Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

The view south from Eighth Avenue and West 44th Street, where there are going to some ch-ch-changes. Photo: Dave Colon

Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan

By Dave Colon | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.

City DOT Still Mum on Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Busway

By Julianne Cuba | Apr 8, 2022 | No Comments

The busway is still dead in the water, even as bus speeds sink back to pre-pandemic levels and as busways in other boroughs are proving successful.

A bus. Does it need to be fast or does it need to be free? Photo: Tdorante10 via Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: It is Time to Revive the 34th Street Busway

By Deborah Baldwin | Feb 23, 2022 | No Comments

As Gov. Hochul talks up her plans for Penn Station, our trains need a rapid transit link now more than ever.

Median, what median? Traffic bound for the Ed Koch/Queensboro Bridge creates nightmarish conflicts at Park Avenue and 59th Street. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Park Avenue Plan Will Reclaim Car Space — But How Much … and for What?

By Eve Kessler | Jan 25, 2022 | No Comments

It's time to put the park back in Park Avenue. But how — that's the question.

Despite End of Holiday Season, DOT Has No Update on Long-Stalled Fifth Ave. Project

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 10, 2022 | No Comments

New mayor, same old problem. We are nearly two weeks into the New Year and the city still doesn’t have a plan for restarting the long-delayed redesign of Fifth Avenue — a street improvement project announced by former Mayor de Blasio in 2020, delayed and watered-down, but then scheduled to begin “after the holidays” of […]

Streetsies 2021: The Biggest Reasons To Hope For A Brighter Future

By Dave Colon | Dec 21, 2021 | No Comments

Let's highlight the news stories and developments that prove that maybe, just maybe, 2022 will be a transformative year.

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