December 29, 2005
Transportation Blog

New York, NY - Harris Silver, founder of Citystreets, starts urban and transportation blog. Follow his thoughts in his own damn words at: In my own damn words

November 2, 2005
Designing The Taxi

New York, NY - Designing the Taxi, an exhibit at Parson's School of Design in NYC opened today. The exhibit prominently features many ideas and vehicles designs. Read More

October 2, 2005
Dissecting Dissent aka. Critical Mass in NYC

New York, NY - Although Citystreets is not a cycling organization, we realize the value of a flourishing bicycle culture in an urban environment. Read More

September 30, 2005
Al Gore, Wangari Maathai, and Citystreets at Mohonk Mountain House

Mohonk, NY - The Environmental Grantmakers Association held their fall retreat at Mohonk Mountain House September 24th-28th. The purpose of the conference was to nurture a groundswell with the countries leading environmental grant-makers. Read More

August 29, 2005
Howling in the East Village

New York, NY - Citystreets was asked by the organizers of the East Village Arts Festival to participate in their day long event that is a culture tour de force of street theatre, live music and artistic celebration known as the HOWL festival in honor of long-time east village resident poet Allen Ginsberg. Read More

June 21, 2005
Citystreets Hails A New Taxi

New York, NY - Citystreets was invited along with some of the worlds most talented designers, by The Design Trust For Public Space to participate in it's initiative to redesign the New York Taxi. Read More

Sept 10, 2004
Citystreets Gets GOING

Boulder, CO - Citystreets founder Harris Silver to speak at GOING, a conference bringing together national experts in the field of future transportation. Keynote speaker is inventor, aviator, and all around good guy Dean Kamen. Other speakers include: John Norquist, Doug Field, Esther Dyson, Susan Szenasy and many more. For more information download the PDF. (1.6mb)

Aug 27, 2004
Citystreets + Regional Plan Associates (RPA)

The RPA has been the nation's most influential independent regional planning organization since 1922. They signed on to a memo of opposition against Segway and after meeting with Citystreets they have re-evaluated their position. Read about it here.

Aug 3, 2004
Street Talk Lecture Series - Curb Your Enthusiasm

New York, NY -Harris Silver and Ethan Ruby will be speaking from 6:30-8pm at the Wall Street Rising/Downtown Information Center about the Curb Project, a survey of the real risks and faults of the NYC pedestrian environment. Read more

June 18, 2004
Meet Ethan Ruby, Citsytreets' new Chief Pedestrian Advocate

New York, NY - On April 21, 2004 at the Apple Store in Soho, Harris Silver spoke and presented Citystreets' various initiatives to a packed standing room only audience. The future of Citystreets was discussed by Ethan Ruby who was introduced and announcedto take a leadership position in this growing and progressive non-profit. Read More
     


Jul. 16, 2007
Congestion Pricing. Let's Clear the Air.

PlanNYC unveiled by Mayor Bloomberg this past earth day contained 127 initiatives. One of the most interesting-and certainly the one that has received the most attention-was found in the transportation section and is called Congestion Pricing. Read more

Dec. 22, 2005
The Strike's Upside: Advantages of the HOV-4 Rule

The transit strike offers a unique opportunity to use the city as a lab for urban transportation experiments. Ideas that might otherwise be dismissed as unworkable, such as mandating that cars have four occupants before they enter Manhattan, and closing off avenues for emergency vehicle access, become necessities. Read more

Mar. 17, 2005
De-Railing Amtrak

As oil prices rise to historic levels, the US Senate voted yesterday to allow drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve. With proper planning, billions of gallons of oil will begin flowing shortly and we are told by President Bush that "This will ease our dependency on our foreign oil by up to a million barrels a day." Read more

Dec. 30, 2004
Stop The Bike License Law

Because of the way they ride, the way they act, and whom they choose to represent them, bicycle riders currently reside about three notches below cockroaches in the minds of New York City residents. Read more

Nov. 16, 2004
Street Smarts

A soft, glowing light is known to be associated with near death experiences. Read the HTML or PDF (2mb)

Aug 3, 2004
Curb Your Enthusiasm

There are two types of people in the world. Those who work at The Department Of Transportation (DOT) who think it’s reasonable to ask New York’s disabled residents to wait years before they can cross the street, and then there is everyone else. Read more

Apr. 20, 2004
An Overlooked Technology: How City Bureaucrats Are Quashing A New Form Of Personal Transportation. (PDF 1.8mb)

Oct. 23, 2003
The Ferry Crash: The Proper Tribute To A Tragedy.

Sept. 30, 2003
Segways and NYC Sidewalks. Lets roll.

Jan. 25, 2002
How to Make Up the City's Budget Deficit.

History of Traffic in New York City

Prior to 1890 Manhattan streets functioned much like parks are supposed to today. Not that they were lush green gardens (although Park Avenue was) but rather streets were thought of as public spaces and they were used by the by the public in various ways. Read More

February 27, 2003
Preventing Deaths and Injuries Caused by Reckless and Negligent Drivers