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Stephen Goldsmith Out, Cas Holloway in as Deputy Mayor For Operations
Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith has resigned as deputy mayor for operations, the mayor's office announced today. Current Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Cas Holloway will replace him.
August 4, 2011
NYC Asks Banks For Ideas on Parking Privatization
New York City is moving forward with possible plans to privatize its on-street parking to some degree. An RFP released last week by the city's Economic Development Corporation asks investment banks to submit their best ideas for privatizing city assets. Parking tops the list of assets the city is interested in contracting with the private sector over. (Large pieces of transportation infrastructure are also on the list).
February 25, 2011
Cities Learn From Chicago Parking Meter Debacle. Did Goldsmith?
When Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced that he was striking a deal to privatize his city's 36,000 parking meters, it was a golden opportunity for transportation reform. If all went well, the deal could have cleared a political path for higher peak-hour meter rates, curbing double-parking and congestion-causing cruising.
November 17, 2010
Parking May Be Part of PlaNYC Update, Tweets Goldsmith
Deputy Mayor Stephen Goldsmith dropped an intriguing hint this afternoon about the upcoming revision of New York City's long-term sustainability plan. "We are looking at parking as part of @PlaNYC 2.0," he tweeted.
November 12, 2010
Memo to Goldsmith: To Balance NYC’s Transpo System, Make Cycling Safer
There's a lot to like about Stephen Goldsmith's answers during yesterday's must-read interview with WNYC's Andrea Bernstein. It's clear that NYC's new deputy mayor for operations has a passion for efficiency. He comes across as deeply attuned to the fact that we allocate much of our scarce street space in a grossly inefficient way -- whether by giving motorists a free ride during the most congested times of day, or by letting space-hogging single occupant vehicles have the same priority as buses full of people.
August 13, 2010
Questions Linger About Bloomberg’s New Livery Van Service
On Tuesday, Mayor Bloomberg announced a new pilot program to provide livery van service for transit-starved neighborhoods in Brooklyn and Queens, a proposal stemming from his 2009 campaign transit platform. The push to provide more mobility options in the wake of MTA service cuts is to be applauded, as is the administration's willingness to experiment with something new. But the jury is still out on this one. In particular, how livery vans will be integrated with the transit system remains a big question mark.
June 24, 2010
Getting to Know Stephen Goldsmith, NYC’s New Deputy Mayor
As the new deputy mayor for operations, Stephen Goldsmith will soon be responsible for a portfolio of about a dozen city agencies, including NYCDOT, the NYPD, and the Office of Long-Term Planning and Sustainability. To a certain extent, the livable streets agenda will go through him. While Goldsmith may not have a direct role in shaping the
specifics of New York City transportation policy, by steering the
Bloomberg administration's broad goals and political objectives, he's going to influence what the city will and won't do for livable streets over the next four years.
May 7, 2010