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May 7, 2012
Bike Share Program Hitting Streets in July; Mike Bloomberg May Actually Ride One...Once
The city will officially launch its bike share program in July -- and Mayor Bloomberg might actually give one a ride...at least once. But that's only so that if someone asks him how it is, he'll be able to respond. "I will certainly pay and ride one," the mayor told reporters this morning, standin ... More >>
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March 19, 2012
City Unveils New Pothole Filling Machine; Mayor Watches as it Slowly Does the Job
Outdoor press conference! Taking a break from his typical indoor news conferences, Mayor Mike Bloomberg today took advantage of the absurdly beautiful March weather outside to unveil a new pothole filling machine and to launch "road paving season," when the city resurfaces streets across the five ... More >>
News
February 22, 2012
Council Grills NYPD About Cycling Death
The police department is called on the carpet for its dismissive approach to bike deaths
Blogs
December 29, 2011
New York City Traffic Fatalities at 100-Year Low
This week has brought a wave of PR-department-approved good news to New York City residents. We have less crime! We are healthier! We might just live...forever! And...we're better at driving and/or walking, apparently. Mayor Bloomberg along with Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and Department of ... More >>
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September 29, 2011
New York City to Get More Audible Crosswalk Signals, More Near-Sighted Drivers
Today in street news, New York is getting more of those audible walk signs (their official name? "Accessible Pedestrian Signals") that make a clicking noise when it's O.K. for you to cross the street. This is to help elderly and sight-impaired New Yorkers (as well as, we're thinking, people who don' ... More >>
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May 12, 2011
Most New Yorkers Like Bike Lanes, But Does Anyone Use Them?
Despite some very bitter and ugly public battles, a majority of New Yorkers approve of bike lanes, according to a poll released this week. The Quinnipiac University poll found that 56 percent of city voters say bike lanes "are good because it's greener and healthier for people to ride." The b ... More >>
Blogs
April 1, 2011
Fifth Avenue is All on the East Side, City Says
via NYT/Marilynn K. YeeDoes everyone who has ever lived (or worked) in Manhattan have an East or West side bias? (We're East Side people, obviously.) As everyone knows, Fifth Avenue divides the two, but recently there was some debate about the specifics of the split area as you move north up ... More >>
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March 30, 2011
NYC Bike Lanes Get Bloomberg PR Push
New York City and the Bloomberg administration are deploying a secret weapon in the war over bike lanes, the New York Times reports today, in the form of some offense led by Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson. "We allowed the other side to frame this debate," Wolfson told the Times. "That's really t ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2011
Community Board Says 'Um, No' to DOT's Pop-Up Curb Cafés
Department of TransportationWell, so much for the Department of Transportation's utopian vision of gutter dining in Soho: last night, Community Board 2 voted to reject all but one of the pop-up cafés that the DOT had proposed for the neighborhood. The cafés, which would extend f ... More >>
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March 14, 2011
New Pop-Up Cafés Invite Patrons to Eat in Traffic
cziamandanis.wordpress.comWhets the appetite.If you're the type who feels that sitting at a sidewalk café doesn't give you quite enough access to exhaust fumes and the specter of screeching tires, then Janette Sadik-Khan has got your back.
Blogs
February 10, 2011
Paty's Taco Truck Fights Back
Amy Zimmer/DNAinfoWhen the going gets tough, the tough bring about a lawsuit. Patricia Monroy, owner of Paty's Taco Truck, has been battling the Upper East Side over the past year. Now, she is hoping to reclaim her income and the right to sell tacos in the neighborhood, where crotchety resid ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2010
The Dumpster Pools Are Coming to Park Avenue!
A rendering, via New York TimesActual swimming pools are coming to Park Avenue! Hey, even if you don't consider a converted Dumpster filled with water a heavenly retreat in the heat, at least this will make for some good photo ops. For the first three Saturdays in August, Mayor Bloomberg is o ... More >>
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May 21, 2010
New York's Bike to Work Day Brings Out Cyclists, Smoothies, Good Vibes
Andrew Hinderaker"Birdie," the GreeNYC bird (note bike helmet!), hangs in Times Square. Today is a very beautiful National Bike to Work Day here in New York City. Wiley Norvell, the communications director at Transportation Alternatives, which co-hosted nine pit stops throughout the city, int ... More >>
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April 27, 2010
Cycling Advocates Say Not So Fast with the Cycling Stats
Recent reports stating that bike ridership has reached 200,000-plus daily cyclists in New York City (more than any other U.S. city) have now come under fire. Cycling advocates are protesting that biking is not nearly as popular as all that -- yet.
Blogs
February 23, 2010
Erinn Phelan Gives Mike Bloomberg All the Reason He Needs to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths
We all know how effective Mike Bloomberg can be when he focuses on a problem, and the weekend hit-and-run of mayor's office employee Erinn Phelan in Brooklyn has clearly moved him. Maybe it will be a wake-up call. One of the city's grand and underappreciated organizations, Transp ... More >>
News
January 8, 2008
Congestion Pricing Questions
Who's skeptical about the mayor's traffic plan? The companies bidding to run it.
Blogs
August 21, 2007
Congestion Pricing Panel Named
Who's skeptical about the mayor's traffic plan? The companies bidding to run it.
News
July 24, 2007
His Dream Deferred
East Harlem man dares to build greenway. DOT commish dares to cork it.

Janette Sadik-Khan

Blogs

Bike Share Program Hitting Streets in July; Mike Bloomberg May Actually Ride One...Once

Blogs

City Unveils New Pothole Filling Machine; Mayor Watches as it Slowly Does the Job

News

Council Grills NYPD About Cycling Death

Blogs

New York City Traffic Fatalities at 100-Year Low

Blogs

New York City to Get More Audible Crosswalk Signals, More Near-Sighted Drivers

Blogs

Most New Yorkers Like Bike Lanes, But Does Anyone Use Them?

Blogs

Fifth Avenue is All on the East Side, City Says

Blogs

NYC Bike Lanes Get Bloomberg PR Push

Blogs

Community Board Says 'Um, No' to DOT's Pop-Up Curb Cafés

Blogs

New Pop-Up Cafés Invite Patrons to Eat in Traffic

Blogs

Paty's Taco Truck Fights Back

Blogs

The Dumpster Pools Are Coming to Park Avenue!

Blogs

New York's Bike to Work Day Brings Out Cyclists, Smoothies, Good Vibes

Blogs

Cycling Advocates Say Not So Fast with the Cycling Stats

Blogs

Erinn Phelan Gives Mike Bloomberg All the Reason He Needs to Reduce Pedestrian Deaths

News

Congestion Pricing Questions

Blogs

Congestion Pricing Panel Named

News

His Dream Deferred

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