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Scott Stringer Channels Robert F. Kennedy in Vision for Mid-Block Playgrounds
A back-to-the-future plan to turn through streets into cul-de-sacs with playgrounds in the middle (and FedEx on the sidewalk).
April 29, 2019
Four Lessons for 14th Street From Toronto’s Transit-First King Street
The city is undertaking an experiment by creating a transit and truck priority route on 14th Street — based on a successful version in Toronto. But has New York's Department of Transportation completely followed the lesson plan of Toronto's King Street — or just selected a few items off the a la carte menu?
April 29, 2019
Andy Byford Was A Hidden Hand in Mayor’s Winning 14th Street ‘Busway’ Plan
The New York City Transit president was a driving force behind the plan — and, in fact, pioneered a successful version of it when he ran the transit system in Toronto.
April 24, 2019
The City Might Give Up Its Plan to Ban Cars On One Jackson Heights Street
The city may surrender a years-in-the making plan to transform a Jackson Heights street into a pedestrian friendly car-free plaza because of a well-connected, wait for it, car dealership!
March 21, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
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.
March 19, 2019
As Other Cities Lead on Street Safety, de Blasio Hits the Snooze Button
Madrid, like London before it, leads the way.
October 16, 2018
Barcelona’s Superblocks: Change the Grid, Change Your Neighborhood
Without dangerous, noisy car traffic overrunning the streets, superblocks are full of life.
August 7, 2018
Don’t Forget That “Summer Streets” Starts Saturday
Oh, but wouldn't it be great if Manhattan was always car-free?
August 3, 2018
Madrid Moves to Boot Car Traffic Out of Its City Center
A major city center without cars? Madrid is going to come close sometime in the next year, says the administration of Mayor Manuela Carmena.
May 25, 2018
In Its Third Year, Car-Free Day Isn’t Getting Any Bigger
Car-Free Day is a fine event that suffers from being something of a political orphan. Mayor de Blasio has never embraced it and made it his own, and without mayoral backing it hasn't attained the scale of more notable car-free events around the world.
February 13, 2018
