Recent Streetsblog USA posts about New York

$10,000 Extra? The Transportation Tab for Sprawling ‘Hoods in 20 Metros

By Angie Schmitt | Jun 6, 2012 | 1 Comment

$10,860 in New York City. $5,694 in St. Louis. $4,199 in Fayetteville, Arkansas. That’s what it will cost you, on average, in additional transportation costs to live in a sprawling, car-dependent neighborhood over one that is well-connected and transit-rich. That’s according to a new analysis by the Center for Neighborhood Technology, produced for Better Cities […]

Portland Back on Top in Bicycling Magazine’s City Rankings

By Angie Schmitt | May 21, 2012 | 4 Comments

Minneapolis versus Portland: This is shaping up to be quite a rivalry. Today, Pacific coast sustainability standard bearer Portland topped Midwestern standout Minneapolis in Bicycling Magazine’s bike-friendly city rankings, bi-annual source of bragging rights or shame, depending on your locale. The top-two results were a reversal of the 2010 rankings. Bicycling Magazine did not explain what […]

What’s the Secret to World-Class Transit Systems? Congestion Pricing

By Noah Kazis | Apr 30, 2012 | No Comments

Top transportation officials from three global cities — London, Singapore and Stockholm — shared their experiences in expanding the use of transit at a panel at the Regional Plan Association’s annual conference last Friday. Eyeing those cities, it’s easy for Americans to get jealous. Singapore is doubling the size of its rail network in the […]

Lautenberg Brawls With Port Authority Exec Over Tolling

By Tanya Snyder | Apr 19, 2012 | No Comments

New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg has been spoiling for a fight ever since the Port Authority raised tolls to cross into New York. And yesterday, he got it. Lautenberg invited Bill Baroni, the deputy director of the Port Authority, to testify at a Commerce Committee hearing that turned into little more than a showdown between the […]

Federal Transpo Policy Entering New Era, Say NYC Officials. Now What?

By Noah Kazis | Apr 5, 2012 | No Comments

It’s a new era for federal transportation policy, say the top New York City Department of Transportation officials tracking action on Capitol Hill. We just don’t know what kind of era it’s going to be. “If this was 1996 or 1985 it would be pretty clear where we would go with federal transportation policy, with […]

Talking Transit Funding With Construction Honcho Denise Richardson

By Noah Kazis | Apr 5, 2012 | No Comments

Transportation infrastructure is big business. With tens of billions of dollars at stake, nobody tracks the financial health of the nation’s transit and road systems more closely than the construction industry. And right now, the future of transportation funding nationwide is hazy indeed. To get some perspective on the state of transportation funding, we sat […]

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