Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

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.

Is this guy replacing a trip he'd usually take in a car? Photo: Dave Colon

E-Scooters Are Already Here — And The City Needs To Adapt

By Dave Colon | Oct 8, 2020 | No Comments

Say it now: We already need bigger bike lanes — and with more people riding scooters, we need them now.

Sign of the times: A temporary 'street for people' on the Upper West Side. Photo: Eve Kessler

New Civic Group — CityRise — Will Push Mayor To Counter ‘Carmageddon’

By Eve Kessler | Sep 23, 2020 | No Comments

CityRise will reach into tactical urbanist playbook in bid to make city streets livable post-COVID.

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