Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Livable Streets

StreetFilms: “Something Has to Be Done”

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 6, 2007 | No Comments

Emergency Pedestrian Safety RallyRunning time: 4 minutes 38 seconds Here are some highlights from Sunday’s rally for pedestrian safety. In the words of Audrey Anderson, whose 14-year-old son, Andre, was killed by an SUV while he was riding his bike: "Drivers who kill and are not apparently drunk walk away from crash sites as free […]

Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 5, 2007 | 5 Comments

The New York Times came out advocating for progressive transportation policies in its Sunday City section editorial, saying that the departure of DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall presents "a great opportunity to take bold action on a vexing quality of life and health issue: traffic congestion." After giving Weinshall props for her actions on the Queens […]

PlanNYC 2030: What makes a Community Sustainable?

By Glenn McAnanama | Feb 20, 2007 | 4 Comments

A few weeks ago I attended the first of the Community Leader meetings for the PlanNYC 2030 Sustainability initiative. I thought Streetsblog readers might be interested in some reflections on this from a neighborhood environmentalist perspective. All and all, I’m extremely happy that this initiative is moving forward and the city is starting to take a long term […]

PBS to America: Fight Global Warming, Drive an SUV

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 16, 2007 | 11 Comments

In 2005, PBS came out with a widely promoted documentary narrated by Alanis Morissette called "Global Warming: The Signs and the Science." For people interested in learning more about the topic of global warming and climate change, this DVD is widely available. Being produced and distributed by a well known and highly respected organization, serves […]

Four-Year-Old Killed by Hummer Shouldn’t Have Died in Vain

By Sarah Goodyear | Feb 14, 2007 | 32 Comments

The death of four-year-old James Jacaricce Rice at the intersection of Third Avenue and Baltic Street in Brooklyn yesterday didn’t make a huge splash in the news. But it should have. What were James and his 18-year-old aunt, Ta-Nayin St. John, doing when they were mowed down by a three-ton yellow Hummer making a turn? […]

Streetfilms: “A City Is a Means to a Way of Life”

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 9, 2007 | No Comments

Manhattan on the Move ConferenceEdited by Nick Whitaker Running time: 6 minutes 52 seconds At last October’s Manhattan Transportation Policy Conference, convened by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, people from every neighborhood in Manhattan gathered to discuss a vision for the future of transportation in New York. In his keynote address, Enrique PeÃ±alosa, the former […]

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