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Thursday’s Headlines: Support for School Streets Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Jan 19, 2023 | No Comments

The parent company of Streetsblog wants to help communities make their school house streets safer by creating the first-ever "School Streets Toolkit," plus a webinar next week. Plus other news.

The 34th Avenue Open Street. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Opinion: Open Plans Lays Out Its ‘Joyful, Sustainable’ Future for a People-Centered NYC

By Sara Lind and Michael Sutherland | Jan 9, 2023 | No Comments

Manage public space better. Eliminate parking mandates. Manage the curb. These and other ideas from the city's leading proponents of livable streets.

Families enjoy the W. 22nd Open Street in Chelsea. Photo: Melodie Bryant

Community Board 4 Wants Shared Street on W. 22nd — And Continued Open Street in the Meantime

By Kevin Duggan | Jan 5, 2023 | No Comments

A Manhattan community board wants the city to turn the embattled W. 22nd open street into a permanent shared street — the latest twist in a saga that has seen the popular play street under fire from a small group of opponents.

You can have a lot of fun on a car-free Fifth Avenue. Photos: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

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Monday’s Headlines: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Because No Cars) Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Dec 5, 2022 | No Comments

The biggest story of the day was Mayor Adams's holiday wonderland on a car-free Fifth Avenue. But there was a lot of other news this weekend!

New Yorkers enjoyed Summer Streets in Manhattan last year, but Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso wants just as much as his neighboring borough. Photo: DOT

Bigger and Better: Brooklyn BP Wants Summer Streets Longer Than Manhattan

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 29, 2022 | No Comments

Spread Summer Streets, it's the Brooklyn way.

Ghost of Christmas past: This was Rockefeller Center before the Adams administration stepped in. Photo: Stunt Queen

Wednesday’s Headlines: Winter Wonderland Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | Nov 23, 2022 | No Comments

We had already read about it in Time Out New York's rare scoop last week, but the Adams administration released the details of its Fifth Avenue holiday open street plan yesterday — and it puts the "wonderful" in the "most wonderful time of the year." Plus other news.

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