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Eyes on the Street: Miracle on Fifth Avenue Near Rockefeller Center
Mayor de Blasio's bold plan to take lanes away from drivers and give them to pedestrians around Rockefeller Center is working — but only on the side streets that are actually closed to cars entirely.
December 9, 2019
MTA to City Hall: Stop Lying about Rockefeller Center Plan
Wow, it's a classic governmental back-and-forth, with an extra back-and-forth added in!
November 25, 2019
GRINCH NO MORE! Mayor Will Create More Pedestrian Space in Rockefeller Center for the Holidays
He's no longer a mean one, Mr. Mayor.
November 22, 2019
Study: Scaffolding Pushes Pedestrians Into The Street
Let's be safe out there — and let's get the city to put up signs before pedestrians get forced into roadways by scaffolding.
November 1, 2019
YULE BE PLEASED: City Plans to Help Ease Holiday Congestion in Midtown
The resulting reallocation will be almost double the amount of pedestrian space on Fifth Avenue near Rockefeller Center. Alas, it's as temporary as the Christmas season.
October 30, 2019
City Slow-Walks a Great Plan to Pedestrianize Part of Broadway
DOT says it is developing ideas for reclaiming the street on the Upper West Side. But it'll take a few years!
October 28, 2019
Brooklyn Pol Offers Poor Fix After Death of 10-Year-Old Boy: Advocates
“All bus stops should have bollards,” Council Member Chaim Deutsch said.
September 20, 2019
Corey Johnson’s Bold Words Show Leadership — And How We Can Hold Him Accountable
The Speaker's self-stated mission is to "break the car culture." If he becomes mayor, he owns that.
September 17, 2019
Eyes on the Street: Michael Collopy is Dead Because the City Failed Him
City officials are under fire following the death of a pedestrian after an apparent collision with a cyclist in Chelsea last month — but they're being slammed not doing more to protect the most vulnerable road users at many poorly designed intersections in the city where cars are outnumbered yet get the vast majority of the roadway anyway.
August 13, 2019
No Charges for Driver Who Ran Over a Woman — Twice — In a Crosswalk
Another pedestrian is dead in an already bloody week in an already very bloody year — and, yet again, the truck driver who killed her inside a marked crosswalk has not been charged.
July 24, 2019
