Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

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!

This man needs a neckdown — but the city's own rules require the city to find a community partner before making roadways safe for pedestrians (though unsafe roadways need no community partner). Photo: Lisa Orman

Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians

By Eve Kessler | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.

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How Far Behind is the U.S. in Street Safety? We Can Show You in Three Charts

By Kea Wilson | Oct 10, 2020 | No Comments

We knew it was bad, but not THIS bad.

A Queens intersection where a hit-and-run driver struck a woman earlier this year. The state comptroller audited the city DOT's units that fix intersections and found that they needed improvements.

State Audit Finds Some Dysfunction at DOT

By Eve Kessler | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

The state watchdog finds broken traffic cameras, interminable studies, missing fixes in four-year review of DOT practices.

The Brooklyn Bridge promenade is a cramped nightmare. File photo: Elizabeth Press

EXCLUSIVE: City Pays Out Five Figures To Brooklyn Bridge Bike Crash Victim, Admits Dangerous Conditions

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 7, 2020 | No Comments

The city admitted under oath that it has done little to make the pathway safer.

Pols, including State Senator Mike Gianaris (far right), Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer (far left) and Jessica Ramos (next to Brewer) joined Council Members Jimmy Van Bramer and Ben Kallos, and DOT officials, on the Queensboro Bridge on Monday. Photo: Office of Mike Gianaris

A Beautiful Day on the Queensboro Bridge — Will It Lead to More Space for Oppressed Pedestrians?

By Streetsblog | Oct 6, 2020 | No Comments

Participants in Monday's walkthrough said they got a firm quasi-commitment that the city would take back a lane on the Queensboro Bridge from car drivers and finally give it back to pedestrians.

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