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"Janette Sadik-Khan: New York's streets? Not so mean any more"
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Posted 10 years ago #
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The before and after shots are amazing. Thank you!
Posted 10 years ago # -
I blogged about it here, including a lot of transcription. Really inspiring, and New York's policies are influencing other American cities.
http://hurryupharry.org/2014/01/08/re-imagining-the-streets/
Posted 10 years ago # -
"The before and after shots are amazing. Thank you!"
Just screen grabs, which I thought illustrated one aspect quite well and I hope encouraged people to watch the whole thing!
Posted 10 years ago # -
Oh and in connection with the bike lanes she said "network"...
Posted 10 years ago # -
@Rosie -
Great read!
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A good city would have children playing in the streets and walking or cycling safely to school – so why is that so rare? How can people shop or go to work without making the air dirty, increasing the noise and the danger for cyclists and pedestrians? Why are the self-propelled such very second class movers in the urban space? It’s forced upon you that cars are taking priority, yet they, whether moving or parked, don’t make cities pleasanter."
Developments in NY have been discussed here various times - not least in connection with 'what Leith Walk could be like', but I've only just come across the video.
I'm sure laws and processes are a bit different in NY/US compared with Edinburgh/Scotland/UK, but it shows what can be done when someone takes a strong lead and things are trialled with planters and paint.
Posted 10 years ago # -
Trump's mayhem & chaos - to New York traffic
Reserving three of 5th Avenue’s five traffic lanes for pedestrians will ease the traffic paralysis that President-elect Donald Trump‘s continued residence in his 56th Street tower has caused, former NYC Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan argues. In an op-ed for the New York Times yesterday Sadik-Khan, a principal with Bloomberg Associates and a key player in the introduction of the Times Square Pedestrian Plaza, angled 5th Avenue’s traffic problem as a bipartisan issue that requires change to get better. With the President-elect saying he plans on visiting his Manhattan home frequently even once he has moved to the White House, it is clear New York will need to adapt or risk forever needing to budget an extra three hours to get through Midtown....
As in Times Square, Sadik-Khan argues for more pedestrian space, backing up her argument by equating plazas not just with booming local business through foot traffic but also democracy itself:
A natural comparison would be with car-free Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House. Creating public plazas out of streets physically embodies democracy in cities. It gives people room to reflect on their civic institutions instead of being herded along—as they currently are around Trump Tower.
https://www.6sqft.com/5th-avenue-needs-pedestrian-lanes-to-acommodate-trump-says-janette-sadik-khan/
Posted 7 years ago # -
Here's a chapter from Streetfight "Bike Lanes and their Discontents":-
Never underestimate the anger directed at bicyclists. They ride too fast, terrorizing pedestrians. They ride too slow, dangerously obstructing drivers. They don’t wear helmets or reflective bike gear, jeopardizing themselves. They shouldn’t ride in streets, which are hostile, car-only zones. They shouldn’t have their own lanes because there aren’t enough of them to take away space from cars. Yet there are so many of them that they’re running down pedestrians and therefore shouldn’t ride on sidewalks.
The antipathy extends to the painted lanes that bikers ride on. Bike lanes don’t simply rob taxpaying motorists of driving space that they bought and paid for. They seem to reward bike riders for their bad behavior. And bike lanes are a dangerous lure, giving would-be riders a false sense of security that it’s safe to ride on streets. “What I compare bike lanes to is swimming with the sharks,” former Toronto council member Rob Ford said in 2010. “Sooner or later you’re going to get bitten. And every year we have dozens of people that get hit by cars or trucks. Well, no wonder: Roads are built for buses, cars, and trucks, not for people on bikes. My heart bleeds for them when I hear someone gets killed, but it’s their own fault at the end of the day.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/03/bike-wars-are-over-and-the-bikes-won.html
Posted 7 years ago #
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