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Poll: NYC Blames Bloomberg for Failure to Deal With Traffic
A Broken Street: Broadway north of Houston St. on an August Friday. New Yorkers want the Mayor to fix it.
August 7, 2006
Bloomberg on Oil Dependence: Punditry or Policy?
The Daily News reports that Mayor Bloomberg made his first public statements about U.S. oil dependency on his radio show last week:
August 7, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Says NYC Traffic Congestion is Good.
Mayor Bloomberg offered a depressing-yet-enlightening dose of complacency about the city's traffic crunch this morning. Speaking at Museum of the City of New York's construction kickoff, Bloomberg explained that he'd arrived late because he'd been "huddled with Con Ed" to monitor power usage during the heatwave. After carping a bit about residents turning up their air conditioners at night, he turned to traffic. Normally he blames traffic for his tardiness, he noted, adding:
August 2, 2006
Ex-DOT Bike Director Speaks
In today's New York Sun Bradley Hope scoops up the first follow-up interview with former DOT Bicycle Program Director Andrew Vesselenovitch after his controversial resignation letter. Vesselenovitch has a big story to tell and I have a feeling that this isn't the last we've heard of it:
July 24, 2006
Brooklyn to Mayor: Get a Transportation Policy
A 1997 traffic-calming protest in Brooklyn Heights (Photo: Transportation Alternatives).
July 17, 2006
Untangling Traffic: Bloomberg’s Forgotten Promise
On July 11, 2001, Republican mayoral candidate Michael Bloomberg issued a policy paper on traffic and transportation. The paper was called "Untangling Traffic" and it's opening sentence exclaimed, "Traffic is a mess!"
June 19, 2006
The $46 Million Parking Perk
The police tow one of their own in Chinatown on May 10, 2006. Community and business groups say that much of Lower Manhattan has become a free parking lot for government employees' personal vehicles. (Photo: Geoff Lee)
June 16, 2006
Slow-Moving Bus Rapid Transit
The Oil Drum has coverage of last night's bus rapid transit forum on the Upper East Side:
April 19, 2006