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DOT Called Out for Lacking Clear Ped Safety Plan
While acknowledging that casualties have dropped overall in recent years, safety advocates and government officials are calling on the DOT to establish measurable benchmarks for further reducing pedestrian injuries and deaths in the city, and want the agency to get moving on relatively minor improvements that would help meet those goals.
April 13, 2007
The New York City Parking Boom
The first in a three-part series on New York City parking policy.
March 8, 2007
Help Wanted at DOT: Creative Thinkers Encouraged to Apply
Chairman of the City Council Transportation Committee, John C. Liu, praised outgoing DOT commissioner Iris Weinshall and called for an innovative thinker as her successor.
February 6, 2007
Pedestrian Interference
Left to right: New York City Department of Transportation Deputy Commissioner/Senior Policy Advisor David Woloch, Commissioner Iris Weinshall, a procurement and technical servicea aide and City Councilmembers John Liu and Gale Brewer.
January 26, 2007
Three Concrete Proposals for New York City Traffic Relief
This Morning's Forum: Road Pricing Worked in London. Can It Work in New York?
December 7, 2006
Eyes on the Street: MetroCard Bike
''The use of cycles has a place,'' Councilman John Liu recently told the Times. ''But it doesn't come anywhere near the capability of mass transit in making our city greener.''
October 12, 2006
Chinatown Business Group Proposes Car-Free Streets
Bayard Street, Chinatown. Photo: SkyShaper
August 15, 2006
City Council Screening of “Contested Streets”
Thursday, July 20, 2006 at 2:30 pm New York City Council250 Broadway, 14th Floor Hearing Room (across from City Hall).
July 20, 2006