Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Janette Sadik-Khan

Mayor Adams isn't powerless to push the state to action on the BQE, our columnist writes. Photos: NYC DOT/NYC Mayor's Office/NACTO

OPINION: Mayor Adams Has Leverage to Force a Reluctant State DOT to Budge on the BQE

By Jon Orcutt | Feb 21, 2023 | No Comments

If Mayor Adams and his DOT really want a new end-to-end vision for the BQE, they should clearly say so — and compel the state back to the job using the legal tools at their disposal.

An illustration from the 1890s shows a healthy contingent of cyclists on Riverside Drive. Image: Courtesy Evan Friss

Op-Ed: Bike Booms Come and Go, So Mayor Adams Must Make Transformative Change

By Evan Friss | Dec 17, 2021 | No Comments

Gotham's incoming chief executive is inheriting the city's longest-running cycling boom. Will he seize the moment?

A cyclist enjoys the Prospect Park West bike lane — not noticing its subtle renaming (inset). Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Activist Honored at 10th Anniversary of ‘Eric McClure Bikeway on Prospect Park West’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 25, 2020 | No Comments

The Prospect Park West protected bike lane has now been — unofficially! — renamed for the activist who started it all off.

Mr. Car Culture himself. Photo: 78th Precinct.

Car Ownership Continues To Rise Under Mayor de Blasio

By David Meyer | Oct 3, 2018 | 47 Comments

Why is this happening? Many reasons — some of which are beyond the mayor's control.

Broadway and 43rd. After photo: David Meyer

The Times Square Plazas Are No Longer a Construction Zone

By David Meyer | Jan 3, 2017 | 10 Comments

Before 2009, Times Square was a hellish place to walk. Pedestrians outnumbered vehicles nine to one but were confined to just 10 percent of the street space. The creation of car-free plazas on Broadway changed the equation, and now those plazas are a permanent fixture of the street.

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Five Eclectic Questions for Streetfighter Janette Sadik-Khan

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 21, 2016 | No Comments

Right before former New York City Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan set off on a multi-city book tour for Streetfight (along with co-author Seth Solomonow), I was able to get a few minutes to ask her five eclectic questions in Washington Square Park. Want to know the story behind the appearance of hundreds of cheap lawn chairs on opening day in car-free Times […]

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