Recent Streetsblog USA posts about DOT

Details of the Mayor’s Residential Parking Permit Proposal

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2008 | 52 Comments

Potential residential parking permit stickers, curbside regulations, and David Yassky. Here are some more details about the residential parking permit program proposed today by Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan: A residential parking permit (RPP) plan will be included in the congestion pricing legislation that will be introduced in the City Council and State […]

Resolved: More Driving for Teachers, Less for Everyone Else

By Brad Aaron | Jan 18, 2008 | 15 Comments

Another DOE employee not abusing a parking placard, courtesy Uncivil Servants Following United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten’s "deeply troubling" letter to Mayor Bloomberg earlier this month protesting the city’s directive to reduce parking placard issues by 20 percent, this week UFT chapter leaders and delegates approved a resolution not only demanding an exemption […]

Happy Thanksgiving

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2007 | 10 Comments

We do a lot of criticism here on Streetsblog, so in the spirit of the season we thought we’d reflect on what we in the livable streets universe have to be thankful for. We’ll get the most obvious one out of the way: a Department of Transportation that looks at the city’s streets and […]

DOT Rolls Out the New Lower Manhattan Crosstown Bike Route

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2007 | 6 Comments

The street re-surfacing men and machinery were out in force in Soho last night. Houston Street Bike Safety Initiative Director Ian Dutton snapped this photo on Prince Street. Once the street is repaved, the Department of Transportation will stripe the hotly debated Prince and Bleecker Street bike lanes. Lower Manhattan’s newest east-west bike route is […]

Tune in to Brian Lehrer at 10:40am, WNYC, 93.9 FM

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 6, 2007 | 5 Comments

Open Planning Project Executive Director Mark Gorton and Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan will be talking about this evening’s Upper West Side Streets Renaissance workshop with Jan Gehl on the Brian Lehrer Show, 93.9 FM, at 10:40am.

Gehl on Wheels

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 5, 2007 | 9 Comments

The Jan Gehl product roll-out continues apace. Last week, WNYC. This week, New York Magazine. Word has it Gehl’s team will be presenting Department of Transportation brass with some pretty big ideas for street space re-allocation. In the meantime, enjoy another interview with everyone’s favorite Danish urban designer: Can New York really be tamed? I […]

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