Two More Reasons to Support Congestion Pricing: Safety and Transit Accessibility
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The money would fund improvements to disabled transit riders while also making roadways safer for pedestrians and cyclists.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elderly & Disabled
Senior Who Killed Pedestrian Madeline Sershen Pleads Guilty
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A slap on the wrist for a driver who killed.
Queens Residents Demand Retests for Older Drivers After 88-Year-Old Kills Teen In Whitestone
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Drivers lose skills as they age, so why aren't they retested? More than 200 Queens residents rallied on Monday to ask that very question.
If You Can’t Take the Stairs, Only 23 Percent of Subway Stations Are Accessible — on a Good Day
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For mobility-impaired New Yorkers, riding the subway can be impossible. Only 110 of the system's 472 stations have stair-free access, and even at those stations, elevators don't serve every platform and are often out of commission, with little or no public notice.
DOT Secures Federal Grant to Add More Sidewalk Seating
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A federal grant will bring more public benches to NYC sidewalks, DOT announced yesterday. The CityBench program, a PlanNYC initiative launched in 2011, has brought hundreds of steel benches to streets across the boroughs. DOT marked the installation of the 1,500th bench yesterday, at MS 22 in the Bronx, and said the Federal Transit Authority has awarded the […]
As Baby Boomers Age, They Take Their Foot Off the Gas
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They may be remembered as the driving-est generation. Baby Boomers, who came of age in the heyday of suburbia, have always driven more than any other generation. At the height of their driving years, boomers averaged 51 miles per day. They continue to drive 17 percent more than all other age groups, according to a […]