Nick Grossman
Nick Grossman is an urbanist, web developer, and neighborhood handyman, and is the web designer/developer behind Streetsblog. For the past three years, he worked for Project for Public Spaces studying the behavior of people in public spaces, real and virtual. Now, he's the design director for a web startup. He lives in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn and likes to walk fast.
Recent Posts
Tuesday’s Headlines: Horse Long Gone, De Blasio Locks the Barn Edition
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Wow, Mayor de Blasio says he'll get to the bottom of the taxi medallion mortgage crisis, which has been going on for years, but got into the mayor's press packet because of Brian Rosenthal's great series in the Times. Click on the headline above for more snark, we mean, news coverage!
Corey Johnson’s ‘Master Plan’: 50 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Per Year — And A Lot More
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The City Council Speaker is putting his legislative muscle where his mouth is.
BREAKING: MTA Cuts Back on Bus Service Amid Ongoing Ridership Crisis
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The MTA’s bus service “death spiral” inches ever closer. Thirteen months after the launch of Andy Byford’s “Bus Action Plan,” New York City Transit will reduce service on specific routes this summer “to more closely align with customer demand” and reflect congestion-induced speed reductions, according to a memo distributed to MTA board members on Monday [PDF, […]
No Controversy as Park Slope Panel Backs Flatbush Ave. Bike Lane
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“It’s a really strong proposal. It replicates what was done on Prospect Park West almost a decade ago that has worked very well,” said one board member.
Whew! Sen. John Liu’s Bill to Criminalize Walking Is Likely DOA
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An upstate lawmaker appears ready to stop a bill that no real New Yorker would ever have introduced — Queens Senator John Liu's absurd bill to empower the NYPD to write tickets to "distracted" pedestrians.
NYPD, Secret Service Joined Forces to Cage Bridge Cyclists During Trump Visit
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Legendary cycling advocate — and security theater expert — Charles Komanoff weighs in on Friday's Secret Service hold on the Queensboro Bridge during the president's visit to the East Side.
Monday’s Headlines: No Wonder Cabbies are Going Bankrupt Edition
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The taxi industry is a Ponzi scheme, the New York Times reported in a massive, two-part Brian Rosenthal investigation on Sunday. Click the headline above for links to that story, and so many more, in today's news digest!
Streetfilms Takes You Inside the ‘War on Cars’ Podcast
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Even though there's only been a doze-plus episodes, "War on Cars" has struck a nerve in ways that no other podcast could.
Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety
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Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country. For years, cyclists […]
Friday’s Headlines: A New Era for Streetsblog Edition
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Mayor de Blasio did the thing. And everyone reacted. But here at Streetsblog, we were rocked by two personal — make that personnel — announcements. Click the headline above to find out more — and get your full news digest!