Janette Sadik-Khan
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Opinion: 10 Years of Citi Bike, 3 Lessons Learned
Happy birthday, Citi Bike. You've taught us a lot of valuable lessons. Here are three from the co-host of the War on Cars podcast.
May 29, 2023
OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE
If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.
February 21, 2023
Op-Ed: Bike Booms Come and Go, So Mayor Adams Must Make Transformative Change
Gotham's incoming chief executive is inheriting the city's longest-running cycling boom. Will he seize the moment?
December 17, 2021
Activist Honored at 10th Anniversary of ‘Eric McClure Bikeway on Prospect Park West’
The Prospect Park West protected bike lane has now been — unofficially! — renamed for the activist who started it all off.
October 25, 2020
Car Ownership Continues To Rise Under Mayor de Blasio
Why is this happening? Many reasons — some of which are beyond the mayor's control.
October 3, 2018
The Times Square Plazas Are No Longer a Construction Zone
Before 2009, Times Square was a hellish place to walk. Pedestrians outnumbered vehicles nine to one but were confined to just 10 percent of the street space. The creation of car-free plazas on Broadway changed the equation, and now those plazas are a permanent fixture of the street.
January 3, 2017
Five Eclectic Questions for Streetfighter Janette Sadik-Khan
Right before former New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan set off on a multi-city book tour for Streetfight (along with co-author Seth Solomonow), I was able to get a few minutes to ask her five eclectic questions in Washington Square Park.
March 21, 2016
Can You Believe a Few People Are Still Suing to Rip Out This Bike Lane?
It was just about five years ago that attorneys with the law firm Gibson, Dunn and Crutcher, working pro bono on behalf of some people with ties to Senator Chuck Schumer, filed suit against the city for installing the Prospect Park West bike lane. In August 2011, Kings County Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan dismissed the suit, but not before bike lane opponents battered DOT and its bike program in the press for several months through various surrogates.
February 25, 2016
The Key Human Factors That Can Lead Any City to Transform Its Streets
How did Portland get to be a national model for sustainable transportation and walkable development? Yes, Mayor Neil Goldschmidt stopped the Mount Hood Freeway from being built in 1974 and began negotiations that eventually led to the implementation of the urban growth boundary. But Goldschmidt didn’t do it alone.
August 4, 2015
The Metamorphosis of NYC Streets
There's nothing more dramatic than looking back five or ten years at Streetfilms footage to see how much the streets of New York City have changed. In this wonderful montage, check out the incredible changes at Times Square, Herald Square, the Brooklyn waterfront, and many other places that outgoing NYC DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and her staff have intrepidly transformed.
January 2, 2014