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Queens Council Member Joins Call for Study of a Pedestrian-Friendly Austin Street
Tiger Schulman! The City Council member who represents Forest Hills asked the city to make life more livable on Austin Street, a notoriously busy and congested commercial strip that local residents have suggested is perfect for a pedestrian-friendly redesign.
May 4, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Open Your Eyes Edition
We love the Department of Transportation, but not every announcement makes us jump for joy. Plus other news.
May 4, 2023
Cycling Advocate Killed By Trucker on Dangerous Brooklyn Street; Last Words from Mother: ‘Be Safe’
A cycling activist and member of Transportation Alternatives was killed while biking home from a Brooklyn grocery store on a dangerous street on Monday, according to his family and police.
May 3, 2023
EXCLU: McGuinness Blvd. to Go On Road Diet for Protected Bike Lanes
The city plans to install protected bike lanes on both sides of deadly McGuinness Boulevard and remove a car lane in each direction as part of a major redesign of the highway-like north Brooklyn road, Streetsblog has learned.
May 3, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: Another Weekend, and Quarter, of CARnage Edition
Fifty-one people — including a record-high nine people on bikes — were killed on the roads in the first quarter of 2023. Plus other news.
May 1, 2023
In Wake of Death, Pols Want Mid-Block Crossings, Safer Atlantic Ave.
"It is wrong how deadly this strip is," Council Member Lincoln Restler said of the portion of Atlantic Avenue that functions as a speedway for drivers between the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway and the Barclays Center.
May 1, 2023
DOT’s Long-Awaited Bedford Avenue Protected Bike Lane Has Widespread Support (Except for The Usual Critics)
The journey of a thousand miles has taken its first steps.
April 28, 2023
Experts Slam Lawsuit by Open Streets Opponents (Who, Of Course, Have No Problem with Cars)
Advocates and lawyers blasted a federal lawsuit aiming to end New York City's open streets program by accusing the three-year-old initiative that reclaimed space from cars of violating the rights of people with disabilities.
April 28, 2023
New Law Requires ‘Daylighting’ At 100 Intersections Each Year — After ‘Study’
Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers (D-Queens), who chairs the transportation committee, introduced the bill last year, when 16 kids were killed in traffic violence, a record high in the Vision Zero era.
April 28, 2023
DOT Unveils ‘Concepts’ For Deadly Ninth Street, But Advocates Want Something Bolder
The Department of Transportation will finally add a protected bike lane to a dangerous Brooklyn strip that it had left out of previous redesigns despite its well-known danger — a decision that likely led to the death in January of 37-year-old Sarah Schick, who was killed on a Citi Bike.
April 28, 2023
