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Janette Sadik Khan

NYC Bike Share Equipment Damaged By Hurricane Sandy

Posted 11.15.2012 | New York

New York City's dreams of a hosting a bike-share program to rival those in DC and Boston appear to have been sidelined, once again. Hurricane Sandy...

Traffic Deaths In New York City On The Rise

Posted 09.26.2012 | New York

According to new data produced by the Mayor's Management Report, traffic fatalities in New York City have risen 23 percent over the course of roughly ...

Midtown Traffic To Become Less Awful Thanks To Cameras, Sensors

Posted 06.06.2012 | New York

Drive through Midtown recently? No? We haven't either. BECAUSE IT'S MIDTOWN: Where buses move slower than tricycles. A new report from the Departm...

LOOK: Citibank Paying For NYC's New Bike Share Program

Posted 05.08.2012 | New York

The city's upcoming bike share program received a big corporate boost from sponsor Citigroup, which Mayor Bloomberg announced on Monday has agreed to ...

Matt Sledge

New York Officials Announce Plan To Rein In Chinatown Buses

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 04.23.2012 | New York

Proposed legislation would regulate the cheap, intercity buses that lawmakers said have caused curbside bedlam in some areas of the city -- especially...

Marjorie Backman

Improvements Proposed To Pedestrian Corridor In Midtown

HuffingtonPost.com | Marjorie Backman | Posted 04.06.2012 | New York

Tourists dawdle along the sidewalks, office workers try to brush by and cars crawl through the streets. Sometimes it seems like Midtown Manhattan has ...

DOT Approves Plan To Make Dangerous Delancey Street Safer

Posted 02.09.2012 | New York

Thanks to the city's Department of Transportation, a new plan is in the works to improve the busy intersections of Delancey Street into a more safe ar...

Bloomberg Says Traffic Fatalities At Record Lows

Posted 12.30.2011 | New York

After announcing the city's crime rate was down in 2011, Mayor Bloomberg has more good news to close out the year! At a press conference held on Thurs...

NYC's Secret Weapon To Keep Pedestrians Safe: Haikus

Posted 12.02.2011 | New York

Using money from drunk driver fines, the NYC Department of Transportation has created 144 special new street signs featuring colorful artwork and safe...

Bloomberg To Bestow City With 1,000 New Fancy Benches

Posted 12.21.2011 | New York

New Yorkers, rejoice! The Department of Transportation announced plans to install 1,000 new benches designed by the renowned industrial designer, Igna...

City Introduces Audible Pedestrian Signs

Posted 11.28.2011 | New York

The city debuted the installation of audible pedestrian signals at 25 intersections throughout the city on Wednesday. The new system will aid pedestri...

From Brooklyn To Manhattan, New Bike Sharing Program To Launch

Posted 11.14.2011 | New York

New York's long awaited bike sharing program is set to launch summer of 2012, with a network comprising of an estimated 10,000 bikes and 600 stations ...

Battles Rage in the Streets of New York

Jay Walljasper | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Jay Walljasper

A controversy has erupted in the streets of New York. At issue are the streets themselves--and whether vehicles should share them with pedestrians and bikes.

A Meritless Lawsuit Against the Bike Lanes

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Joel Epstein

New Yorkers siding with the bike lane opponents would do well to step back and look at how shortsighted they are being.

City Scraps 34th Street Pedestrian Plaza

AP | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

NEW YORK — New York City has abandoned a plan for a pedestrian plaza in the middle of 34th Street Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kha...

The Bike Lane Battle of the Bulge

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Joel Epstein

Change, like this diet I am on, is hard. But if you want to make over the city for the better, you need to break up the pavement sometimes and envision the possibilities.

WATCH: Marty Markowitz Sings About Bike Lanes

Posted 05.25.2011 | New York

Marty Markowitz may not have the golden pipes of Christina Aguilera, (or the nude photos) but that didn't stop Brooklyn's Borough President from croon...

On the Waterfront: A New Park Rises in Brooklyn

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Joel Epstein

There's so much new public space in NY that even a tourist magnet as big as the City can afford to let the public know about some of its new gems.

Feud for Thought

Harry Moroz | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
Harry Moroz

Instead of taking into account the increased needs of their citizens, legislators face a political problem created by large deficits. In this context, cutting services becomes easier than raising taxes.

Dogs and Weasels

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Henry J. Stern

Why don't the black cabs or other transit vehicles take over and serve the locations that the MTA has abandoned?

A Bronx Tale About Mass Transit: Take Note, Los Angeles

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Joel Epstein

Though I'd come to N.Y. for the Project for Public Spaces training, it was the DOT transit and public space projects and Sadik-Kahn's leadership that captured my imagination.

The Bike Lane Wars

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
John Petro

There is a solution to New York city traffic, but I don't think Marty Markowitz will like it. We must take steps to reduce the number of cars on the road, even as the city's population grows.

A New Route to a Better LA

Joel Epstein | Posted 05.25.2011 | Los Angeles
Joel Epstein

Lately it does seem as though LA has turned a corner in the quest to leave behind its car-obsessed past.