In Kathleen Lucadamo's Newsday piece on Atlantic Yards, CUI Director Julia Vitullo-Martin comments on the likelihood of commuters venturing beyond the new basketball arena: "The walk will make a difference. When you get off the train, what will your experience be?"
For Kathleen Horan's look at the upcoming season on Coney Island, CUI Director Julia Vitullo-Martin comments on the implications of the city's 2009 rezoning for the amusement area's future: "The city's plan initially looked like quite a success when it first started, and last year some of that success seemed to die down. I think the major question for Coney Island is what's going to happen this year."
CUI Director Julia Vitullo-Martin discusses President Obama's urban policy with Matt Chaban, author of a New York Observer piece on the subject, and host Brian Lehrer.
CUI Director Julia Vitullo-Martin comments on President Obama's approach to urban issues in Matt Chaban's broadranging New York Observer piece: "I'm hoping what we're going to find out at the beginning of his next term is he's already done all these transformative things at the agencies that will let him just take off on all these project," Ms. Vitullo-Martin said, echoing the sentiment of her many city-centric colleagues. "In the meantime, we don't have too much to look at."
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Julie Iovine writes for the Wall Street Journal about "activist" zoning in the Bloomberg administration: "It not only shapes the blocks and writes the skyline, but also aims to curb obesity by offering incentives for fresh-food markets in low-income neighborhoods; buck up the mom-and-pop store; and promote an astonishing range of other quality-of-life benefits."
Regional Plan Association senior fellow and Center for Urban Innovation director Julia Vitullo-Martin observes that, "Zoning has always concerned itself, for better or worse, with social matters, such as banishing noxious uses. What's different now is that the planning commission is moving from zoning that's negative on social issues to being positive, like mandating green markets and bike rooms."
