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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
Three Pieces of the Manhattan Grid Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day
New York will create three car-free zones on Earth Day, April 22, as part of an initiative called "Car Free NYC" announced by City Council Transportation Committee Chair Ydanis Rodriguez this morning.
March 16, 2016
Broadway Ticket Sales Are Through the Roof. Damned Plazas!
In case you missed it, the Broadway theater business is booming.
February 29, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016
500 People Ate Dinner on a Freeway in Akron This Weekend
How's this for a creative reuse of outdated 20th century infrastructure? This weekend, 500 people in Akron, Ohio, sat down and had dinner together on the Innerbelt Freeway.
October 5, 2015
It’s Past Time to Make Summer Streets Even Greater
When Summer Streets launched in 2008, it was accompanied by a veritable New York media firestorm. "Will Car-Free 'Summer Streets' Work?" asked the Times. "Businesses Brace for Summer Streets," warned WNYC. Seven years on, New York's marquee car-free event has become a popular August institution. It's time for more.
August 17, 2015
Mark Your Calendars: Summer Streets Returns in August
Another summer, another edition of Summer Streets.
July 23, 2015
Eyes on the Street: New 215th Step-Street, With Bike Ramp, Taking Shape
It's been a year since we checked up on the 215th Step-Street in Inwood, where the northern section of the long, steep stairway looks to be nearly finished -- complete with bike ramp.
January 7, 2015