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Headline	Author	Published	Section
The terrorists have won Reflections on death by SUV	Charles Komanoff	08 Feb 2008	Gristmill
It was just a matter of time before a World Trade Center survivor became a victim of a different sort of terrorism: death by automobile. It finally happened last month, in lower Manhattan, when a speeding sport utility vehicle struck and killed a woman who had fled the Twin Towers on 9/11. Florence Cioffi was leaving a dinner celebrating her upcoming 60th birthday when a Mercedes-Benz SUV slammed into her on Water Street at 60 miles an hour, according to a Manhat ...
Topics: cars, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

We Hail These Taxis NYC taxicabs will have to boost fuel economy		12 Dec 2007	News
Posted at 1:28 PM on 12 Dec 2007 New York City taxicabs purchased after Oct. 1, 2008, will be required to get at least 25 miles per gallon, and those purchased after fall 2009 will have to get 30 mpg -- so, basically, will have to be hybrids, according to a rule adopted by the city's Taxi and Limousine Commission. The city's iconic Crown Victoria cabs currently get around a measly 10 mpg. sources: The New York Sun, Associated Pre ...
Topics: cars, fuel efficiency, hybrids, New York City, news, placemaking (all these topics)

Policies to reduce and increase driving at the same time Subsidizing drivers needs to end	Jason D Scorse	16 Aug 2007	Gristmill
This article in the NYT highlights the absurdity of current transportation policy. While New York City is trying to get federal funding to help it pay for a congestion pricing and traffic congestion policy, the federal government is, at the same time, handing out large tax breaks to help people reduce the costs of driving to work. It's yet another example of government policy gone awry, badly. The solution isn't sexy, won't get you on TV, and doesn't make for great ...
Topics: cars, New York, New York city, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

Feds fund Bloomberg's congestion plan But still no actual decision on whether it will happen	Kate Sheppard	14 Aug 2007	Gristmill
The federal government has agreed to allot $354 million to New York City to help it launch its congestion pricing plan. Yeah, that one where state legislators were first like 'Hmmm, I dunno,' and then they were all like 'no way,' and then some enviros were like, 'Eh, maybe it's not that great anyway.' Not that federal funding guarantees that the state will approve the plan, so stay tuned.
Topics: cars, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

They're counting on you To count ... heh	Kate Sheppard	01 Aug 2007	Gristmill
WNYC is calling on New Yorkers to go outside and count the SUVs in their 'hood as part of an experiment in getting citizens involved in the reporting process. Sez their website: This our experiment in 'crowdsourcing,' where we employ you, the listener, in an act of journalism. We're trying to find out just how much gas-guzzling SUV use there is throughout the New York area, with all the talk of environmental sustainability in the city. So you go out and repor ...
Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

Congestion pricing saves more than it costs Bloomberg’s law: Environment equals economic growth	Grist	28 Jul 2007	Gristmill
This guest essay comes from Steven Cohen and Jacob Victor. Steven Cohen is executive director of Columbia University's Earth Institute and director of its Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science and Policy at the School of International and Public Affairs. Jacob Victor is an intern at Columbia's Earth Institute. After overcoming numerous obstacles in Albany, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg's controversial congestion-pricing plan finally appear ...
Topics: cars, green living, New York, New York City, placemaking, politics, public transportation, urban planning (all these topics)

Bloomberg's congestion fee plan ... Dead	David Roberts	17 Jul 2007	Gristmill
... killed by lawmakers in Albany.
Topics: cars, New York City, placemaking, politics (all these topics)

NYC's yellow cabs go green Big Applers breathe easy	Maywa Montenegro	23 May 2007	Gristmill
Starting in 2008, every new yellow taxi purchased by the city of New York will be a hybrid vehicle, according to an announcement yesterday by Mayor Bloomberg. By 2012, the entire fleet -- some 13,000 cabs -- will have been replaced with a mixture of Toyota Priuses, Highlander Hybrids, Lexus RX 400h's, and Ford Escapes.Thirteen thousand may sound like a drop in the ocean, given that 232 million cars are currently registered in the U.S. alone. Still, cabs are a grea ...
Topics: cars, electric vehicles, energy, green living, greening biz operations, hybrids, New York City, placemaking (all these topics)

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