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By Matt Chaban 7/21/11 5:21pm

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Wonks Wistful for Walder

With Jay Walder hopping the express to Hong Kong this October, the city’s transit junkies are stunned and saddened by the loss of one of the most highly regarded transportation directors in the business. Read More

By Matt Chaban 3/09/11 1:30am

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Bike Lames! Straw Men on 10-Speeds in New York's Last Culture War

“I see people who buy $25 mac-and-cheese on both sides of this argument,” Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives, told The Observer last week as he finished dinner at Rachel’s Burritos in Park Slope and prepared to hop on his bike for the 1-mile trek home. “And yet I do think it’s true. Read More

By Staff 7/16/09 7:47pm

M.T.A.’s Past Haunts a Panel on Its Future

On Wednesday evening, July 15, a day after David Paterson nominated former London transit chief Jay Walder to head the Metropolitan Transit Authority, a panel was convened at the Museum of the City of New York to discuss the future of the beleaguered agency.

But much of the conversation, which was moderated by Henry Stern—a Read More

By Oliver Haydock 8/26/08 5:50pm

Transportation Guru: ’09 Mayoral Race ‘Make-or-Break’

From an interview in tomorrow’s print Observer with Paul Steely White, executive director of Transportation Alternatives:

Last question: mayoral race. Are there any candidates that you guys are supporting?
First, let me say that the 2009 elections are going to be extremely important, and we are looking at the 2009 elections as the make-or-break Read More

By Matthew Schuerman 2/05/07 12:00am

Congestion Pricing Prophet: ‘Biking Is the New Golf!’

“I notice when I am riding that I run a lot of red lights,” the 6-foot-2 Paul Steely White shouted over his shoulder. “The way I think of it, it is more important to watch out for pedestrians than lights, because there are a lot of jaywalkers in New York.”

Mr. White, the executive director Read More

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