Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan
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COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets
Comptroller: Reduce Speed Limits, Cars To Help Frontline Workers
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Stringer said major changes are necessary because "over 10 percent of frontline workers commuted to work via bike or foot" even before the pandemic.
ANALYSIS: 'Parking' Study Was Neutral — But It's The First Salvo in War on Cars
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An Upper West Side panel's call for a "study" of curbside use was anodyne, but the study may lead to changes that will forever end the notion of "free" parking. Let's hope.
Speeding Driver Kills Woman near 5MPH ‘Shared Street’ in Downtown Brooklyn
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Even in an area redesigned to prioritize people over automobiles, a driver still killed a woman Wednesday morning.
BREAKING: Judge Allows DOT to Put Morris Park Avenue on a Road Diet
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The ruling was just released and is posted below. We'll update later.
Brooklyn Pol Offers Poor Fix After Death of 10-Year-Old Boy: Advocates
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“All bus stops should have bollards,” Council Member Chaim Deutsch said.