a time.
July 10, 2017
No, Traffic Congestion Is Not “Self-Correcting”
Calling congestion "self-correcting" is a convenient way to steer the subject away from congestion pricing. The argument is that drivers can bail when congestion "gets bad enough." Problem solved -- without collective (governmental) action requiring political leadership. Let's unpack that.
June 7, 2017
Trottenberg Offers Congestion Solutions, But de Blasio Administration Won’t Touch Toll Reform
In light of a new legal analysis that concluded NYC can toll its own streets without waiting for Albany, the Move New York campaign has proposed a "home rule" version of its road pricing plan that would charge $2.75 to drive across the four East River bridges and a 60th Street cordon and tax for-hire vehicle and taxi trips in the densest parts of Manhattan. But despite a supportive City Council, the de Blasio administration isn't adding road pricing to its agenda.
June 5, 2017
Move NY Campaign Says Toll Reform Can Bypass Albany — Is City Hall Listening?
A legal scholar says NYC has the authority to toll its own roads and bridges, which could raise revenue for transit.
June 5, 2017
It’s More Than “Cheap Symbolism” When the Mayor Rides Transit
De Blasio dismisses the importance of getting out of his SUV. But if he's getting chauffeured everywhere he goes, there's no way the mayor can viscerally understand what the three-quarters of New Yorkers who don't commute by car experience on a daily basis. If he doesn't regularly experience what it's like to get around without driving, he won't feel on a gut level why improving transit, biking, and walking is so important.
June 2, 2017
Looking for a Bold Vision for NYC Streets? De Blasio’s Not Your Guy.
The mayor cares about preventing traffic deaths but has no broader appreciation for how diminishing the primacy of the car on city streets can make life better for New Yorkers. If he did, we'd be putting bus lanes on every avenue and bike corrals at every street corner, instead of sinking hundreds of millions of dollars into ferries.
June 1, 2017
6 Things Cuomo and de Blasio Can Do to Live Up to Their Climate Change Bluster
Between them, Cuomo and de Blasio have the power to dramatically accelerate New York City's progress on climate goals. But doing so will require making policy choices that the governor and mayor have shirked or avoided so far.
May 31, 2017
De Blasio Promises “Crackdown” on Parking Placard Abuse
Mayor de Blasio announced plans today to "crack down" on rampant parking placard abuse, one week after his administration granted tens of thousands of new placards to school employees.
May 24, 2017
Yesterday’s Times Square Toll Was Terrible — But So Is a Typical Day of NYC Traffic Violence
Given the high-profile location, the number of victims, and recent instances of people using vehicles to kill for ideology, it's understandable that yesterday's crash drew so much attention. But it's important to recognize that as terrible as the Times Square carnage was for a single incident, the same human toll occurs on a daily basis on NYC streets -- it's just dispersed across the city.
May 19, 2017
Criminal Justice Advocates Call on de Blasio to Provide Discount Fares for Poor New Yorkers
Criminal justice advocates gathered outside City Hall this morning to call on Mayor de Blasio to fund discount transit fares for poor New Yorkers.
May 17, 2017
