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Michael Bloomberg (front row, fourth from right) with other mayors at the C40 Summit
May 16, 2007
The Quick and Easy First Step to a “Greater, Greener New York”
On Earth Day Mayor Mike Bloomberg placed transportation and environmental issues at the top of New York City's political agenda. He took a major step towards changing the conventional wisdom that traffic congestion is a sign of the city's vibrancy and economic health.
And he joined the list of forward-thinking global mayors like London's
Ken Livingstone and Bertrand Delanoe in Paris who have said that
excessive automobile dependence is a drag on the urban economy,
detrimental to public health, and a contributor to global climate
change.
May 15, 2007
A New Day at DOT
Today is Janette Sadik-Khan's first official day on the job as New York City's new Department of Transportation commissioner. Word has it she recently purchased a new bicycle and will be using it every so often to commute between her home in the West Village and her new office on Worth Street.
May 14, 2007
There Are Certain Facts That We’ve All Got to Face Up To
Given that it was only a few months ago that Mayor Michael Bloomberg could be heard saying, "We like traffic, it means economic activity, it means people coming here," his pitch for a whole new set of progressive transportation policies at last week's meeting of the Regional Plan Association was all the more remarkable:
May 10, 2007
Sadik-Khan and Congestion Pricing: Ready for Prime Time
Janette Sadik-Khan has one week to go before taking over as
the city's new transportation commissioner. Not surprisingly, a public appearance Friday found her well prepared to push Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC congestion pricing program.
May 7, 2007
New York Magazine Casts a Cynical Eye on “Bloomtopia”
New York Magazine's Chris Smith, who calls congestion pricing a trojan horse, suspects fewer cars and more trees may be a "green screen" for mayor Bloomberg's real estate development agenda:
May 1, 2007
Sadik-Khan Press Conference Coverage
New York 1 covers the Mayor's announcement of New York City's new transportation commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan.
April 27, 2007
It’s Official: Sadik-Khan in at DOT
After weeks of speculation, City Hall has announced that Janette Sadik-Khan, a senior vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, will be the new commissioner of the NYC DOT. This from a press release issued this afternoon by the mayor's office:
April 27, 2007
Media (Mostly) Give PlaNYC Its Due
When Malcom Murray-Clark, Director of Congestion Charging at Transport for London, visited New York last month, he cited negative media coverage as a major obstacle to implementing the congestion charge in the English capital. By contrast, unlike some, New York media on balance appear willing to give PlaNYC, and congestion pricing, the benefit of the doubt -- at least for now.
April 25, 2007