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‘Gold Standard’ Open Street Has Two Paths Forward To Become True ‘Paseo Park’

The DOT is contemplating two options for the 1.3 mile-long linear park in Jackson Heights. Which would you choose?

November 26, 2025

Street Safety Foe Paladino Joins the War on Cars After Queens Hot Wheels Mob Turns Violent

The longtime critic of street safety measures demanded action — but her proposed solution, speed bumps, wouldn't make much of a difference.

November 24, 2025

DOT Stands By Astoria Safety Project Despite Foes’ Anti-Bike Lawsuit

Businesses are suing — and doubling down on anti-safety misinformation — about a simple and important traffic calming and protected bike lane project in Astoria.

August 8, 2025

Riverdale Pols Push for Some Street Safety, But Balk at More Serious Interventions

To really make streets safer, Riverdale will have to reduce all that space for cars.

March 10, 2025

Fighting Crime Without Cops: New Report Shows Key Role of Streetscape

An ounce of preemptive streetscape improvements is worth a pound of cops.

January 13, 2025

Vision? Zero: Prospect Heights Seeks Daylighting for a Neighborhood with None

No streets are clear of parked cars as required under state law — and locals see it as evidence that the area’s streets "really are unsafe.”

November 14, 2023

DOT: McGuinness Fixes Will Start Next Week

The compromise plan will "save lives and make this corridor much easier to navigate for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists," according to Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.

August 29, 2023

KOMANOFF: What I Learned Outside a Chinatown Restaurant

Only two of 37 restaurant customers arrived by car. And one was in a cab.

May 31, 2023