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Chinatown’s Doyers Open Street to Become a Car-Free Plaza
A street that is useless for motorists in a neighborhood with virtually no open space will finally get the treatment it, and its neighbors, deserve.
July 19, 2022
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
June 29, 2022
OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car
Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.
June 8, 2022
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
May 18, 2022
CAR CULTURE 101: ‘We Need New Station Houses Because of NYPD’s Illegal Parking,’ Communities Say
The antidote to illegal cop parking? Why, more parking, of course, say many community boards.
May 4, 2022
Design Trust Releases Public Space Management ‘Toolkit’
Group seeks to smooth way for small-fry community and business organizations in 'placemaking' efforts.
April 29, 2022
City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs
A pilot program to get trash bags off sidewalks will move beyond Manhattan — first, to Brooklyn. But can it do enough fast enough to curtail 'NY's 5 o'clock shadow'?
April 21, 2022
Adams’s Blueprint for Recovery is Vague on Public Space, Trash, Parking Reduction and Other Key Initiatives
Mayor Adams on Thursday revealed a pretty hefty — but not-so-detailed — blueprint for reviving the city. But what's in the "Rebuild, Renew, Reinvent" blueprint for the livable streets crowd? Here's what we found...
March 10, 2022
Hearing Day: Could Fees for Outdoor Dining Lead to Proper Pricing of City’s Curbs?
The DOT envisions charging for space now given away in the Open Restaurant program. But its piecemeal approach shows the need for public space management.
February 9, 2022
Outdoor Dining Under Fire: Advocates Want Equity at the Curb, Not Parking
The City Council will hear testimony on Tuesday from many opponents of the Open Restaurants program — and livable streets activists agree on one thing with the NIMBYs: curbside space should generate the most public benefit (in other words, it isn't for free parking).
February 7, 2022
