Sensible Transportation

Bus Cams on the Table in Gov’s Budget

Author: 
Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
March 8, 2010

Tucked into an otherwise bleak state budget, there's one piece of good news for transit riders.

Submitted by volunteer on March 10, 2010 - 15:31. categories [ ]

Streetfilms: Fixing the Great Mistake of Planning for Cars

Author: 
Elizabeth Press
Media Outlet: 
Worldchanging
Date: 
March 4, 2010

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions co

Stopping MTA Service Cuts Requires Joint Effort

Author: 
Steven Higashide
Media Outlet: 
Mobilizing the Region
Date: 
March 4, 2010

New Yorkers are mad as hell about plans to cut transit service, Access-a-Ride, and free NYC student MetroCards -- public hearings across the MTA region have been well-attended and often rowdy, marked

Submitted by volunteer on March 10, 2010 - 15:17. categories [ ]

Quinn, Transit Groups Try to Put Brakes on Cuts

Author: 
Albert Amateau
Media Outlet: 
Downtown Express
Date: 
March 3, 2010

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered a petition with 40,000 signatures to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's headquarters on Tuesday, protesting proposed cuts in bus and subway se

Submitted by volunteer on March 10, 2010 - 15:13. categories [ ]

Quinn, Transit Groups Try to Put Brakes on Cuts

Author: 
Albert Amateau
Media Outlet: 
The Villager
Date: 
March 3, 2010

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn delivered a petition with 40,000 signatures to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority's headquarters on Tuesday, protesting proposed cuts in bus and subway se

Submitted by volunteer on March 10, 2010 - 15:08. categories [ ]

Fixing the Great Mistake: Autocentric Development

Author: 
Elizabeth Press
Media Outlet: 
Streetfilms
Date: 
February 25, 2010

"Fixing the Great Mistake" is a new Streetfilms series that examines what went wrong in the early part of the 20th Century, when our cities began catering to the automobile, and how those decisions co

Beyond Bloomy's Broadway

Subtitle: 
A vision of the future of Manhattan
Author: 
Annie Karni
Media Outlet: 
New York Post
Date: 
February 28, 2010

Now that Mayor Bloomberg has permanently banned cars from Times Square -- transforming one of the world's busiest intersections into a pedestrian plaza -- city officials and transportation experts

The Next New York: How the Planning Department Sabotages Sustainability

Author: 
Noah Kazis
Media Outlet: 
StreetsBlog
Date: 
February 19, 2010

Yesterday we looked at the Department of City Planning's eight-year record on rezoning and its general success at creating opportunities for development near transit.

Submitted by volunteer on February 22, 2010 - 15:30. categories [ ]

Astoria's Drivers are Facing a Blitz as Swarms of Traffic Agents Descend with Tickets in Hand

Author: 
Joe Kemp
Media Outlet: 
New York Daily News
Date: 
February 8, 2010

Swarms of traffic agents patrol the jammed streets of Astoria's commercial strips every day, writing tickets for expired meters and double-parked cars - even as drivers sit in their vehicles.

Submitted by volunteer on February 16, 2010 - 15:35. categories [ ]

Cyclists Rejoice Over MTA Plan

Author: 
Andrew Park
Media Outlet: 
Town and Village
Date: 
February 12, 2010

A pro-biking group said cyclists should be going agog over a city plan to revamp the M15 bus route that includes laying down miles of protected bikeways up and down the East Side.

Submitted by volunteer on February 16, 2010 - 15:31. categories [ ]