Man Robbed at Knifepoint Outside of Cobble Hill Park - Carroll Gardens, NY Patch

A reminder to be alert to your surroundings when walking home at night.

Congress and Clinton seems like a pretty safe spot - but this guy was
mugged there just the same.

http://carrollgardens.patch.com/articles/man-robbed-at-knifepoint-outside-of-cobble-hill-park%20


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An Unserious Man - Krugman on Ryan

The media portrayal of Ryan's plan has been a joke. Krugman cuts
through the BS and states the obvious - the would-be Galtian Emperor
wears no clothes.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/20/opinion/krugman-an-unserious-man.html?_r=2&hp


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City Planning GIS Map

This is a pretty cool tool - a wealth of information to be visualized citywide.

http://gis.nyc.gov/doitt/nycitymap/

As always I'm struck by how much parts of NJ fit with NYC - but due to political boundaries, we don't do regional planning as well as we should.  The Port Authority is a decent model (never mind that 90 years on it's founding purpose of a Cross-Harbor Freight Tunnel remains a dream).  Perhaps down the road we will see more coordination between the states, or even a shuffling of portfolios among authorities.

All right, I've now wandered way off topic.  Go check out that map. 

Bike-Share Program Won’t Share Bikes Until Next Spring

"The Citi Bank–sponsored bike share program that was supposed to launch last month won't arrive until next spring."

Disappointing. But better to wait than to roll out a debacle. 

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Bike-Share Program Won't Share Bikes Until Next Spring

It's official: The Citi Bank–sponsored bike share program that was supposed to launch last month won't arrive until next spring. "Hopefully the software will work by then," Mayor Bloomberg said on his radio show today.

Software was blamed for a delay on July 31 as well, when the Citi Bike program was to launch the first 1,000 of 10,000 shiny blue rides. At the time of that delay, a Department of Transportation spokesperson insisted that the program was still planned for 2012.

"The software doesn't work. Until it works, we're not going to put it out," Bloomberg said. "We did think there would be a possibility we would have bikes on the streets this summer. We think ... this spring."

At a Coney Island press conference yesterday, Bloomberg insisted that there's no "secret agenda" with the delay. "The software doesn't work. And putting it out when the software doesn't work, it wouldn't work. Period." He added that the delay isn't costing the city any money. "The city loses because we don't have bicycles, but the city doesn't lose any money," he said.

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Lhota open to ‘more equitable’ payroll tax replacement « Second Ave. Sagas

The obvious (and correct) equitable solution is a return to the old
commuter tax that captures the cross border commuters from CT and NJ
as well as the MTA's NY catchment area.

With that revenue stream in hand, the MTA should endeavor to focus on
the regional transit picture - and politicians should take a hard look
at combining authorities in ways that make operational sense. The NY
metro region overlaps three state boundaries, but planning needs to be
done on a regional basis. No easy task, but worth focusing on.

http://secondavenuesagas.com/2012/08/16/lhota-open-to-more-equitable-payroll-tax-replacement/


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Streetsblog New York City » Markowitz: Loosen Downtown BK Parking Regs for Older Buildings Too

Moving in the right direction. I'd eliminate the mandatory parking
minimums altogether.

http://www.streetsblog.org/2012/08/16/markowitz-wants-new-downtown-bk-parking-regs-to-apply-to-old-buildings/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Streetsblog+%28Streetsblog%29


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Signage up at 340 Court Street, Now Named Sackett Union

Hard to believe this was just a giant hole in the ground not long ago.  Or a LICH facility just a few years back.  

Signage up at 340 Court Street, Now Named Sackett Union

Signage is up at the Carroll Gardens development site formerly known at 340 Court. Now it's called the Sackett Union and has a teaser website to match. As previously reported, there will be 32 two-, three-, and four-bedroom condo units. Four of the 11 townhouses will be built as single-families, the others will be configured as two-families. Constru... More

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