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Keep L Train Passengers Moving With Great BRT
The news that Sandy-related repairs will require closing one or both directions of the L train under the East River (the “Canarsie Tube”) for one to three years has understandably caused panic among the estimated 230,000 daily passengers who rely on it. Businesses in Williamsburg that count on customers from Manhattan are also concerned about a significant downturn in sales. When the Canarsie Tube was shut down on weekends only last spring, it was bad enough for their bottom line, and this will be much worse.
February 4, 2016
NYC Motorists Kill 2 Pedestrians and Critically Injure 2 Others in 3 Days
In four separate crashes since Thursday, at least two people have been struck and killed while walking, and two others were critically injured.
February 1, 2016
The Problem With Designing a Public Space in a Sea of Traffic
Designing a successful public space surrounded by wide streets and a sea of traffic may sound like an exercise in futility, but that is what Forest City Ratner and DOT are trying to pull off at Brooklyn's Times Plaza.
January 28, 2016
Atlantic Avenue Speedway Claims Life of Rodney Graham, 49
Early Sunday morning, Rodney Graham was killed while crossing Atlantic Avenue when he was struck twice by separate motorists. Street safety advocates are calling on the city to implement significant design changes to prevent more loss of life.
January 11, 2016
Tonight: DOT Workshop on Atlantic Ave Segment Where Driver Killed Senior
Yesterday a motorist killed a senior who was trying to cross Atlantic Avenue at an intersection that has no crosswalks. Tonight DOT will host a public workshop to solicit input on a safer design for Atlantic between Georgia Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard, which includes the site of Monday's collision.
November 17, 2015
The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike
DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system.
October 19, 2015
Next Up for SBS: 23rd Street in Manhattan, Canarsie to Gravesend in Brooklyn
Two more enhanced bus routes are entering the project pipeline in NYC, one along a busy Manhattan crosstown street and the other snaking across a transit-hungry stretch of Brooklyn.
October 5, 2015
Seniors Are Not to Blame for NYC’s Failure to Make Streets Safer
In response to motorists fatally striking seniors in the Brooklyn South command, NYPD admonished seniors to be more careful when going outside. A recent fatality in the 70th Precinct is a prime example of how focusing on the behavior of victims is a wrongheaded and ineffective approach to street safety.
September 21, 2015