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This Week: Tell DOT to Make the Grand Concourse a Complete Street
On Thursday you can weigh in how to make the Grand Concourse safer for all street users at a DOT workshop. The same day at Brooklyn CB 2, DOT will present several safety projects, including the Amity Street Wiggle.
January 17, 2017
This Week: Get Involved in the Next Round of Queens Blvd Safety Upgrades
It’s important to keep advocating for safe bikeways where people can ride outside the door zone on Queens Boulevard in Rego Park and Forest Hills, because allocating that street space to biking will involve more parking removal than previous sections of the project.
January 9, 2017
No, Giant Shared Ubers Aren’t About to Solve City Traffic Problems
MIT researchers got a ton of press for a mathematical model that showed sharing for-hire vehicles could replace 85 percent of New York City's taxi fleet. But their conclusions were built on shaky assumptions, says economist Joe Cortright.
January 6, 2017
DOT’s Atlantic Ave Plan Doesn’t Do Enough to Protect New Yorkers
The de Blasio administration and NYC DOT are not doing enough to protect people from life-threatening conditions on Atlantic Avenue, Transportation Alternatives says in a new report. The design changes currently on the table are too meager and don't cover sufficient territory to tame the 10-mile long street.
December 19, 2016
Larry Hogan’s “BaltimoreLink” Fails to Deliver for Transit Riders
After Maryland Governor Larry Hogan unilaterally killed plans for Baltimore's 14-mile Red Line light rail, he said he would make it up to the city with a set of bus improvements called BaltimoreLink. But a new analysis finds Hogan's package won't do much at all for Baltimore transit riders.
December 16, 2016
Portland Will Switch From Counting Vehicle Trips to Counting People Trips
All sorts of biases toward cars and driving are baked into traffic engineering conventions. In a promising development, Portland is taking steps to rethink these rules to promote walkable development.
December 15, 2016
Welcome to the New and Improved Streetsblog
For the first time in nearly nine years, we're debuting a sitewide redesign of Streetsblog.
December 14, 2016
Streetsblog NYC Is Moving Over to NYC.Streetsblog.org
For Streetsblog NYC readers, it’s time to change your bookmarks, your RSS feeds, and your mental image of the URL to visit. The NYC site is moving over to nyc.streetsblog.org.
December 14, 2016
Is E-Commerce Increasing Urban Truck Traffic? Don’t Be So Certain
The conventional wisdom holds that the boom in online retail is causing a big increase in truck traffic. But economist Joe Cortright at City Observatory is skeptical.
December 13, 2016
This Week: Tell DOT to Prioritize a Safer Times Plaza in 2017
On Saturday Transportation Alternatives will hold a rally, with Borough President Eric Adams, to urge the city to fix Times Plaza in 2017.
December 12, 2016