Recent Streetsblog USA posts about New York

Transit Union Challenges NYPD Order to Help Arrest Fellow Protestors

By Tanya Snyder | Oct 5, 2011 | 8 Comments

After Saturday’s arrest of 700 Occupy Wall Street protestors, the New York Police Department ordered bus drivers to go to the Brooklyn Bridge, and transport protestors to police facilities for holding and processing. But the bus drivers didn’t think helping cops suppress protestors’ first amendment rights was in their job description, and the Transport Workers Union took […]

Stimulus-Backed Programs Struggle to Stay Alive After Funds Run Out

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 29, 2011 | 2 Comments

In an old supermarket space in the Westlake neighborhood of Los Angeles, a diverse community of bicycle aficionados are getting greasy. Young and old, Latino and white, they are truing wheels and replacing cables and adjusting brakes in L.A.’s newest, and completely unplanned, bike co-op. Bici Libre, as it’s called, got its start when the […]

USDOT Announces Funding For Transit Projects, Minus ARC Tunnel

By Tanya Snyder | Jun 28, 2011 | 4 Comments

Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood yesterday announced $1.58 billion in New Starts grants that will fund 27 transit projects around the country. The only major difference between this list and the list of proposed projects that came out in February 2010 is the glaring absence of the ARC tunnel project that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie unceremoniously […]

T&I Field Hearings Pick Up Where They Left Off

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 16, 2011 | No Comments

According to a Transportation Committee staffer, a tentative schedule for the previously postponed field hearings is taking shape. Three hearings were postponed last month when debate ran long (until 4:30 a.m., in fact) on H.R.1, the house bill that cut $61 billion from the FY2011 budget. According to the staffer, details are still being worked […]

Cyclists Gathered at Bike Summit Are Told Not to “Wait for Washington”

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 9, 2011 | 1 Comment

“How many people are stuck in traffic on their way to ride a stationary bike in a health club?” If you’ve never heard this line before, you’ve never been in a room with Congressman Earl Blumenauer. It’s the Oregon Democrat’s signature line. He opened his speech at the National Bike Summit by inviting participants to […]

NRDC Names 15 Smarter Cities

By Tanya Snyder | Feb 24, 2011 | No Comments

How long do you have to wait for a bus in your city? How much does it cost? Does every family on your block have two cars? And tell us about your bikeshare program… The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been asking questions like these to determine their list of 15 Smarter Cities – […]