Which Precincts Are Making Progress on Vision Zero in Queens?
The advocates at Make Queens Safer have put together this handy visualization of NYPD enforcement trends in Queens using data scraped from PDFs the department posts online. You can see the big increase in failure-to-yield summonses, a smaller but significant bump up in speeding tickets last month, and a mild uptick in red light tickets. Pedestrian and cyclist injuries are back down to 2012 levels after an increase in 2013.
June 27, 2014
Eyes on the Street: New Bike Connection Over Sunnyside Yard
Looks like DOT crews are making progress on the neighborhood bike plan for Sunnyside and Long Island City that Queens Community Board 2 approved last year. Clarence took this photo of the new bike lane on the 39th Street bridge over the Sunnyside rail yard. He says it got striped a couple of weeks ago.
June 27, 2014
Proposal to Turn Car Storage Into Human Housing Hits Brooklyn CB6 Tonight
Just a reminder that today at 6 p.m., Brooklyn Community Board 6 will hold a public hearing about the conversion of a 230-car garage on Union Street into a mixed-use building with housing and retail.
June 26, 2014
Glen and Trottenberg Predict Growth for Citi Bike, Plazas, and Bike Lanes
Two key de Blasio administration officials sounded optimistic notes today about the expansion of the bike lane network, public plazas, and bike-share.
June 17, 2014
Titans of Click-Bait: The Park Slope Food Co-op Meets the “War on Cars”
In a rational world, the Park Slope Food Co-op opposing the conversion of an enormous garage into car-free mixed-use development would be as likely as Halliburton sponsoring every bike-share system in the country.
June 13, 2014
Jon Orcutt and Bruce Schaller Are Moving on From NYC DOT
Two key architects of change at NYC DOT are moving on after seven years with the agency. DOT Traffic and Planning Commissioner Bruce Schaller departed at the end of May, and DOT Policy Director Jon Orcutt announced on Twitter yesterday that he will be leaving next week.
June 12, 2014
Manhattan Community Board 10 Votes for Morningside Safety Plan
Last night, Manhattan Community Board 10 approved the NYC DOT plan to add pedestrian islands and trim traffic lanes on 10 blocks of Morningside Avenue [PDF]. A concerted effort from neighborhood street safety advocates and local elected officials, including City Council Member Mark Levine and State Senator Adriano Espaillat, helped overcome recalcitrance at CB 10, which dragged its feet for nearly a year before yesterday's vote.
June 5, 2014
Calling All Streetsblog Superheroes: Sunday Is Your Last Chance to Give
Here we are with just a couple of days left in the Streetsblog spring pledge drive, and we're two-thirds of the way to our goal of 400 donors. Every contribution makes a difference -- please give what you can and support our coverage.
May 30, 2014
Time Is Running Out to Become a Streetsblog Superhero — Give Today
This is it! The final days and the final giveaway of our spring pledge drive. So far, 221 superheroes have donated to Streetsblog and Streetfilms. To reach our goal, we need 179 more readers to step up and give by Sunday at midnight.
May 28, 2014