Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Removing cars and trucks from 42nd Street and replacing buses with a modern, low-flow, light-rail line would allow the full width of this crowded street to be used for a richly landscaped greenway and sustainable transport.
Illustration: Roxanne Warren

Op-Ed: For a Safe, Healthy City, We Need an Auto-Free Zone in Manhattan

By George Haikalis and Roxanne Warren | Apr 1, 2020 | No Comments

COVID-19 underscores that closing streets to traffic and enhancing amenities in the crowded core will be vital to the survival of urban America.

Horn-blowing activists stormed Sixth Avenue on Tuesday to demand protection for all road users. Photo: Dave Colon

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Activists Make Music To Demand DOT Fix Sixth Avenue’s ‘Road To Nowhere’

By Dave Colon | Jan 14, 2020 | No Comments

And the city says it's finally ready to make the fix.

Motorcycles take up less space, are easier on roads, and pollute less than SUVs. Should they be exempted from the coming congestion-pricing scheme? Photo: Chris Sequeira

Op-Ed: Should We Toll Motorcycles Like SUVs?

By Chris Sequeira | Nov 19, 2019 | No Comments

The coming of congestion pricing in Manhattan brings questions about the best mix of vehicles for the Central Business District.

TransAlt says the city should create more space for cyclists, like these crowded riders sharing space with pedestrians on the Queensboro Bridge, during the crisis. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

Council Members: DOT Stalling on Queensboro

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2019 | 56 Comments

The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.

People biking, walking, and working must all compete for the same narrow space on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Twitter/Laura Newman

Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge

By Steve Scofield | Jul 30, 2019 | 41 Comments

The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.

A pedestrian/traffic mashup near the Plaza Hotel at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street shows just how dangerous it is on one of New York's grandest thoroughfares. Photo: Liam Jeffries

Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!

By Liam Jeffries | Jul 22, 2019 | 7 Comments

The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.

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