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Gale Brewer Endorses TA’s 14th Street PeopleWay Campaign
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer wants to prioritize buses, bikes, and pedestrians on Manhattan's 14th Street when the L train shuts down for 18 months beginning in January 2019. Brewer signed onto Transportation Alternatives' "PeopleWay" campaign yesterday after meeting with campaign organizers.
August 30, 2016
Bronx CB 8 Delays Vote on Play Street Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old
Bronx Community Board 8 delayed a decision on whether to approve a play street application from the school where a motorist killed 8-year-old Rylee Ramos, when people complained that a play street at a different school would interfere with their driving.
August 10, 2016
Summer Streets 2016 Gets Started Tomorrow
If you're old enough to remember when Summer Streets -- which begins tomorrow -- was a wild new idea, it probably won't surprise you that this isn't the first year we've pointed out that Summer Streets has become a completely normal thing.
August 5, 2016
Maloney: Use L Train Shutdown to “Upgrade Our Bus Service”
New York City should use the impending L train shutdown to make long-term improvements to bus service, U.S. Representative Carolyn Maloney said at a public forum last night.
June 30, 2016
NYC Needs a Car-Free 14th Street When the L Closes — And When It Returns
In 2019, the L train west of Williamsburg will be shut down so the MTA can repair Sandy-related damage to subway tunnels under the East River. Hundreds of thousands of people will have to find other ways to get around, and there's no conceivable way to do that without dedicating a lot of street space to buses, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
June 23, 2016
New Twist for Summer Streets This Year — A Low-Car Zone Way Downtown
In addition to the customary three Saturdays of car-free streets on Park Avenue and Lafayette Street this summer, the city will be trying out something new for Summer Streets. From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on August 13, car traffic will be limited within a 60-block area of the Financial District.
June 16, 2016
Car-Free “Boogie on the Boulevard” Opens Up the Grand Concourse for Play
Sunday marked the first car-free "Boogie on the Boulevard" of 2016, and for a few hours on a few blocks, the center lanes of the Grand Concourse were full of people.
May 31, 2016
Car-Free Day Doesn’t Mean Much Without New Policies to Reduce Traffic
New York City is America's car-free capital, home to eight and half million people, most of whom get around without owning a car. When so many of us already live car-free, what more can come out of an event like last Friday's Car-Free Day?
April 28, 2016
Scenes From NYC’s First “Car Free Day”
New York City's first "Car Free Day," the brainchild of City Council Transportation Chair Ydanis Rodriguez, is underway.
April 22, 2016