Cast Your Vote for the 2013 NYC Streetsies — and Give to Streetsblog!
Welcome to the reader’s choice portion of the 2013 NYC Streetsies. Before you vote, take a moment to consider everything that’s changed this year. Look at all the pedestrian, bike, and bus improvements we have to sift through to anoint the best. Six years ago, before the Janette Sadik-Khan DOT had time to really get rolling, we didn’t have nearly so much (or such high-quality stuff) to choose from.
Will next year and the year after yield so many worthy nominees for the Streetsies? There are still plenty of traffic-plagued streets in need of a total overhaul, but making it happen won’t be easy. Streetsblog will be doing everything we can to press the new administration to improve pedestrian safety, add protected bikeways, and redesign car-centric streets to prioritize transit. If you haven’t given to our year-end pledge drive yet, please make a tax-deductible contribution today.
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The NYC Streetsie polls are open until midnight on December 28, and to maximize your voting pleasure, you can head over to the Capitol Hill Streetsies. Our year-end publishing schedule will resume on Friday. Have a great holiday everyone.
Best Livable Streets Victory
- New York City launches nation's largest bike-share system, and people can't get enough (71%, 271 Votes)
- NYPD decides to stop referring to traffic crashes as "accidents" (8%, 32 Votes)
- In its first election cycle, StreetsPAC endorses the winner in 13 of 18 City Council primaries (6%, 22 Votes)
- Automated speed enforcement enacted by Albany, begins with 20 cameras near schools (5%, 20 Votes)
- NYC DOT's Pulaski Bridge fix -- converting a motor vehicle lane into a two-way protected bike lane -- is in the pipeline (5%, 19 Votes)
- City agencies recommend replacing Sheridan Expressway with surface street (5%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 382
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- Fourth Avenue road diet in Park Slope (52%, 143 Votes)
- Extension of road diet on Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard from 134th Street to 110th Street (27%, 75 Votes)
- Williamsbridge Oval 20 mph speed limit and pedestrian upgrades (13%, 36 Votes)
- Traffic calming and pedestrian areas next to Marcus Garvey Park (current version) (5%, 14 Votes)
- College Point Boulevard pedestrian islands (3%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 275
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- Extension of First Avenue protected bike lane in East Harlem and Upper East Side (38%, 113 Votes)
- Brownsville's first bike lanes (20%, 59 Votes)
- Safety improvements to the Queensboro Bridge approach in Manhattan (19%, 56 Votes)
- Extension of Columbus Avenue protected bike lane (17%, 49 Votes)
- Better bike access to the Bronx River Greenway (4%, 11 Votes)
- Vernon Boulevard upgraded to two-way bike lane (2%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 295
Loading ...Best Bus Project
- Manhattan Bus Time (45%, 116 Votes)
- B44 Select Bus Service on Nostrand, Rogers, and Bedford Avenues in Brooklyn (37%, 97 Votes)
- Bx41 Select Bus Service on Webster Avenue in the Bronx (18%, 47 Votes)
Total Voters: 260
Loading ...Best Plaza Project
- Willoughby Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn upgraded with permanent materials (39%, 74 Votes)
- Marcy Plaza in Bed Stuy (26%, 50 Votes)
- Liberty Avenue and 101st Avenue, on the border of Queens and Brooklyn (15%, 29 Votes)
- Coenties Slip, by Water Street and Pearl Street in the Financial District (10%, 19 Votes)
- George B. Post Plaza, by the Williamsburg Bridge (9%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 190
Loading ...Realest Bill de Blasio Quote of the Year
- "I'm a motorist." (28%, 79 Votes)
- "Transportation determines opportunity, livability, business climate. For many people, the absence of affordable transportation... constrains opportunities.” (21%, 59 Votes)
- A “livable streets agenda” should expand to all boroughs. (17%, 48 Votes)
- "Would you take out the tables and chairs from Times Square and Herald Square and reopen Broadway?" De Blasio: "The jury's out."</a (16%, 44 Votes)
- Are bike lanes worth the removal of motor vehicle lanes and parking? De Blasio: "They are, in the final analysis." (13%, 37 Votes)
- On bike lanes: "Where they’ve worked, great, let’s keep them. Where they haven’t worked let’s revise them or change them.” (5%, 15 Votes)
Total Voters: 282
Loading ...Favorite Streetfilm
- Groningen: The World’s Cycling City (38%, 77 Votes)
- Citi Bike Debuts in New York City! (33%, 67 Votes)
- The Indianapolis Cultural Trail: The Next-Gen in U.S. Protected Bike Lanes (10%, 21 Votes)
- Salt Lake City: A Red State Capital Builds Ambitious Transit (10%, 21 Votes)
- Bicycle Anecdotes From Amsterdam (9%, 18 Votes)
Total Voters: 204
Loading ...NIMBY of the Year
- 99 Bank Street (bike-share station) (46%, 106 Votes)
- Allen Bortnick (Bay Ridge Fourth Avenue traffic calming) (28%, 64 Votes)
- "Mount Morris Takes Action" ...against a grassroots initiative to improve safety near Marcus Garvey Park (22%, 50 Votes)
- JD Carlisle (Kips Bay Plaza) (5%, 11 Votes)
Total Voters: 231
Loading ...Best Dorothy Rabinowitz Catchphrase
- “The bike lobby is an all-powerful enterprise.” (62%, 196 Votes)
- "Begrimed" (21%, 67 Votes)
- “Do not ask me to enter the mind of the totalitarians running this government.” (17%, 54 Votes)
Total Voters: 317
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