inwoodist.blogspot.com
The Inwoodist: May 2008
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Just another blog about life at the edge of the island. Friday, May 30, 2008. A bicycle corridor linking Inwood and the Bronx. Here's my wishful thinking to kick off the weekend: a safe bicycle corridor linking Inwood and the Bronx. Along 207th St and Fordham Rd. New York's version of Bus Rapid Transit. Debuts on this line starting June 29 we'll see some improvements for riders. So let's imagine for a moment that Fordham Road was given a livable streets makeover. Or some kind of bike boulevard. In anothe...
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WINNING ENTRIES | vision42design Competition
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Design for the vision42 proposal for a river-to-river, auto-free light rail boulevard for 42nd Street in New York City. Click on each image to view the entire proposal. THE LIGHT RAIL GRAND PASSAGE A LINEAR GARDEN. Alfred Peter/Charles Bové/Karen Listowsky. VISION 42: FROM INFRASTRUCTURE TO URBAN RENEWAL. Thibault Barbier/Aurélien Delchet/Mathieu Delorme/Yvan Okotnikoff/Adèle Sorge/Hugo Bruley/Valérie Tasseel. A GREENWAY GROWS ON 42ND. 42ND STREET REACTIVE GROUND.
getaroundguide.blogspot.com
Get Around Guide -- the blog: April 2005
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Get Around Guide - the blog. A look at news relating to travel by people with disabilities by Darren Hillock. Friday, April 29, 2005. Cruise Complete issued a press release bragging on Holland America’s private island. In the Bahamas, including its access for the disabled in many areas. Sounds promising, but I’d still check it out as Candy Harrington advised in a post. Posted by darrenh @ 5:39 AM. A real motor lodge. The Joey Dunlop Foundation. Posted by darrenh @ 5:26 AM. Wednesday, April 27, 2005.
auto-free.org
Light Rail Transit for New York NOW!
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August 3, 2004. Light Rail Transit in NYC:. The Carrot and the Stick. Perhaps the most important way to reduce car use in NYC is to replace car and bus lanes on city streets with light rail transit tracks. Modern, low floor light rail transit (LRT) vehicles are the up-to-date version of streetcars, which at one time were the dominant mode of surface public transit in NYC and most other cities in the U.S. LRT combines the " carrot. Of pleasant, attractive public transit with the " stick. We invite you to ...
nycapartmentmarket.blogspot.com
NYC Apartment Market: Condos and Co-ops: October 2009
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NYC Apartment Market: Condos and Co-ops. Friday, October 30, 2009. Time to Invest in Manhattan Real Estate! This may surprise you:. Manhattan residential real estate. Has performed better than the broader U.S. real estate market and comparable major cities such as San Francisco and Los Angeles. For potential buyers, now is the time to shop. According to The Wall Street Journal, Wall Street firms are expected to pay a record $140 billion in bonuses this year because of the resurgent stock market, an easin...
auto-free.org
Auto-Free NY Links
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Jan 14, 2013. Pro-Transit, Pro-Earth Groups and Agencies. We've listed here, for the New York metropolitan area, then nationwide, the websites for some. Not just a visit to their website. Also listed are some relevant government agencies. PS - Please contact us if you see a link that needs updating]. New York Metropolitan Area:. One of the free daily papers, gets regularly quoted in the 'real' newspapers. Take a look at the transalt.org website, which, although a little too busy visually, is upda...From ...
villagetrolley.org
Village Crosstown Trolley Coalition - Rail and Transit Links
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Village Crosstown Trolley Coalition. Making Tracks through the Village. Greenwich Village, New York City. The 8th St. Corridor. New York, NY 10014. 8th Street at Astor Place,. Looking west, around 1910. Rail and Transit Links. Below is a list of links to other web pages which have rail or other transit related information. These are only a select few of the hundreds of links that can be found on the web. Enjoy! We want to keep our site as up to date as possible and your help will be appreciated.
rrwg.org
Regional Rail Working Group
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Regional Rail Working Group. An Informal Forum of Regional Transit Advocates. Sponsored by the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. Empire State Passengers Association. Five Town Rural Transit. Committee for Better Transit. Institute for Rational Urban Mobility, Inc. Sane Aviation for Everyone, Inc. (SANE). LIRR East Side Access. Access to the Region's Core. Intercity Freight and Passenger Systems. Statement at Public Hearing: September 21, 2015. NY City Council hearing on Citywide Ferry System.
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Beyond Green Blog
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February 27, 2009. There's been some amount of disgruntlement regarding President Obama's proposed carbon cap-and-trade system. Dave Roberts really. The administration proposes to handle proceeds from the auction of emissions permits. Brad Plumer objects. Both to the "timid" emissions cuts baked into the plan as well as to the low estimate for the price of carbon under the proposed system. Meanwhile, Kevin Drum wonders. Why the revenue estimates are so low. What's most important are the set of basic assu...
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