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Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan
COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.
April 1, 2020
Wednesday’s Headlines: Slow Rolling Disaster Edition
The death toll passed 1,000 in the city yesterday, the Post reported, making a sad mockery of our ever-upward state motto. Plus the other news.
April 1, 2020
Advocates: MTA’s Finance Quick Fix Should Not Become Permanent
State budget negotiators are considering touching the ultimate third-rail of MTA funding — raiding revenue sources that are earmarked for capital improvements — in order to stave off an immediate fiscal collapse.
April 1, 2020
EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …
The temporary protected bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn is an unmitigated (well, almost entirely unmitigated*) success — a quick solution to a long-dangerous gap in the bike network that was undertaken efficiently by a strapped Department of Transportation.
March 31, 2020
… But Second Avenue’s Temporary PBL Has DISAPPEARED!
The Department of Transportation has not maintained its own temporary protected bike lane at the notoriously dangerous Second Avenue gap near the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan, forcing cyclists to ride with drivers racing to turn left into the tunnel.
March 31, 2020
Mayor to Extend ‘Open Streets’ Plan through Sunday
The four stretches of roadway set aside as a four-day, car-free pilot program last week will continue as open space for pedestrians through Sunday, Streetsblog has learned.
March 31, 2020
A Round and a Roundy: Life During Wartime
This week, our editorial cartoonist, Bill Roundy, broadens his palette beyond street safety issues to the wider world we're living in today.
March 31, 2020
Tuesday’s Headlines: Our Ship Has Come in Edition
Let's read the New York Times — and internalize our own oppression! Plus the other news of the day (including that big hospital boat).
March 31, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: The Latest from our LAPTOPS Edition
We finally heard from DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg over the weekend, who was (as always) thrust into the unenviable position of having to defend as bold actions undertaken by her boss that are, in fact, the opposite of bold. Plus the other news.
March 30, 2020
Op-Ed: Let’s Build a Network of ‘Quiet Streets’
COVID19 demonstrates the need for more space for people — like this gorgeous rendering above.
March 30, 2020
