Sarah Goodyear

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."

Three Pedestrians Killed Across City (Gothamist) Rally Calls Attention to Ped Deaths (AMNY) Too Many Dying on City’s Meanest Streets (Daily News) NYC Street “Carnage” (Metro) Blood on the Streets (Daily News) Cameras Catching More Red-Light Runners (Gothamist) Second Ave. Groundbreaking “In the Next Few Weeks” (NY Post) Late-Night Ride Service for Women Looks to … Continued

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.

An op-ed piece by Eleanor Randolph in today's New York Times finds yet another lesson in the current re-examination of Robert Moses's legacy. Randolph looks at the enormously powerful entities, usually known as authorities, that Moses left behind: "public-private hybrid[s] that can collect fees, take on debt and build things with little government interference."

Brooklyn Four-Year-Old Struck, Killed by Hummer (Gothamist) Pedicab Drivers Protest Proposed Rules (AMNY) MTA Wants City Hall to Help Pay for 7 Line Extension (AMNY) NJ Transit Proposes 10% Fare Hike (AMNY) Anti-Congestion-Pricing Petition Drive in UK (Guardian) Proposals for New Tappan Zee Bridge Could Include Rail Line (Daily News) NJ Tries to Limit Greenhouse … Continued

Today on Gotham Gazette, Bruce Schaller outlines how transportation policy could fit in to Mayor Bloomberg's sustainability initiative for 2030. The piece merits a full read, but Schaller frames his argument in terms of three big ideas:

Millard “Butch” Seay Named Acting President of NYC Transit (Newsday) Sustainable Transportation for 2030 (Gotham Gazette) Subway Cell Service Delayed, but Will Go Forward (AMNY) The Next Wave of Hybrids (NY Sun) Caro: Remember How Moses Affected People (AYR) In LA, They Call Them “Lexus Lanes” (LA Times) A Cool $25M for a Climate Backup … Continued

Stringer Will Seek Study of Road Use Fees (NY Sun) At Least 10,000 DWI Offenders Still Driving in NJ Because of Test (Newsday) Lawsuit Claims NYPD Ignored Cop Hit-Run Info (Daily News) Would Verrazano Toll Ease Truck Congestion? (Brooklyn Paper) NYPD Sergeant Nabbed for DWI After Crash (Newsday) Sustainable Skyscraper Goes Up on 42nd St. … Continued

The second phase of Mayor Bloomberg's PlaNYC 2030 outreach campaign, which has been soliciting feedback from the public through meetings with community leaders and on PlaNYC's website, has been completed, and the word is in: People in New York want to do something about traffic congestion.

An opinion piece in today's New York Sun addresses the congestion-pricing incentives laid out in the Bush Administration's new budget proposal. The article, by Diana Furchtgott-Roth, a former chief economist at the US Department of Labor who is now with the conservative Hudson Institute, argues that "the only effective way to reduce traffic congestion is to use pricing," and that "Americans rely on prices for a stable supply of food, clothes, water, energy, and telecommunications. Why should roads be an exception?"