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Digging in: How Many Crashes Are Due to “Bicycle Factors?”
Charles Komanoff at Right of Way has churned out an initial analysis of the City's bicycle injury and fatality study. Here is his take:
September 14, 2006
Sneak Preview of Bloomberg’s 21st Century Urban Vision
As reported in today's Observer a team working under Deputy Mayor Dan Doctoroff has, for the last year or so, been secretly developing a sweeping, new urban planning vision for New York City. In its scope and ambition, the Observer compares the plan to the 1811 layout of Manhattan's street grid system and the 1929 Regional Plan that gave us many of today's highways and parks.
August 16, 2006
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
EcoPolis: Envisioning the City of the Future
Below are excerpts from "EcoPolis," a fascinating article in New Scientist Magazine exploring what it will take to design and build eco-friendly cities in the 21st century as urban population growth explodes. Not surprisingly, much of the story focuses on the role of the automobile in the city. (Unfortunately, to read the entire article you have to pay a fee online or buy the magazine)
June 26, 2006