Comments on: Transforming NYC Streets: A Conversation with Janette Sadik-Khan

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By: Blueskies0002

Blueskies0002 — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:45:00 +0000

This is wonderful ! We need more people in government , who think "out of the box ", like Ms. Sadik-Khan . Congrats , and hope that other big cities follow the NYC example.

By: Bruce Swanson

Bruce Swanson — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 00:39:00 +0000

Undoing Moses one step at a time. Jane won.

By: WE NEED YOU!

WE NEED YOU! — Sat, 14 May 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Can you come to Minneapolis? Please?

By: Brenden

Brenden — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 00:17:18 +0000

God bless this woman. We need more people like her.

By: Mark Leach

Mark Leach — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:59:39 +0000

Ha! Trying to turn NYC into Europe! Tell me where in Europe has managed to do this? You guys are leading the way - I only hope we in Europe have the common sense to follow.

By: Gianni Wise

Gianni Wise — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 22:31:23 +0000

Paddy not sure if I follow your argument there. I don't think owning a bike or walking or jumping on a bus requires wealth. Sure often centres of cities as they become more popular make owning and renting less affordable but I don't think but giving back a city to people is the real problem here. NY has had (from what I've been told) huge gridlocks of highly polluting traffic - and this initiative can only be an effective solution.
Well done. This process has begun starting in Sydney (Australia) which is exciting for us.

By: paddy ford

paddy ford — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:35:31 +0000

trying to turn ny into europe.people don't mind some changes but the arrogance and total disrespect you have for real native new yorkers trying to work and drive in the city is disgusting !! keep catering to the rich ! you and your boss make me sick ... oh, by the way, i'm not alone on this.. as much money as bloomberg has,it must kill him when he's alone to realize he'll never be a real new yorker,the 2 of you deserve eachother..not worthy of caps.have a nice day !! go back 2 boston you're creeps ..ed koch was the man ....n native.

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By: Don

Don — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:23:13 +0000

Great plans. Nice gams!

By: Scott

Scott — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 18:48:15 +0000

Right on, Paola. JSK's improvements and ideas are wonderful but chronically undermined by lack of/inconsistent enforcement. The examples are too many to list here... The bike lane on Park Row coming off the Brooklyn Bridge is basically used as a parking lot for vehicles with City plates... NYC bicyclists can't seem to figure out that bike lanes are one way... Pedestrians need to stay out of bike lanes and cyclists need to stay off of sidewalks... Imagine how great our transportation system could be if NYPD actually enforced the new rules put in place by NYCDOT. The one example in the video of keeping the bus lane on 34th st. clear is an exception.

By: Chris H

Chris H — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:23:26 +0000

This is great work and long overdue - but I get a little jaded when I hear expressions like "showing leadership for other cities" etc...

In reality, this is more of a "catch-up" phase for NYC on contemporary design and sustainable transport practice. There are many other cities around the world already at another level in terms of performance and measurable outcomes on transport sustainability, and those are the places that are showing the leadership for NYC to be willing to try "new" ideas (that are actually many decades old).

Good luck though.

Chris Hale
UQ - Centre for Transport Strategy
c.hale2@uq.edu.au

By: Ingrid Peterson

Ingrid Peterson — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 23:12:12 +0000

Just getting to this video from Damien's tip from LA Streetsblog.

WOW. This is an inspirational view of street transformation indeed!

Could we please have someone as awesome as Janette Sadik-Khan working at LADOT?
Los Angeles needs to experiment like this.

Thanks again for this wonderful piece!

By: let the sunshine in

let the sunshine in — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:00:03 +0000

Gee golly gosh. I thought the streets of NYC were sugarcoated and JSK was our Sugarplum Fairy Queen. Damn, Paola...have you ever seen other Streetfilms or read Streetsblog? A positive piece such as this one doesn't mean the people behind it or those who watch it don't know the there is still much room for improvement. Streetsblog often has posts about the very issues you mentioned regarding NYPD enforcement and violations.

By: Paola

Paola — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 00:23:18 +0000

Well, gosh and golly gee, it's awfully sweet we have so many bike lanes in New York. Too bad they're largely useless since Mayor Bloomberg doesn't have the balls to tell the police chief that NYPD needs to make ticketing double parkers a priority, and oh, yeah, maybe the cops could refrain from parking in the bike lanes when they go to get their donuts, or beat up Obama supporters or whatever. All you JSK sycophants at Open Planning Project need to wake up and do a little piece on the relationship between DOT and NYPD, and how NYPD is undermining improvements to bike infrastructure and also efforts to improve bus service.

By: Alex Dupuy

Alex Dupuy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 21:35:19 +0000

I too have been amazed by what JSK and the new DOT have been able to accomplish so quickly - it goes far beyond anything I could have dreamed. I just worry about the inevitable(?) backlash. Even in Chelsea, where the amazing 9th Avenue bike track that is featured in this video was installed, there are lots of people (many of whom probably don't even own cars) who are against it.

While I wouldn't categorize the reactions expressed on this local board: http://chelsea.clickyourblock.com/bb/showthread.php?t=1293 as typical or anything like representative, I worry sometimes that the forward-looking people at the DOT may be outstripping the grass roots in their attempts to move change so quickly.

While there hasn't been pressure to remove the lanes, coverage in (otherwise fairly progressive) local papers tends to focus on the perceived downsides (e.g. http://chelseanow.com/cn_56/ninthave.html) and Community Board 4's vote against the conversion of the 8th Avenue buffered bike lane to a configuration like that on 9th Avenue was disheartening. Apparently the project is going ahead anyhow, which is probably a good thing - I suspect that once it is in place the advantages will become more obvious, but again I worry about the wisdom of pushing these changes so quickly.

By: Sujit Patwardhan

Sujit Patwardhan — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:50:46 +0000

Janette Sadik-Khan and her achievement as New York city's Commissioner of Transportation is truly inspiring even for non New Yorkers.

We wish her and her team even greater success in the years to come and feel sure what is happening to New York will encourage other cities to recognize sooner than later that is the quality of street life and not the massive highways and flyovers built for cars that gives personality to a city.

Jane Jacobs' spirit lives on.

By: Lars

Lars — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:54:14 +0000

Greatness!

By: Darlene

Darlene — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 16:17:30 +0000

I've heard Mrs. Sadik Khan speak twice at Railvolution. She is wonderful!

By: momos

momos — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 04:10:32 +0000

It's incredible what JSK has accomplished in such a short time. NYC is so vast, with such inertia. This compilation of what's been done really puts things in perspective. Go JSK!!