Sensible Transportation

What’s Good for Green Transport Is Good for Business in the East Village

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http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/06/01/whats-good-for-green-transport-is-good-for...
Author: 
Noah Kazis
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StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 1, 2010
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Wherever parking spaces are replaced with infrastructure for sustainable transportation, you can usually find a local merchant yelling about how it will destroy his livelihood.

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Second Avenue shoppers are far more likely to arrive via bus, bike, or foot than private car. Photo: akuban/Flickr
Submitted by volunteer on June 28, 2010 - 10:49. categories [ ]

East Side Re-Design Moves Ahead, But Full Bike Corridor Is on Hold

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http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/06/07/east-side-re-design-moves-ahead-but-full-b...
Author: 
Ben Fried and Noah Kazis
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StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 7, 2010
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The plan unveiled today for First and Second Avenues leaves bigger gaps than anticipated in the bike network above 34th Street. Click here to enlarge [PDF]. Image: NYCDOT
Submitted by volunteer on June 28, 2010 - 10:04. categories [ ]

Got a Question for Albany?

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http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/06/04/got-a-question-for-albany/
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Ben Fried
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StreetsBlog
Date: 
June 4, 2010
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For as long as Streetsblog has been covering the transportation reform beat, Albany has been a graveyard for progressive transportation legislation affecting New York City.

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The august New York State Senate. Photo: AP
Submitted by volunteer on June 24, 2010 - 13:48. categories [ ]

Bike to Work Day Finale: Why the Bronx Commutes By Bike

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http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/05/21/bike-to-work-day-finale-why-the-bronx-comm...
Author: 
Ben Fried
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StreetsBlog
Date: 
May 21, 2010
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SELF Magazine editor Lucy Danziger at a Times Square press event with TA director Paul Steely White. Danziger asked her staff to bike to work today. Details at 6 and 11.
Submitted by volunteer on June 24, 2010 - 11:52. categories [ ]

National Bike To Work Day

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http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/health/health_headlines/national-bike-to-work-day-201...
Author: 
Kathy Carvajal
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Fox 5 News
Date: 
May 21, 2010
Submitted by volunteer on June 17, 2010 - 15:58. categories [ ]

Will Robert Lieber’s Successor Finally Fill the Gaps in PlaNYC 2030?

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http://www.streetsblog.org/2010/05/19/will-robert-liebers-successor-finally-fill...
Author: 
Noah Kazis
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StreetsBlog
Date: 
May 19, 2010
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City Hall has another big vacancy to fill. This morning the Bloomberg administration announced that Robert Lieber, deputy mayor for economic development, is returning to the private sector.

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NYC Deputy Mayor for Economic Development Robert Lieber. Photo: New York Daily News
Submitted by volunteer on June 17, 2010 - 15:18. categories [ ]

"Today Show" Cast Race To Work; Al Roker Runs Into Old Teacher (VIDEO)

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/14/today-show-cast-race-to-w_n_576481.html
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Huffington Post
Date: 
May 14, 2010

What's the fastest way to get to Rockefeller Center? The cast of the "Today Show" raced each other to find out.

Submitted by volunteer on June 17, 2010 - 15:08. categories [ ]

Sardines in the can! Growth along the J, M, Z line is crushing commuters

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http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/33/19/wb_jmz_2010_05_07_bk.html
Author: 
Aaron Short
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Brooklyn Paper
Date: 
May 5, 2010

The J, M and Z subway lines in Williamsburg have become victims of the neighborhood's success, exploding with a 24-percent increase in passengers in just four years, new data show.

Submitted by volunteer on June 3, 2010 - 15:29. categories [ ]

Confronting the Mire on 34th Street

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http://roomfordebate.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/04/26/confronting-the-mire-on-34th-s...
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The Editors
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New York Times
Date: 
April 26, 2010
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The Bloomberg administration has announced that it will create a new Midtown pedestrian mall, this one running on 34th Street, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues -- that is, between Macy's and the Emp

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Jonathan Fickies/Bloomberg News -- Keep moving, if you can: Broadway and 34th Street.
Submitted by volunteer on May 6, 2010 - 17:24. categories [ ]

How 'Transit-Oriented Development' Will Put More New Yorkers in Cars

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http://www.gothamgazette.com/article/Transportation/20100421/16/3247
Author: 
Brian Paul
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Gotham Gazette
Date: 
April 1, 2010
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In its effort to achieve a "greener and greater New York" while accommodating one million new residents, Mayor Michael Bloomberg's PlaNYC2030 embraced transit-oriented development" -- the concentratio

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Queens West, like many of the large new developments in the city, will provide thousand of parking spaces when it is completed.
Submitted by volunteer on May 6, 2010 - 16:25. categories [ ]
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