Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sidewalks

Three Common Types of Bike Laws That Are Overdue for an Overhaul

By Kea Wilson | Aug 24, 2022 | No Comments

There is almost no evidence that cycling regulations are making U.S. streets safer, and more than enough evidence that they should be overhauled to prevent disproportionately harmful impacts against people of color, a new study finds.

Underground trash containers in Barcelona. Similar containers may be used in NYCHA's coming containerization pilot, according to an RFP. Photo: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Reciclatge_Llinars_Catalunya.JPG

NYC to Contractors: We Want To Get Serious About Trash Containerization

By Eve Kessler | Aug 22, 2022 | No Comments

Forget about the small-ball (and bin!) pilots. This is the Big Kehuna — a 'scalable' pilot that will modify 'sanitation fleets and staffing practices.'

The view south from Eighth Avenue and West 44th Street, where there are going to some ch-ch-changes. Photo: Dave Colon

Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan

By Dave Colon | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.

What pedestrians must wade through many nights. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Advocates: The City’s ‘Clean Curbs’ Pilot is Too Small

By Eve Kessler | May 10, 2022 | No Comments

The limited scale of Clean Curbs — basically, the piloting of off-the-shelf storage sheds for bags — hampers the city's goals because it does not require the total rethinking of garbage-collection methods, which is what the city ultimately needs.

Mayor Adams pointed to the new trash enclosures installed by the Times Square Alliance under the Clean Curbs program at press conference on Wednesday. Photo: Mayor's Office

City Will Extend Tiny Clean Curbs Program to All Boroughs

By Eve Kessler | Apr 21, 2022 | No Comments

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'?

A lane and the sidewalk are closed for repairs on the southbound side of the Broadway Bridge in upper Manhattan. Photo: Eve Kessler

Eyes on the Street: The Broadway Bridge Construction is a Clusterf—k

By Eve Kessler | Dec 14, 2021 | No Comments

Long-term unsafe conditions will continue on the Broadway Bridge spanning the Spuyten Duyvil Creek between Inwood and Marble Hill as the city rehabs the key Harlem River crossing.

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