The Bike-Share Map: It’s Real, It’s Big, and It’s Only Going to Get Bigger
Putting 420 big blue dots on a map of New York really crystallizes what had been abstract so far: Bike-share is going to blanket the core of the city. If you live, work, study, or socialize in Manhattan below 60th Street or northwest Brooklyn, there's going to be a station within a few blocks of your apartment, your office, your subway stop, your favorite cafe or that out-of-the-way gallery you've been meaning to check out.
May 11, 2012
DOT Proposes Traffic-Calming Redesign for Deadly Adam Clayton Powell Blvd
After more than three years of delay and debate, safety improvements may finally be coming to one of Harlem's deadliest avenues. Under a plan tentatively okayed by Manhattan Community Board 10's transportation committee last night [PDF], Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard will get wider medians, shorter crossing distances, and narrower traffic lanes in an attempt to improve safety for all users of the street.
May 10, 2012
Fox 5 Anchors Scotto and Kelly Set New Low for NYC Transpo Reporting
Fox 5's Good Day New York unleashed a torrent of bile for bike, bus, and pedestrian improvements, seasoned with a healthy dose of unprofessionalism, in a pair of segments focused on bike-share this morning.
May 9, 2012
Straphangers: Ancient Train Signals a Prime Culprit of Subway Delays
Has your subway been delayed recently? Blame New York City's aging transit infrastructure, especially its outdated signal system. Then start fighting to make sure Albany fully funds the MTA's next capital plan.
May 9, 2012
Off-Board Fare Payment Means MTA Can Run 24 More 34th St. Buses a Day
Changes to bus service on 34th Street have improved travel times and bus frequencies and have increased ridership, according to MTA data presented to the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 last night. Even speedier and more reliable crosstown rides are expected after the next stages of the street redesign are phased in over the next two years.
May 8, 2012
Big Sidewalk Extensions Coming to Bowling Green
Pedestrians at the southern-most tip of Manhattan are getting a lot more space to walk, thanks to a DOT proposal [PDF] first reported by DNAinfo last week.
May 8, 2012
Quinn: Bike-Share Will Give NYers “Healthy, Green Way to Navigate the City”
Looks like Streetsblog readers and corporate CEOs aren't the only ones excited about bike-share. After today's big announcement, which included not only the branding of bike-share but also new details about the pricing and rollout of the program, the glowing reactions started to pour into our inbox. Here's what we're hearing:
May 7, 2012
Thanks to Brooklyn Parking Minimums, 360 Degrees of Ground Floor Parking
Parking minimums have struck another blow for terrible urban design, this time just three blocks from the transit mega-hub of Atlantic/Pacific, where nine subway lines and the LIRR converge. A new luxury apartment building going up at the corner of Bergen Street and Third Avenue will dedicate its entire ground floor, facing both the side street and the avenue, to one big, open garage.
May 7, 2012