Lawmakers in Albany rejected a proposal yesterday to charge Manhattan motorists an extra fee to drive in the city, a plan advocates hoped would reduce traffic and curb pollution. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver announced the decision after a survey of Democratic Assembly members in a private conference. The decision means the city will forfeit $354…
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(Paul White, Transportation Alternatives) Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan has flat-lined, but transportation advocacy groups said that dealing with congestion and traffic remains imperative at the city level. The Straphangers Campaign said they are “sorely disappointed” the plan to charge drivers below 60th Street an $8 fee during peak traffic hours will not be adopted,…
A traffic pile-up on Waterloo Road, St Andrew. Poor development practices have been cited as the main contributing factor to traffic congestion in the city. Source: Andrew Smith/Photography Editor Two United States-based civil engineers are recommending that Government move urgently to urbanise Portmore and institute pedestrian precincts in sections of Kingston in order to lessen…
After months of review, the Jakarta administration will return the busway lanes exclusively to TransJakarta buses beginning Monday. Governor Fauzi Bowo said Thursday the administration would ban all other motorists from using the seven busway corridors. “Motorists will not be allowed to use busway lanes because the lanes were originally designed only for busway buses,”…
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The Jakarta governor says his administration is still studying whether a counterflow system along busway lanes could reduce the city’s traffic. “We will evaluate the counterflow policy but I want everything to be coordinated. All lanes should be guarded, if necessary,” Governor Fauzi Bowo said Monday morning. The counterflow proposal, which would allow the busway…
The Buenos Aires City Council took a positive step towards becoming a more sustainable city by approving legislation to create a public bicycle transport system. Replicating the Vélib system in Paris, which was awarded with the 2008 Sustainable Transport Award, the law establishes a city-wide bicycle rental system that also provides strategically-located bike stations. This…
On September 21, 2007, people in 47 cities transformed parking spots into over 180 small parks during an annual global event called PARK(ing) Day. By thinking of metered parking spaces as short term, inexpensive leasing of the space, PARK(ing) Day takes those parking spots and turns them into public spaces. These passive places where cars…