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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
STANDING ORDER: Legislators Demand Public Seating at the Moynihan Train Hall
Every bum needs a place to relax.
February 4, 2022
Op-Ed, Part II: Conversion to EVs is a Once-in-a-Century Chance to Fix Many Car Culture Problems
January 6, 2022
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
December 1, 2021
OPINION: Let’s Make the Open Culture Program Permanent
November 3, 2021
Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way
Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.
October 8, 2021
Open Plans Brings on Three New Hires in Fight for Livable Streets
October 4, 2021
Enjoy Another Pedestrianized Part of Broadway — for a Month Only!
A 'pop-up' plaza in the Flatiron District will help restaurants, but safe-streets activists want more.
October 1, 2021
OPINION: ‘Playable’ Cities Are the Next Public-Space Frontier
How everyday infrastructure and street furniture can stoke human imagination — and contribute to residents' well being.
September 22, 2021
Pedestrians Will Get More Space on Cramped Lexington Avenue … In 2024
The city's ongoing systemic discrimination against pedestrians is slowly being remedied. Up next: A key Midtown corridor where walkers outnumber drivers more than four to one.
August 27, 2021
