Movement : New York's long war to take back Its streets from the car / Nicole Gelinas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gelinas, Nicole, 1975- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Express highways--New York (State)--New York.

Express highways.

Streetscapes (Urban design)--New York (State)--New York.

Streetscapes (Urban design).

Local transit--New York (State)--New York.

Local transit.

Physical Description:

viii, 579 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Empire State Editions, an imprint of Fordham University Press, [2025]

Summary:

"A gripping account of how the automobile has failed NYC and how mass transit and a revitalized streetscape are vital to its post-pandemic recovery. A well respected urban writer who has focused on New York’s transportation system for more than a decade, author Nicole Gelinas resumes the story where Robert Caro’s landmark The Power Broker ended. Movement explores how, in the half-century leading up to the COVID- 19 pandemic, New York’s re-embracement of its mass-transit system and a livable streetscape helped save the city. Gelinas tackles the 1970s environmental movement, the 1980s rebuilding of the subways, and more contemporary battles, from Mayor Bloomberg's push for more pedestrian plazas and bike lanes in the early 2000s, to transportation advocates' protests to prevent traffic deaths in the Mayor de Blasio era of the 2010s, to how New York’s stewardship of its streets and subways have played a critical role during the 2020 pandemic and subsequent recovery. Introducing a cast of transportation heroes to rival Jane Jacobs (Shirley Hayes, Hazel Henderson, Richard Ravitch, Nilka Martell) and puncturing the myth of Moses as New York’s anti-hero, Movement explores how New York City has helped redefine what it means to be a global city: not a place that is easy to drive through, but a place where people can take transit, walk, and bike to work, to school, or just for fun"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

Part 1. Driving to the Brink

1. New York's Original Sin: Scrapping Street Transit

2. The 1929 Regional Plan: Paving New York's Car Future

3. Kids versus Cars: A Housewife's Fight to Save Washington Square Park

4. Changing Times (and Minds): Defeating the Lower Manhattan Expressway

5. No Way on Westway: A Watery Grave for Manhattan's Last Highway

Part 2. Getting Back on Track

6. Struck City: The Shutdown That Stressed the Value of Transit

7. Skull Practice at Triborough: Confronting Decades of Mass- Transit Deficits

8. Nixon's Nudge: The Federal Laws That Forced a New Direction

9. The Lion of the MTA: The Push to Rebuild New York's Transit

10. From Fear Train to Packed Train: Securing New York's Subways

Part 3. Beyond Transit: Wrestling with New York's Asphalt Legacy

11. Splitting Lanes: From Bike Nuts to Bike Share

12. Freedom to Walk: The Rise and Fall and Rise Again of Play Streets

13. Killed in the Crosswalk: Turning Tragedies into Progress

14. Yellow, Green, Black: The Struggle to Limit Ride Services

15. Thou Shalt Not Park Here: The Politics of Public Parking

16. Our Right to Park: The High Cost of Residential Parking

Part 4. Unfinished Business

17. Fast Forward: Plans to Fix New York's Bus System

18. Ban, Charge, or Suffer: The Forever Politics of Congestion Pricing

19. Two Miles: Bronx Mothers versus the Ghost of Moses

20. Deliveristas and Dining Sheds: Locked- Down New York Unlocks Its Streets

21. Sick Transit: Whither the Subways-and New York

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Albert M. Greenfield Memorial Fund.

ISBN:

9781531508210

1531508219

OCLC:

1467691354