Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about London

Cars would not be able to exit the Brooklyn Bridge at the span's end, but would have to take their damn congestion elsewhere. Meanwhile, pedestrians and cyclists would get a huge boost. Photo: 2018 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Gabrielle Stroik Johnson.

Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan

By Ben Verde | Mar 19, 2019 | 7 Comments

Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.

We need a bike mayor, Transportation Alternative says. Photo: Transport for London

TransAlt to City: Give Us a ‘Bike Mayor’ Like London

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 10, 2019 | 7 Comments

It's time for New York to take the next step.

As Other Cities Lead on Street Safety, de Blasio Hits the Snooze Button

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 16, 2018 | 13 Comments

Madrid, like London before it, leads the way.

Mayor de Blasio was driven to his gym in a Chevy Suburban like this one.

London to Ban Cars in Center City, But New York’s Mayor Still Drives to the Gym

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 9, 2018 | 21 Comments

Mayor de Blasio talks about fighting fossil fuels, but does little about it.

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Cycling London’s Bicycle Superhighways

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 13, 2018

Two years after London's first truly protected "bicycle superhighways" debuted, they are clearly making an enormous difference.

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London Sets Out to Eliminate Traffic Deaths by 2041

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 26, 2018

London has reduced traffic deaths nearly 50 percent in the last decade, but Mayor Sadiq Khan isn't satisfied.

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