Sarah Goodyear

IPCC Issues Urgent Warning on Climate Change (NYT) City Comptroller Says MTA Not Spending Enough to Maintain Subway (Newsday) Straphangers Give Thumbs-Up to Roving Station Agents (Daily News) Bush Supports $2 Billion Airport Rail Link (Post) Feds Commit Funds for LIRR–Grand Central Connection (Post) BQE Renovations Would Threaten BB Park (Brooklyn Paper) NYC Cabbie Is … Continued

Gore Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize for Global Warming Work (CNN) MTA Forms Panel to Look at Soaring Capital Costs (AMNY) Gabe Pressman and Everyone Else on Robert Moses (Gothamist, NY Sun) Debate Over Road Privatization to Heat Up in Washington (Mother Jones) States Take Action to Curb Dangerous Driving (USA Today) Children Driving Green … Continued

If Mayor Bloomberg is indeed looking inside his administration for the next head of DOT, at least some advocates of progressive planning would like him to consider Emily Lloyd, the commissioner of the city's Department of Environmental Protection.  "It would be awesome if we had someone like her," said Fred Kent, president of the Project for Public Spaces. "She's really a very practical, thoughtful, holistic person. It's a quality that would be unusual in a DOT."

Congestion Pricing Prophet: Biking Is the New Golf (NY Observer) MTA Projects Face Budget Crisis (NYT) More Freight Could Be Traveling Into City by Rail (NYT) Allegedly Drunk Driver Was Assaulting Girlfriend When He Crashed (Daily News) Bush Admin Accused of Censoring Scientists on Climate Change (Guardian) Prince Charles Says US Must Lead on Climate … Continued

A new study to be published in the Feb. 17 issue of the Lancet makes a strong case for the link between proximity to vehicular traffic and poor lung function in children. An article on Medical News Today sums up the report, which is currently available online to Lancet subscribers.

Iris Weinshall Resigns from DOT, Going to CUNY (NY Sun, NYT) Bike Clubs, Walking Tour Operators Ponder New Parade Rules (AMNY) MTA Still Planning Fulton Hub Connector, But Some Transfers Will Cost (AMNY) Robot Garage to Open in Chinatown (Daily News) City Subsidy for Ratner Arena Doubles, to $205m (Post) Rebutting Robert Sullivan’s OpEd Piece … Continued

After months of debate, the NYPD's new parade regulations aimed at pedestrian and bicycle demonstrations which critics say were designed specifically to target Critical Mass rides were quietly filed on Jan. 26, and the 30-day clock has started ticking on their implementation. The new rules require a parade permit for any "procession or race which consists of a recognizable group of 50 or more pedestrians, vehicles, bicycles or other devices moved by human power, or ridden or herded animals proceeding together upon any public street or roadway."

Truck Traffic on the Rise, Weiner Report Says (Gotham Gazette) Forthcoming Climate Disaster Report May Sugarcoat the Truth (Post) Boy Injured in Crash by Allegedly Drunk NJ Cop Dies (AMNY) Park to Grow on Site of Gas Tanks in Queens (Post) NY Man Markets Gadget to Protect Bumpers of Parked Cars (Daily News) MTA Adding … Continued

Transportation Alternatives held press conference on the steps of City Hall yesterday in support of Intro 199, a bill introduced in the City Council by Councilmember Gale Brewer that calls for better information-gathering about the city's traffic and aims to "reduce the proportion of driving to the central business districts and increase the proportion of walking, biking and the use of mass transit."

New Jersey Looks Into Leasing Out the Turnpike (NYT) Cops Work with Cyclists in Brooklyn Critical Mass (AMNY)You saw this story first on Streetsblog LIRR Gap Solution at Flatbush? Keep Some Doors Closed (Newsday) Homes, Businesses May Be Condemned in LIRR “Third Track Project” (Newsday) Robotrain to Launch on L Line Next Year (Daily News) … Continued