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NYPD Keeps on Junking Up Midtown Streets With Fences and Barricades
While peer cities like London carve out more car-free space on their busiest streets for walking, NYPD is busy dropping metal fencing and concrete barriers all over Midtown, obstructing paths for pedestrians and cyclists.
December 4, 2017
NYPD Security Theater Takes Manhattan
Obtrusive new police barriers interfering with walking and biking paths are cropping up in Midtown and elsewhere. Do you feel safer, New York?
December 1, 2017
Adrian Blanc Was the Second Person Killed on the Same Union Square Block in 5 Years
Blanc was hit Tuesday as he crossed Union Square East at 14th Street. In 2012, at the other end of the block, Harry Robinson killed Roxana Buta with a DOT truck.
November 17, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Leading Bicycle Intervals and Semi-Protected Intersections
Readers are spying new DOT intersection treatments for bikeways popping up in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
October 27, 2017
NYPD Traffic Agents Wave Drivers Into 34th Street Bus Lane — It’s Official City Policy
The practice undermines the purpose of transit-only lanes, and the city has loosened bus lane camera enforcement to accommodate it.
September 20, 2017
City Council District 2 Candidates on Streets and Transportation Issues
In the 2nd District, which spans the East Village and Lower East Side, there are seven candidates to succeed term-limited Rosie Mendez: Ronnie Cho, Erin Hussein, Juan Pagan, Carlina Rivera, Jasmin Sanchez, Mary Silver, and Jorge Vasquez.
September 11, 2017
Only a Few City Council Candidates Are Taking the Looming L Train Shutdown Seriously
Many candidates endorsed the general concept of reducing car traffic and improving bus service and bicycling, but few would commit to the specific idea of a 14th Street dedicated solely to car-free transportation.
September 7, 2017
De Blasio’s Police Department Continues to Sabotage de Blasio’s Bike Infrastructure
For about two weeks, the new protected bike lane on Park Row outside City Hall worked the way it's supposed to work. So much for all that.
September 6, 2017
Park Row Security Zone to Reopen With Protected Bike Lane and New Pedestrian Space
Park Row in Chinatown, which NYPD has treated as a security checkpoint since 9/11, will get a bi-directional bikeway and 10,000 square feet of painted sidewalk from Worth Street to Frankfort Street.
August 31, 2017
The Bike Lane Outside City Hall Isn’t Full of Parked Cars Anymore
A frustrating gap in the Lower Manhattan bike network is about to get filled, as DOT crews wrap up installation of a curb-protected bike lane outside City Hall.
August 25, 2017
