Transit

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

After Broadway Success, DOT Goes On The Road With Traffic Transformations

Subtitle: 
Advocates warn that city may have to trade some control for local upkeep assistance
Author: 
Sal Gentile
Media Outlet: 
City Hall News
Date: 
March 1, 2010

In late November, Randy Wade, the director of pedestrian projects at the Department of Transportation, stood in a room at the Casita Maria cultural center in the South Bronx, briefing local activists

Testimony of Paul Steely White, Executive Director, Transportation Alternatives to New York City Council

Committee on Transportation Hearing on MTA Service Cuts
February 25, 2010
Submitted by wiley on March 2, 2010 - 13:05. categories [ ]

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 [ ]