Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg says she'll help make buses run faster. Photo: MTA/Flickr

Changes Coming to Deadly Church Ave. In Hopes of Increasing Bus Speeds

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 12, 2019 | 9 Comments

One of the most deadly streets in Brooklyn is slated for upgrades this summer as part of the city's campaign for safer streets and faster bus service, transportation officials announced Monday.

On Thursday night, DOT officials unveiled their plan to allow car-storers to continue to use the public right of way to block safety improvements. Board member Steve Harrison, who doesn't want to remove parking, is on the far right. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT to Bay Ridge: You Get Unsafe Bike Lanes Because We Don’t Want to Remove Parking

By Dave Colon | May 10, 2019 | 18 Comments

The DOT offers "murderstrips" instead of protected bike lanes — even though Bay Ridge residents are increasingly open to real safety improvements. How is this Vision Zero?

Here's Council Member Mark Gjonaj chanting, "Shame! Shame!" in the middle of the street last year to protest traffic safety improvements to Morris Park Avenue.

Bronx Pol Mark Gjonaj Takes Victory Lap In Stopping Morris Park Avenue ‘Road Diet’

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 3, 2019 | 4 Comments

A court has halted the city's plan to fix a dangerous roadway.

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.

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