The top candidates are Janette Sadik-Khan, a newcomer to the government sector, and Michael Horodniceanu, who did a traffic-czar stint under Dinkins. Sadik-Khan is seen as a mass-transit-touting progressive (as well she should be: Parsons Brinckerhoff, where she's a senior veep, designed the IRT, NYC's first subway line, back in 1906). Horodniceanu, conversely, is expected to hold up Weinshall's generally car-friendly policies. Needless to say, the enviro-wonk community is rooting for Sadik-Khan (who is — in what we imagine is another first for the DOT — kinda hot). At any rate, Bloomberg's choice will preprogram the city's traffic policy for the foreseeable future — and litmus-test his commitment to the "NYC 2030" talking points. Which makes the Sadik-Khan–Horodniceanu battle interesting. (Also, we like typing "Sadik-Khan–Horodniceanu.")

Traffic Tsar Candidates Have Vastly Differing Visions [NYS]