Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

Location: Let's talk about the Summer Streets program. Has it gone as good as you would have hoped?

The year 2007 may prove to be one of the most important years in the storied history of New York City's development. In a future timeline of urban advances, it might be printed in as big a font and as bold a type as 1811--when the grid system was adopted--or 1904--when the I.R.T. subway opened. The text adjacent to 2007 could say something like "the start of livable streets," or "the bike boom begins," or "congestion pricing kicks off." It may turn out that all of those descriptions may suit 2007. The real question is, in hindsight, will they?

It now costs nine dollars to drive into central London. Though they bristled at first, today the clear majority of Londoners love the new "congestion charge" because everyone now gets to work faster.

Transportation Alternatives (T.A.), NYC's 5000-member advocates for environmentally sensitive transportation, today applauded Councilmembers Fisher and Rodriguez's City Council-funded initiative to study the feasibility of replacing the elevated Gowanus Expressway with a tunnel, as well as their overall support for the proposed Gowanus tunnel.

The idea of burying the Gowanus Expressway has again burst onto the scene, this year being sparked by the Brooklyn chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The group released renderings to the Daily News showing an expansive park residing where a highway once rested, with a new bridge in the harbor off in the distance that would replace the Gowanus. Shortly thereafter, Curbed posted images by dLand Studio, who had also been working on a study burying a portion of the highway.