Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Broadway

This was a portion of Broadway on the Upper West Side on September 21 — neighbors meeting neighbors, kids playing, life slower. Photo: Jeff Prant

City Slow-Walks a Great Plan to Pedestrianize Part of Broadway

By Eve Kessler | Oct 28, 2019 | No Comments

DOT says it is developing ideas for reclaiming the street on the Upper West Side. But it'll take a few years!

UWS Group Shows DOT Why a Pedestrianized Broadway Would Be Great

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 24, 2019 | 6 Comments

Attendees relaxed, played, conversed and enjoyed the roadway — all common occurrences in cities with large pedestrianized zones, but almost completely unheard of in car-dominated New York. Is more on the way?

The Bx7 bus, which runs along Broadway for part of its route in the Bronx. A DOT proposal to give the Bx7 and other buses five-block, daytime bus lanes has roiled Community Board 8.

‘Progressives’ Should Support Public Transit Over Private Vehicles

By Jessica Haller | Jul 1, 2019 | 8 Comments

If you want to call yourself a "progressives" you need to stop opposing transit that serves the many, not the wealthier few with automobiles. Only then will we attain a safe and sustainable city.