Re-Emergence of ‘Broadway Vision’ Plan Startles Some By Eve Kessler | Jan 25, 2021 | No Comments Pedestrianization at Union Square gains impetus from a business-improvement district — not the DOT.
It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard? By Laura Shepard | Nov 22, 2020 | No Comments In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.
Open Storefronts! Mayor Expands Open Streets Program for Retailers (Sort Of!) By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 28, 2020 | No Comments The mayor had been under pressure from such civic groups as City Rise, which has been calling for repurposing roadways for retail.
OPINION: The Future of Urban Infrastructure Will be Fast (Build) By Colin Roche and Louis Pappas | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments The COVID pandemic has highlighted the city’s creativity in re-imagining how streets are used. But we need more ... oh so much more.
Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians By Eve Kessler | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.
New Civic Group — CityRise — Will Push Mayor To Counter ‘Carmageddon’ By Eve Kessler | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments CityRise will reach into tactical urbanist playbook in bid to make city streets livable post-COVID.