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3 Ways NYC Can Avoid Future Snow Removal Travesties for Peds and Cyclists
Here we are a whole work week after Winter Storm Jonas dumped two feet of snow on New York, and the streets are still not passable for a lot of New Yorkers who get around without driving.
January 29, 2016
Brooklyn Beep Eric Adams Funds Eight Concrete Curb Extensions
Eight new concrete curb extensions are coming to five Brooklyn intersections after a $1 million pledge from Borough President Eric Adams.
September 21, 2015
Levine Stands Up for Riverside Drive Road Diet Under Attack By CB 9
A plan to calm traffic on a speeding-plagued stretch of Riverside Drive in West Harlem would be gutted if Community Board 9 members get their way, but Council Member Mark Levine, who represents the area, wants DOT to move ahead with the safety plan.
March 6, 2015
Who’s Against Better Sidewalks and Bus Stops? These People…
Bus bulbs are sidewalk extensions at bus stops that enable passengers to board without the driver pulling in and out of traffic. They save transit riders time, shorten crossing distances for pedestrians, and keep sidewalks from getting cluttered by bus stop furniture. Who could be against that?
February 6, 2015
DUMBO Street Upgrades: Big Curb Expansions + Contraflow Bike Lane
DUMBO, where NYC DOT launched its public plaza program more than seven years ago, is set to get more pedestrian space as the city expands sidewalks and reworks oddly-shaped intersections beneath the Manhattan Bridge. The project also includes a contraflow bike lane to improve connections from DUMBO to the Manhattan Bridge, Jay Street, and Downtown Brooklyn [PDF].
January 28, 2015
DOT Proposes Riverside Drive Traffic Calming, But Not Bike Lanes
Last night, DOT presented a plan to the Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee that would bring pedestrian safety improvements and a road diet to Riverside Drive, but DOT is proposing no bike lanes for the popular cycling route [PDF].
January 9, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Dodging Drivers on the Sidewalk
Heads up, New Yorkers. You never know when your neighborhood sidewalk will turn into a construction detour for motorists.
December 17, 2014
Pima County Holds Better Sidewalks Hostage to Get a Road Expansion
West of downtown Tucson, Arizona, the city runs up against the interstate first and then the mountains, cutting off development. But east of downtown, the city sprawls on for miles. The Sunshine Mile, a shopping and dining corridor centered on Broadway Boulevard, stretches two miles just east of downtown, between Euclid Avenue and Country Club Road.
December 16, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Keeping Trash Off the Sidewalks in Buenos Aires
Clarence Eckerson has been following our #sidewalkhogs competition while in South America. He sends this photo from Buenos Aires.
July 8, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Whole Foods Takes the Whole Bike Lane (and Sidewalk)
The huge surface parking lot and inward-facing, suburban-style design were bad enough. Now the Gowanus Whole Foods Market is taking over the Third Avenue bike lane and sidewalk as a private loading zone.
May 2, 2014