Jo Anne Simon
Streetsblog Basics
‘No-Brainer’: State Pol Seeks Citywide Parking Ban Near Intersections
State lawmakers want to force the city's hand on universal daylighting.
June 26, 2024
Civic Groups Slam Mayor’s ‘Car- and Truck-Centric’ BQE Plan
The city should scrap its "car- and truck-centric" plan for the future of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway in favor of a plan that discourages private car use, civic groups said.
August 18, 2023
DOT Plan for BQE’s Atlantic Ave. Interchange is ‘The Robert Moses Playbook’: Pols and Experts
"The proposals should not be doubling down on the infrastructure and transportation of the past,” said state Sen. Andrew Gounardes.
July 7, 2023
THE POWER BROKERS: Brooklyn Machine Fights Smaller BQE at Closed-Door City Hall Meeting
The Brooklyn Democratic machine wants a "superhighway in perpetuity," said one supporter of narrowing the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
March 4, 2023
The State Has ‘No Plans’ to Redesign the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway
State DOT has “no plans” to “redesign the state-owned portion of the BQE," spokesman Joseph Morrissey confirmed in an email to Streetsblog last week.
February 9, 2023
Hold Developer Accountable for Failed Promises at Brooklyn Mega-Project: Advocates
Whatever happened to our "Urban Room"?
July 15, 2022
State Reps Intro Bills to Prevent Speeding and Keep Dangerous Drivers Off the Streets
The four bills set out to expand the city's automated speed enforcement program and to revoke driving privileges from motorists who demonstrate unfitness to operate vehicles on public streets.
March 9, 2018
Jo Anne Simon on Congestion Pricing: We Can Do This
Simon's presence in Albany is one reason to believe a congestion pricing vote might play out differently this time. Her predecessor, Joan Millman, sat on the fence during the public debate over congestion pricing in 2008 before expressing her support when it was too late to matter.
February 8, 2018
A 2017 Resolution for DOT: Make Times Plaza Safer for Walking
The hellacious walking environment at the intersection of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth Avenues is awaiting safety improvements four months after DOT presented its plan.
December 19, 2016
Brooklyn Electeds to DOT: Put Safety First at Atlantic and Flatbush
About a dozen people braved the cold Saturday morning to call for pedestrian safety improvements at Brooklyn's Times Plaza and along the whole Atlantic Avenue corridor.
February 15, 2016