Author, Streetfight: Handbook for an Urban Revolution. Principal with @BloombergAssoc and former NYCDOT commissioner #STREETFIGHT
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For some in positions of power, the greatest fear isn't that a major policy may fail, but that it may prove wildly successful. Today's move to halt congestion pricing says nothing abt transportation or economics—but everything about those who oversee them nytimes.com/2025/02/19/nyreg…
The streets outside schools are sacred spaces and should be as safe as the classroom itself. Launching a citywide school streets program with Bratislava Mayor @matusvallo to make 20 school zones safer for 7,700 students +thousands of caregivers.
bratislava.sme.sk/c/23449896…
Farewell to our friend Donald Shoup, the guru who showed how parking can make and break a city. He was decades ahead of his time and we're still trying to catch up with him. The legacy of his life and his times will never expire.
parkingreform.org/donald-sho…
Reimagine your streets in living color. The deadline to apply for one of ten $100k #AsphaltArt Initiative grants is approaching for US, Canadian & Mexican cities. Submit your materials for the @BloombergDotOrg program by 1/31.
asphaltart.bloomberg.org/gra…
From Times Square to the Champs-Elysées to Las Ramblas to Oxford Street, cities are discovering new life between the lanes. @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan announces one of the world's most ambitious & inspiring pedestrian transformations.
Labour wins a record 4 out of 5 seats in London just two months after @MayorofLondon Sadiq Khan swept to a third term. This isn't *despite* fury over the city's low-emission zone but *because* of strong support for policies that have transformed the city. telegraph.co.uk/politics/202…
The best bike lanes in the world aren't the biggest or most expensive, they're the ones that make the critical connections people need. Riding and celebrating with streetfighters in Brussels and Ghent, talking about BICI and backlash at Velo-city 📷 @PurpleClarence #vc24
NYC may not always control its transportation destiny. But when it accomplishes big ideas—new subway lines, bike lanes or public space—the results are quickly adopted as essential investments that make New York New York. nytimes.com/2024/06/14/nyreg…
There's no reason why the transportation revolution can't be made in America. Retiring Congressman & cycling visionary Earl Blumenauer offers a bill to give US bike builders new tools. The Wright Brothers started as bike mechanics!
usa.streetsblog.org/2024/06/…
For the second time in 16 years, New Yorkers have been told that the time wasn’t right for dedicated funding for better subway and bus service. Millions of people will again just have to wait for less traffic, safer streets, and easier commutes. nytimes.com/2024/06/05/nyreg…
Happy World Bicycle Day! For hardcore riders or the bike-curious, cycling is the lingua franca for transportation. It can be fun or fierce, healthy or harrowing, punk rock or practical. For millions of people, it's just basic transport. Gloria In Excelsis Velo!
Seeing how Tokyo and Osaka move on foot and by train, bus and bike. Plans are in motion to transform the Tokyo Expressway into a High Line as Osaka reimagines its main street for walking and riding. Reconnecting w/Tokyo Governor @ecoyuri and @city_shibuya Mayor Ken Hasebe.
Yes we Khan! For all the politicians who think that running against low-emission zones and low-traffic neighborhoods will win votes, Sadiq Khan's election to a third term as London's mayor is a message that it's time to look for another issue. forbes.com/sites/carltonreid…
Today, the Presidential Medal of Freedom goes to @MikeBloomberg. Not only a mayor, an entrepreneur, an innovator, a philanthropist, but also a voice for public health, education, the arts, clean energy and gun safety. This award speaks for all Americans.
usmayors.org/2024/05/03/u-s-…
As New Zealand cities reimagine their streets, they could look to Wellington. Winner of a @BloombergDotOrg Initiative for Cycling Infrastructure grant, Wellington has ambitious biking goals, leadership & a cycle caravan of committed people to get it there globaldesigningcities.org/up…
Ryan Russo will be the next ED of NACTO, bringing strong new leadership to one of the nation’s most influential transportation organizations. The @NYC_DOT & @OakDOT veteran will succeed the extraordinary Corinne Kisner, who helmed NACTO's stunning growth. nacto.org/2024/03/27/ryan-ru…
Nearly 16 years after it was smothered, a final congestion pricing plan for NYC is approved! This new investment will expand transit and make it fairer for millions of New Yorkers who use it every day. It's never been a matter of if, but when. nytimes.com/2024/03/27/nyreg…
We don't need to wait for driverless cars or high-tech AI to make driving safer. California looks to the past for a solution to speeding, which kills 12k Americans a year: Speed limiters that cap vehicle speeds at +10mph the posted limit.
bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Asphalt art is the law of the land. Once a radical act, new federal standards allow communities to transform streets with colorful designs and not just straight lines and make streets safer as they are brought to life. washingtonpost.com/opinions/…
