Posts tagged Janette Sadik Khan
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Breakfast links: Bike hate
Against bikes; A mile in their (cycling) shoes; Tech firms don’t get urbanism; What other people’s parking costs you; How cities can grow up; Alexandria examines moving CSX tracks; Bloomberg focuses on rest of the world; Profit Uber alles?; The fare limit; And…. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Correlation is not gentrification
Gentrification by the numbers; Living wage debate restarts; Just tickets for cyclist death; DeBlasio plans to increase housing supply; As base grows, so does Columbia; Loudoun contemplating Silver Line loan; NYC releases safe streets design guide; And…. Keep reading…
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How to make better streets, quickly and cheaply
Changes to our urban landscape can seem daunting at times. But reader thm points us to this TED talk in which New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan shows how New York quickly and cheaply changed its streets, sometimes with only some paint, to improve the experience for all users. Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Tax day
Silver Line worth millions; Americans for budget autonomy; CMs squabble over unseemly giveaway; Do not pass go; We have half of the top 3; A taste of things to come; Space nerds, go outside; Another kind of neighborhood. Keep reading…
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Weekend links: 10 years later
Lower Manhattan on the rise; Security barriacades proliferated; Pushing driver identified, defended; Snyder drops suit; Parks relieve stress; Ride Amtrak the luxury way; Almost-freeway replaces freeway; Sadik-Khan’s legacy: Lots of road projects; Boston bits; And…. Keep reading…
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New York sees similar bike and communication debates as DC
New York City is 13 times the size of DC and its greater metro region 3½ times as big. Political fights there are also far larger, including ones over bicycle lanes and public spaces, as a New York Times profile on Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan details. It explains how Sadik-Khan has pushed forward with many innovative projects including closing parts… Keep reading…
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Lunch links: Happy hour grab bag
Join us for happy hour tonight; Making the grade; How Wells is urbanism doing in Ward 6?; Hey! I’m walkin’ heah; East of the river, west of recognition; What’s in your development?. Keep reading…
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Just put on a coat, already: Cyclists in a strange land
Imagine visiting a city where the populace steadfastly refused to wear sweaters or coats despite a cold climate. You might tell your friends incredulous stories about how much people complain about being cold while ignoring an obvious solution. You might take pictures of the enormous three-story space heaters the city placed along its waterfront to let people enjoy the outdoors,… Keep reading…
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Breakfast links: Metro safety and safe cycling
LaHood releases safety plan; They didn’t bar us, exept when it mattered; Letters on tolls; “Rock star panel” discusses cycling; Hot cyclists are distracting; Bike boulevards; Streetcar track design’s pitfalls?. Keep reading…
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Sustainable streets: Can DC match the excellence of Paris?
Janette Sadik-Khan has had a profound impact as Commissioner of New York City’s Department of Transportation. The city that never sleeps has been transforming its streets into a more sustainable mold. Since her arrival, NYC DOT has added buffered bike lanes, express bus lanes, public plazas and much more. While these bold ideas are overdue for a city in which 54% of households… Keep reading…