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OPINION: What Street Vendors Want From the Next Mayor
The Yang dust-up was only the latest in a long saga of slights. Here are the policies these small businesses demand.
April 19, 2021
OPINION: Citi Bike’s Lessons for Open Streets
Mayor de Blasio — who has it much easier than his predecessor when it comes to urban amenities — should follow the bike-share playbook, says a co-host of the "War on Cars" podcast.
April 16, 2021
Yang Calls For Permanent Open Streets Program With City Funding
The mayoral candidate said he would direct city funding to a permanent open streets program, a priority for open streets volunteers who need help to keep the popular program humming.
April 4, 2021
ANALYSIS: What IS de Blasio’s ‘Permanent Open Streets’ Plan Anyway?
Community groups are raising their own funding, volunteer ranks are thinning, drivers are getting aggressive — will this lone benefit of the pandemic collapse as the mayor dithers?
March 16, 2021
PARKING MADNESS 2021: An Upper Manhattan Battle of Two Heavyweights
It's the 3-0 vs. the 3-4 — and everyone has been waiting for this matchup for years.
March 9, 2021
Transportation Alternatives Wants Mayoral Candidates To Commit to 25% More Open Space
Vision Zero? How about Vision 25 by 25?
March 1, 2021
KOMANOFF: Don’t Regulate NYC Helicopter Flights, End Them
A noise, fuel and open space gives a preview of his City Council testimony on Wednesday.
February 16, 2021
THE GARCIA TRANSPORTATION PLAN: It’s Not Bold, But it IS Doable
"Renderings look great, but they don't mean much if you can't get it done," Garcia told Streetsblog on Tuesday morning.
February 2, 2021
Council Hopeful Champions a Pedestrianized Broadway in Manhattan Contest
Sara Lind runs on a plan to revive Upper West Side businesses with rezoning, street improvements and greenery.
February 1, 2021
OPINION: A Livable Streets Agenda for the 2021 Mayor’s Race … And Beyond
A rare op-ed from the city's leading lawyer for victims of road violence.
January 21, 2021
