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Reducing Automobile DependenceRoad Rage: Transportation Town HallAuthor: Ed Litvak Media Outlet: The Lo-DownDate: May 5, 2009 Last night we posted a brief report about City Councilman Alan Gerson's town hall meeting on transportation issues.
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Keeping Tabs on Pedestrian AccidentsMedia Hit link: http://ourtownny.com/?p=4577Author: Dan Rivoli Media Outlet: Our TownDate: November 4, 2009 New Yorkers can find out how many robberies have occurred in their community--even how many times their neighbors have called 311 and get the reason for the complaint.
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Honk, Honk, AaahSubtitle: Janette Sadik-Khan, the city’s Transportation commissioner, manages to be equal parts Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses. As she prepares to close swaths of Broadway to cars next week, she is igniting a peculiar new culture war—over the role of the automobile in New York. Read more: How Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan Manages to Be Equal Parts Jane Jacobs and Robert Moses Media Hit link: http://nymag.com/news/features/56794/Author: Michael Crowley Media Outlet: New York MagazineDate: May 17, 2009 Image: ![]() Sometime early Sunday morning this Memorial Day weekend, a work crew from the New York City Department of Transportation will arrive in Times Square. Image Caption: LEFT: Before; RIGHT: The Broadway Overhaul.
Starting next week, the Times Square portion of Broadway will be closed to traffic. By the fall, it will be converted to a 58,000-square-foot pedestrian plaza.
(Photo: Courtesy of the New York City Department of Transportation )
Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 16:53. categories [ ]
Slay Rap on Teen DriverAuthor: Philip Messing Media Outlet: New York PostDate: June 11, 2009 A teen Brooklyn driver was charged with manslaughter yesterday for running over an elderly man at a bus stop, authorities said.
Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 16:45. categories [ ]
Part Time Lover - Is The Car Just An Affair?Media Hit link: http://www.planetizen.com/node/39477Author: Ian Sacs Media Outlet: PlanetizenDate: June 29, 2009 Image: ![]() America's so-called "love affair" with the automobile, although cliché, provides a vivid description of how attached we really are to driving. Image Caption: Why, oh why, do so many people drive <3 miles in their car?
Submitted by volunteer on November 4, 2009 - 15:34. categories [ ]
Patrolling PedicabsAuthor: Courtney Gross Media Outlet: Gotham GazetteDate: June 29, 2009 The three-wheeled, human-powered pedicab lobby rolled into City Hall this morning for a surprisingly calm hearing on new regulations that would license the industry for the first time.
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Pedicabs Roll Toward RegulationAuthor: Simon Akam Media Outlet: New York Times BlogDate: June 29, 2009 Image: ![]() Nearly three weeks after a pedicab collided with a yellow taxi at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in Brooklyn -- leaving the pedicab driver seriously injured -- the City Council's Consumer Aff Image Caption: Theodore Parisienne for The New York Times -- Pedicab regulation was the focus of a City Council hearing after a June 10 accident.
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Zipcar Takes the Anti-Urban RouteAuthor: Brad Aaron Media Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: August 3, 2009 Image: ![]() While Zipcar looks to entice drivers to give up vehicle ownership, another pillar of its marketing strategy is that car-sharing is an environmentally friendly service for city dwellers who normally tr Image Caption: Photo via PSFK
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Push for SI Ferry CarsAuthor: Tom Namako Media Outlet: New York PostDate: August 17, 2009 Honk if you love the ferry. Some Staten Island pols are making a renewed push for the federal government to allow cars on the ferry once again.
Submitted by volunteer on October 29, 2009 - 16:19. categories [ ]
District 39 Candidates: Where Do They Stand on Livable Streets?Author: Ben Fried Media Outlet: StreetsBlogDate: August 19, 2009 Image: ![]() A crowd of about 75 Brooklynites turned out for the Transportation Alternatives City Council candidate debate last night, despite the muggy mid-August heat and un-air-conditioned PS 321 auditorium. Image Caption: L-r: Brad Lander, Dave Pechefsky, Gary Reilly, Josh Skaller, and Bob Zuckerman.
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