Trains are overcrowded, buses are slow, cyclists and pedestrians are the least safe and last to get shoveled out of the snow. DeBlasio’s Vision Zero Plan has mixed results so far. Yesterday he proposed a Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar. Is it the folly we need? What’s at stake? How can you help? Suggested Community Contacts: Transportation Alternatives, the Queens Public Transportation Committee and UPROSE. (a little sight into their views of the BQX).
- Adrian, Patrick, Edwin, Mohamed, Sonia, Jeffrey
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- Sasken, S. (2015). Who owns our cities—and why this urban takeover should concern us all. The Guardian.
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- What Planners of Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Line Can Learn in New Jersey
- New York Has a Streetcar Plan That Isn’t Totally Awful
- Posts about Vision Zero from Streetsblog
- What Happened to the Great Urban Design Projects?
- On the Move in New York, on Bicycles Built for More than 2
- The Streetcar Hustle by Sam Stein
- Streetcar Service Proposed by Mayor De Blasio May Require 2 New Bridges
- A Look Down the Line
- Washington Street Car Stumbles Could Benefit de Blasio’s Plan
- In Sunset Park, a Call for Innovation leads to fears of Gentrification (March 7, 2016)
- A Guide to Community-Driven Transit-Oriented Development Planning by TRUST South LA
- Racial Inequality in Traffic Enforcement (March 9, 2016)
- Vision Zero Cities: International Journal of Traffic Safety Innovation
- The Role of Highways in American Poverty
- Cuomo’s Capital Budget: $3,400,000,000 for Roads, $0 for MTA
- Thinking Big and Bigger about New York (March 25, 2016)
- A Streetcar not desired by everyone in Brooklyn (March 27, 2016)
- Transit Analyst: an interactive tool for exploring transit accessibility to target resources from focus areas
- On this week in 1957 (April 5th to be exact), “the last trolley” car crossed the Queensboro Bridge.
- Astoria residents can weigh in on Brooklyn-Queens Streetcar Plan at meeting (on May 9th, 6-8pm at the Variety Boys and Girls Club, located at 21-12 30th Rd. in Astoria)
