Cast Your Vote for the 2015 NYC Streetsies — And Give to Streetsblog
It’s time for our year-in-review, the Streetsie Awards, and there are more things to vote on than ever. Before I get to that, please take a moment to consider what Streetsblog is worth to you.
Streetsblog matters because policy makers and elected officials know our audience demands results. You want safer, more livable streets, and Streetsblog’s reporting holds public officials accountable for delivering them.
Reader support is essential to producing Streetsblog. In 2016, your contribution will help us…
- make the case for street redesigns that prioritize transit, biking, and walking — putting people first, not cars
- watchdog city agencies and keep the de Blasio administration to its Vision Zero promises
- press the City Council to change parking requirements that clog streets with traffic and drive up the cost of housing
…and respond to lots of opportunities, threats, and other situations that don’t fit neatly into bullet points.
Everyone who contributes will be entered to win this sweet folding bike from Tern, a Link D8:
Okay, now it’s Streetsie time. The polls are open until Sunday at midnight. Next week, we’ll hand out virtual hardware, then we’ll resume our usual publishing schedule after the new year. If you want to vote on more Streetsies, Streetsblog USA has not one but two posts to slake your thirst for polls.
Please give if you can, and have a great holiday, Streetsblog readers.
The Best Thing That Happened This Year
- The bike-share system got fixed and started to grow (34%, 85 Votes)
- The city expanded car-free zones in Central Park and Prospect Park (20%, 50 Votes)
- DOT added bike lanes on 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard (14%, 36 Votes)
- Albany enabled NYC to enforce all of its bus lanes (12%, 29 Votes)
- The High Bridge opened (10%, 26 Votes)
- The city deployed all of its speed cameras (10%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 251
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Best Walking Project
- The High Bridge (45%, 101 Votes)
- Temporary sidewalk expansion on 32nd Street by Penn Station (32%, 70 Votes)
- Park Avenue curb extensions (12%, 26 Votes)
- Seventh Avenue South curb extensions (11%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 222
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Best Bicycling Project
- Queens Boulevard (36%, 73 Votes)
- First Avenue gap filler (27%, 55 Votes)
- Randall's Island Connector (20%, 40 Votes)
- Washington Heights bikeways (9%, 18 Votes)
- The High Bridge (6%, 12 Votes)
- Clove Road (2%, 4 Votes)
- Bruckner Boulevard (1%, 2 Votes)
Total Voters: 204
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Best Bus Project
- West 125th Street bus lanes (50%, 92 Votes)
- M86 Select Bus Service (26%, 47 Votes)
- Q44 Select Bus Service (24%, 44 Votes)
Total Voters: 183
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Best Public Space Project
- Plaza 33 (43%, 62 Votes)
- Plaza de las Americas (30%, 43 Votes)
- Parkside Plaza (28%, 40 Votes)
Total Voters: 145
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Andrew Cuomo Transit Catastrophe of the Year
- Letting New York choke on its dysfunctional toll system for the foreseeable future (40%, 89 Votes)
- The pointless rail link to LaGuardia (22%, 49 Votes)
- Turning the MTA into a de Blasio battering ram (21%, 47 Votes)
- Shrugging at the impending breakdown of trans-Hudson transit (17%, 38 Votes)
Total Voters: 223
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DOT's Biggest Missed Opportunity to Add Good Bike Infrastructure
- Chrystie Street (31%, 59 Votes)
- Riverside Drive (30%, 58 Votes)
- Atlantic Avenue (26%, 49 Votes)
- 21st Street in Astoria (13%, 25 Votes)
Total Voters: 191
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NIMBY of the Year
- The West 125th Street bus lane NIMBYs (33%, 60 Votes)
- State Senator Joe Addabbo (Woodhaven bus lanes) (23%, 41 Votes)
- Francisco Moya and the 111th Street bike lane NIMBYs (18%, 33 Votes)
- The 86th Street bus bulb NIMBYs (13%, 24 Votes)
- Chaim Deutsch and Brooklyn Community Board 15 (Sheepshead Bay plaza) (9%, 16 Votes)
- The Bradhurst Plaza NIMBYs (4%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 181
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Best Department of Transformation Intervention
- First Avenue at 59th Street (39%, 58 Votes)
- Chrystie Street (29%, 43 Votes)
- Flushing Avenue (17%, 25 Votes)
- Allen Street (10%, 15 Votes)
- Carlton Avenue (5%, 7 Votes)
Total Voters: 148
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Favorite Streetfilm
- 20’s Plenty: The Movement for Safer Speeds in the UK (30%, 35 Votes)
- It's Smart to Be Dense (25%, 30 Votes)
- Exploring the Streets of Stockholm (21%, 25 Votes)
- The Philadelphia Bike Story (13%, 15 Votes)
- Cambridge: Britain's Cycling Capital (11%, 13 Votes)
Total Voters: 118
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