Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

How Streetsblog covered the story in October — with one key editorial change.

Damage Control or Double-Down? CB9 To Make Announcement in Wake of Preventable Death

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 25, 2019 | 6 Comments

Community Board 9 may embrace a street safety redesign that it has long opposed for upper Amsterdam Avenue — and all it took was a young woman's death along the notorious speedway. Or maybe not.

Cars would not be able to exit the Brooklyn Bridge at the span's end, but would have to take their damn congestion elsewhere. Meanwhile, pedestrians and cyclists would get a huge boost. Photo: 2018 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Gabrielle Stroik Johnson.

Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan

By Ben Verde | Mar 19, 2019 | 7 Comments

Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.

All You Need to Know About Congestion Pricing in One Simple, Cute Film

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 16, 2019

Will Chilton, a video maker for former-President Obama, lends his talents to the fight against congestion.

A typical scene on Varick Street. You can tell it's a still because there's no honking.

Op-Ed: Varick Street Crossing Guards Are Telling a Tale of Congestion Pricing

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 28, 2018 | 17 Comments

The Times story on "adult crossing guards" reveals, though inadvertently, how our politicians have failed us.

The city will defy some local critics by removing a lane of car traffic to add turning bays and a bike lane. Photo: DOT

DOT Will Move Ahead with Ambitious Safety Plan for Bronx Killing Zone

By Gersh Kuntzman | Dec 6, 2018 | 23 Comments

After further review ... the DOT grew a spine on Morris Park Avenue!

A common scene in Times Square — pedestrians crammed into tight space, while drivers rule the road. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Times Square is Still A Mammoth S#!+show — But NYC Can Learn from London

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 29, 2018 | 5 Comments

Streetfilms takes you inside the belly of the beast.

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