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Showing posts with label parkways. Show all posts

Showing posts with label parkways. Show all posts

Thursday, February 14, 2013

What is the best use for the Flushing River valley?

I've lost count of all the proposals to build things in the Queens Valley. Here's a map from the Wall Street Journal: In additio...

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

How not to deal with parking moochers

Let's say that you live by yourself in a two-bedroom apartment. Your friend's brother is coming to town to look for a job, and your...

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

When speeding is common, people die

By now you've heard the tragic headlines. A middle-aged woman accidentally drove her van off the side of the Bronx River Parkway yester...

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Low bridge, everybody down!

Last month I talked about how nutty it is to ban buses from a parkway ( PDF ) in the name of scenic recreational driving, even as you widen...

Friday, October 16, 2009

Parkway or highway? Pick one and stick with it

Bob Moses didn't build the first parkways, but he did create some of the most famous ones. Many started out as quiet, four-lane roads s...

Wednesday, April 2, 2008

Cut It Loose: the Shore Parkway Reconstruction

You may have heard that we're in a recession. Money is tight for both private and public projects. Many projects may not get built , o...

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