Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

This is happening more and more in residential communities, making our roadways less safe.

We Have Met the Enemy and It is Us: Residential Trucking Way Up During COVID

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 13, 2021 | No Comments

Before the pandemic, roughly 40 percent of deliveries were to residential zones — but now, according to the DOT, it's closer to 80 percent, which is why our streets are so congested and unsafe.

Would-be mayor Carlos Menchaca on his bike. Photo: Dave Colon

THE COLON CYCLE: Mayor Carlos Menchaca Would Get Rid Of One Million Parking Spots

By Dave Colon | Dec 24, 2020 | No Comments

Brooklyn City Council Member Carlos Menchaca wants to be your mayor. But first, he had to make the most important stop on the 2021 campaign trail: A bike ride with Streetsblog reporter Dave Colon.

The mayoral candidates pictured with the building of their dreams.

DECISION 2021: How Should the Next Mayor Move the City Beyond Vision Zero?

By Eve Kessler | Dec 22, 2020 | No Comments

It's the final chapter of our seven-part series on the mayoral candidates.

Transportation advocates want candidates in 2021 who'll paint the town red.

A Fairer, Safer City? Here's the Agenda

By Dave Colon | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments

Transit and safe streets are the foundation for climbing out of the coronavirus pandemic because street safety and transit improvements "can boost mobility, access, safety, and resiliency," a coalition of groups argue.

The Berry Street open street, which is beloved enough that residents want to lock it in forever. Photo: North Brooklyn Open Streets Community Coalition

Now Brooklynites Call For Permanent Open Streets In Williamsburg And Greenpoint

By Dave Colon | Nov 4, 2020 | No Comments

Another county heard from!

Whole Foods parks bike on the sidewalk on Houston Street, which could probably also use a cargo bike corral.

Manhattan Panel Kills Proposed Cargo Bike Corral … To Save Five Parking Spots

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2020 | No Comments

"A loss of parking spaces in Lower Manhattan is a travesty," says one community board member.

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