Upper East Side residents can cross safely over the FDR Drive again, after the Department of Transportation opened the newly enhanced East 78th Street pedestrian bridge today.
The old bridge, which was built in the 1940s, was demolished last July due to the Department of Transport listing it's condition as "poor" in its biennial inspection. Read More
Today, New York City's Department of Transportation unveiled 12 nifty new signs to be placed at over 200 locations in the NYC, including some of the city's high-crash locations. But are they more disorienting than helpful?
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Have you ever driven down a street New York City and thought to yourself, "If only we could reduce the speed limit here by 10 miles per hour?"
Probably not. And despite a similar program in place in London and New Jersey, the roll-out of the city's first "Slow Zones" today in the Bronx doesn't foretell a fast-tracked future for the project.
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Finally Red Hook may get the public transportation solution Brooklynites have been auditioning for all these years.
"City eyes putting transit dinosaurs back on track in Red Hook, Brooklyn," reads this morning's New York Daily News headline. Streetcars, which seemingly went the way of bowler hats and impromptu musical numbers, could be the latest (if Read More
It’s now been six months since the top job at the State Department of Transportation fell vacant, and, despite a giant capital plan being formed for the state roads and bridges system, the commissioner’s chair still sits empty.
The Paterson administration has clearly had trouble filling numerous top positions—anyone wanting long-term security would avoid a job Read More
The City Council appears to be trying to stand up to Janette Sadik-Khan, the Bloomberg administration’s relatively radical and innovative transportation commissioner who has rapidly closed down car lanes and replaced them with bike lanes and open space across the city.
Two separate bills that are slated to be heard before the Council’s Transportation Committee Read More
The past several weeks we once again saw the Mayor at his best and at his worst. At his worst, he berated a NY Observer reporter who raised the issue of term limits. At his best, he demonstrated the political courage to experiment with banning cars from parts of Times Read More
The power of the American Presidency to move the environmental agenda was never more apparent than during President Obama's recent directive to EPA to reconsider California's request to set tighter air emission and fuel efficiency standards. Under the Clean Air Act, California has long had the authority to exceed federal standards and typically it has Read More
The day after the Department of Transportation released a report showing a modest increase in city cyclists (PDFs here and here), a federal judge blocked the city's plan to enforce strict emission standards on taxis that would have taken effect this Saturday. The two developments are indicative of the city's stop-and-start progress Read More
Opponents say the auction plan would fail to address the underlying issues of delays--congestion and capacity--and Read More
