As part of the work of New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to retake city streets as public space, parts of Time and Herald Squares were closed in the last week to all automobile traffic indefinitely. This is part of an overall plan to reduce traffic by removing cars from Broadway between 42nd [...]
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Times Square to go car-free in NY
Not to be outdone by yesterday’s announcement about a potentially carfree Market Street in San Francisco, today’s Wall Street Journal reports that Times Square in New York City(!) will be going sans car as well.
In May, the city plans to close Broadway to vehicles between 47th and 42nd streets. The mall will feature cafe tables [...]
Making our streets places for humans, not just cars
“New mobility aims towards a human system. Old mobility aims at a car system.” Eric Britton, New Mobility Agenda
Streetsblog posted a great video at the end of last week that covers many of the innovative things being done in Paris (France, not Texas) to make streets safer and more accessible to cyclists and pedestrians alike.
The City [...]
Will Obama’s Secretary of Transportation Choice be Good for Bikes and Transit?
Speculation abounds: who will be Barack Obama’s Transportation Secretary Choice? It’s far too early to really know, but we’re hoping here at Austin Bike Blog that the next Secretary of Transportation has a much better view of transit, pedestrian, and bicycle infrastructure than our current one.
The current Secretary of Transportation in the Bush Administration, Mary [...]
