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TRASH TALK! Mayor Wants To Think About Getting Filthy, Rodent-Infested Garbage Bags out of Pedestrians’ Way
"It sure is an interesting idea. It's something I'm happy to look at," he said.
November 3, 2020
Long-Stalled Third Avenue Safety Project Finally Begins … And Leaves Out Dangerous Areas and Communities of Color
When George W. Bush was still president, the feds allocated $14.6 million to the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway. Fifteen years later, large swaths of the safe route have yet to be built, and the protected pathway stops short of the most deadly sections of Third Avenue.
October 30, 2020
CYCLE OF RAGE: DOT Begins Arduous Process of Getting a Queens Community Board to Enter the 21st Century
The process that the Department of Transportation uses to make city roadways safer and more hospitable to human being is a broken one. An opinion piece from last night's CB3 meeting in Queens.
October 29, 2020
Open Storefronts! Mayor Expands Open Streets Program for Retailers (Sort Of!)
The mayor had been under pressure from such civic groups as City Rise, which has been calling for repurposing roadways for retail.
October 28, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: DOT Will Take the Lead on Future of 34th Avenue as a ‘Permanent’ Open Street
The Department of Transportation will lay out a "long-term" plan next week for the roadway's "transformation," Streetsblog has learned.
October 22, 2020
Manhattan Pedestrian Killed by Revel Moped Rider
A Revel scooter operator ran down and killed an Upper West Side senior last month, police revealed on Wednesday.
October 21, 2020
Vision Zero Cities: Removing Police from Traffic Enforcement Is Crucial — and Hard!
The biggest hold-up, says Council Member Carlina Rivera, is “political will.” But that's not all.
October 21, 2020
Monday’s Headlines: Focus on Pedestrians Edition
We spent a lot of time this weekend nerding out on which world capitals are truly great places for pedestrians. And New York didn't fare so well. Check out that report and others in today's news digest.
October 19, 2020
Worst Practices: How Urban Planning Fails Vision Zero
October 14, 2020
Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians
Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.
October 13, 2020
