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Mayor Bloomberg's Press Releases on Transportation
2013 Press Releases
April 9, 2013
Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce New Pilot Rogram to Pay Parking Meters Remotely and Launch Real-Time Parking Availability Map En español
2012 Press Releases
November 8, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Emergency Order to Establish Odd-Even License Plate System for Gasoline Purchases to Reduce Wait Times
En español
October 11, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan, MTA Chairman Lhota Announce Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport to Start Next Year
En español
August 30, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan and MTA Chairman and CEO Lhota Preview First Staten Island Select Bus Service Route
En español
July 10, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce New Neighborhood Slow Zones to Combat Speeding and Further Improve Record Traffic Safety
En español
May 7, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan and Citi CEO Vikram Pandit Announce Citi Will Sponsor New York City's New Bike Share Program - Citi Bike
En español
March 19, 2012
Mayor Bloomberg And Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Unveil New Pothole-filling Machine and Begin Road Paving Season
En español
2011 Press Releases
December 29, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan, and Police Commissioner Kelly Announce All-time Record Low in Traffic Fatalities In 2011
En español
November 14, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan, NYC Transit President Prendergast Release Report On First/Second Avenue Select Bus Service and Launch New Curbside Fare Payment for 34th Street Select Bus Service
En español
October 20, 2011
NYC DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan, Deputy Mayor Gibbs, Other City Officials Launch Program To Expand Public Seating In All Five Boroughs
October 17, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce New Digital System to Reduce the Impact of Construction on City Roads
En español
July 28, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce 14 Percent Growth in Commuter Bike Riding Compared to Last Spring
En español
July 18, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New, Real-Time Traffic Management System to Reduce Congestion in Midtown Manhattan
En español
May 23, 2011
Statement of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on State Senate Passage of Bill To Require Crossover Mirrors on Large Trucks To Eliminate Blind Spots
En español
May 12, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce New Traffic Safety Initiatives
En español
April 13, 2011
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Latest Results of Health Department Air Quality Study That Shows Air in Times Square Is Cleaner and Healthier Since Pedestrian Plazas Were Opened
En español
2010 Press Releases
December 1, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg Announces New York City Receives U.S. EPA National Smart Growth Award for PlaNYC Programs
En español
October 12, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Deputy Mayor Goldsmith, Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce Start of City's First Car Share Program
En español
August 16, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Release City’s Most Comprehensive Pedestrian Safety Study To Date and Announce Installation of 1,500 Pedestrian Countdown Signals Across the City
En español
August 9, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Sadik-Khan Mark Installation of New Willis Avenue Bridge
En español
June 7, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan And MTA Chairman and CEO Walder Announce Faster, More Efficient Bus Service on Manhattan's East Side
En español
June 2, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg and Vice President Biden Mark Start of Brooklyn Bridge Rehabilitation Project
En español
May 24, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Open New Asphalt Plant to Make Road and Pothole Repairs More Efficient, Less Expensive and More Environmentally Friendly
En español
March 4, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Help Fill Administration's 'Two-Millionth' Pothole As Part of Post-Snowstorm Pothole Filling Blitz
En español
February 11, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce 'Green Light for Midtown' Project Will Be Made Permanent
En español
January 31, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioners Burney, Farley, Sadik-Khan and Burden Release Design Guidelines to Promote Physical Activity and Health in Buildings and Communities
En español
January 27, 2010
Mayor Bloomberg, Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce All-Time Record Year for Traffic Safety
En español
2009 Press Releases
December 29, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring City Agencies to Notify Local Representation Before Major Construction Projects
En español
December 7, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation to Increase Public Awareness of Changes in Parking Regulations
En español
September 30, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Comprehensive Strategy to Make Parking Easier, More Efficient and More User-Friendly Through New Technology and New Initiatives
En español
August 14, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Improving Bicycling Conditions Throughout the Five Boroughs
En español
August 11, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Officials and Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan Launch Real-Time Bus Arrival Information Pilot On 34th Street
En español
August 3, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Paterson, Federal and City Officials Announce Federal Stimulus Funding for Ferry Projects
En español
June 29, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Return and Expansion of Summer Streets and More Than 1,500 Free Summer Events Throughout New York City
En español
April 8, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg And Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce New Route For 2009 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
En español
March 30, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Federal Stimulus Transportation Projects List
En español
February 26, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce Pilot 'green Light for Midtown' Program to Reduce Congestion
En español
January 11, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg, Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce Marking of the Eastern Terminus of Lincoln Highway in Times Square
En español
January 11, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses City's Winter Pothole Blitz in Weekly Radio Address
En español
January 5, 2009
Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Detail City's Winter Pothole Blitz
En español
2008 Press Releases
December 30, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg signs legislation temporarily suspending alternate side of the street parking regulations during snowstorms
En español
December 15, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and Sanitation Commissioner Doherty Announce New Street Cleaning Plan for Bronx Community Board 8
En español
December 1, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Allowing Parking at Missing or Broken Parking Meters Up to the Maximum Time Permitted In That Parking Meter Zone
En español
September 25, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Unveils New Online Tool to Track Potholes and Street Defects Found by SCOUT Teams and New Secret Shopper Program to Test City's Customer Service
En español
September 5, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Unveil New Public Space at Madison Square
En español
August 7, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg, DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan and Jay-Z Invite New Yorkers to Take to the Streets for Summer Streets
En español
June 30, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring the Department of Transportation to Extend the Operating Authority of Two Unsubsidized Bus Services
En español
June 20, 2008
Statement by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Recent Progress in PlaNYC Legislative Agendan
En español
June 16, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce "Summer Streets", a Car-Free City Route for Health and Recreation
En español
June 4, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Modifying Department of Transportation Traffic Measurements
En español
May 12, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and Brooklyn Borough President Markowitz Announce the Brooklyn Bridge 125th Birthday Celebration
En español
May 5, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and Speaker Quinn Announce Start of Rockaway Ferry Service on May 12, Restored Service to Williamsburg and Expanded East River Routes
En español
April 8, 2008
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg on the Failure of the State Legislature to Vote Congestion Pricing
En español
April 7, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Congestion Pricing and Leadership for the Future in Weekly Radio Address
En español
April 1, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring DOT to Improve Conditions at Twenty Locations With Most Car Accidents
En español
April 1, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring Timely Pruning of Trees or Vegatation That Cover Traffic Signals or Signs
En español
April 1, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Praises Historic Passage of Congestion Pricing Legislation in City Council
En español
March 31, 2008
Labor Leaders Urge Lawmakers to Pass Congestion Pricing
En español
March 28, 2008
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg on Assembly Introduction of Congestion Pricing Legislation
En español
March 25, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg, MTA Executive Director and CEO Sander, and DOT Commissioner Sadik-Khan Unveil New MTA Select Bus Service (SBS) System
En español
March 24, 2008
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg on Senate Introduction of Congestion Pricing Legislation
En español
March 24, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Mass Transit Improvements That Congestion Pricing Will Make Possible in Weekly Radio Address
En español
March 21, 2008
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg on Governor Paterson's Support of Congestion Pricing
En español
March 20, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and MTA Executive Director Sander Announce New Express Bus Route to be Deployed - If Congestion Pricing Passes
En español
March 19, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg, U.S. Transportation Secretary Mary Peters, NYC Transportation Commissioner Sadik-Khan, and MTA Executive Director Elliot Sander Unveil Transit Signal Priority System
En español
March 19, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Calls on Albany and City Council to Approve Congestion Pricing Plan in Speech at Crain's Breakfast Forum
En español
March 17, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses Residential Parking Permits and Congestion Pricing in Weekly Radio Address
En español
March 12, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan Announce Residential Parking Permit Program as Part of Congestion Pricing
En español
February 28, 2008
Statement by Mayor Bloomberg on the MTA Capital Plan
En español
February 19, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring Use of Ultra Low Sulfur Diesel Fuel by Diesel-Powered City-Owned Ferries
En español
February 4, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Sadik-Khan Accept National Bicycle Friendly Community Award
En español
February 1, 2008
Statement from Mayor Bloomberg on Final Recommendation from Traffic Mitigation Commission
En español
January 29, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Launches Safe Streets for Seniors to Reduce Traffic Fatalities Among Seniors in 25 Neighborhoods Across New York City
En español
January 3, 2008
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Plan to Limit City Parking Placards
En español
2007 Press Releases
December 23, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Discusses City's Successful Road Paving and Pothole Repair Programs In Weekly Radio Address
En español
December 17, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Marks Five-Thousandth Lane-Mile Paved
En español
October 9, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Requiring DOT to Replace Stop, Yield and Do Not Enter Signs Within Three Business Days
En español
August 27, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Request for Firms to Provide Information on the Implementation of a Congestion Pricing Plan
En español
August 21, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer, Senate, Assembly and Council Name Congestion Mitigation Commissioners
En español
August 14, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg, Governor Spitzer, State Legislative Leaders and Speaker Quinn Announce City and State to Receive More Than $350 Million for Mass Transit Improvements and Traffic Reduction
En español
July 26, 2007
Statement from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on Legislature Approving Congestion Pricing Legislation
En español
July 19, 2007
Statement from Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg on City Being Authorized to Move Forward with Congestion Pricing
En español
June 10, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg and Congressman Crowley Announce Support for Major Bronx and Queens Mass Transit Improvements That Could Be Funded Through Pilot Congestion Pricing
En español
June 8, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Testifies on PlaNYC Before the State Assembly
En español
May 24, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg and Borough President Stringer Announce Aggressive Measures Designed to Prevent Intersection Gridlock
En español
May 8, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg, Speaker Quinn Announce First Steps for Ferry Service Between The Rockaways and Manhattan
En español
April 27, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Names New Transportation Commissioner
En español
April 23, 2007
Mayor Bloomberg Presents PlaNYC: A Greener, Greater New York
En español
2006 Press Releases
December 19, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Unveils First New Bus Shelter as Part of Coordinated Street Furniture Franchise
En español
December 15, 2006 Mayor Bloomberg Announces Completion of Citywide Safe Routes to School Studies
En españolNovember 30, 2006 Mayor Bloomberg Announces Installation of First Countdown Pedestrian Signal
En españolJuly 11, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Signs Legislation Centralizing Parking Enforcement
En español
May 15, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Applauds Franchise and Concession Review Committee's Unanimous Approval of Street Furniture Contract
En español
May 8, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Announces More Car-Free Hours in Central and Prospect Parks
En español
March 27, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Recommendations to the Staten Island Transportation Task Force
En español
February 17, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg and Commissioner Weinshall Kickoff 2006 Pothole Blitz
En español
January 29, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Announces Transition of Jamaica Bus Lines to MTA
En español
January 8, 2006
Mayor Bloomberg Announces MTA Takeover of Green Bus Lines
En español