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DOT Adds Welcome Chunk of Pedestrian Space to Bronx Broadway Hellscape
DOT reclaimed a nice chunk of space for pedestrians on a corner of Broadway in the Bronx, bringing some relief to an area that's otherwise deplorable for New Yorkers who walk and bike.
February 26, 2016
Eyes on the Street: DIY School Zone Traffic-Calming in Corona
Today Transportation Alternatives staff and members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany, asking legislators to allow NYC to install speed enforcement cameras near every school in the city. This example of a crossing guard's efforts to defend school kids in Queens, courtesy of Streetfilms' Clarence Eckerson Jr., is another good illustration of why the state should lift arbitrary enforcement restrictions.
February 9, 2016
Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today
Over a decade after the project's first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood's 215th Step-Street is complete.
February 3, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Just Another Brush With Death at a Typical NYC Crossing
The design of 29th Street and 39th Avenue in Long Island City is typical of thousands of New York City crossings: an intersection of relatively narrow streets where drivers are allowed to park to the edge of crosswalks with no design elements to force motorists to slow down.
January 8, 2016
Eyes on the Street: Transformation Department Reclaims First Ave Bike Lane
Check it out. With a few traffic cones and DIY signage, the Transformation Department this morning reclaimed the First Avenue bike lane under the Queensboro Bridge.
December 18, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Safer Crossing Shaping Up at Broadway and Sherman
Earlier this year DOT put Inwood’s Sherman Avenue on a road diet, reducing the number of lanes for motor vehicles and adding bike lanes along the length of the street, from Broadway to 10th Avenue. That plan included a redesign of the intersection of Sherman at Broadway that now looks close to complete.
November 23, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Flex Posts Keep Drivers Out of 158th Street Bike Lane
Reader Alec Melman sent these before-and-after pics of the bikeway on 158th Street in Manhattan, which is now protected with flex posts. The lane is part of a package of Upper Manhattan bike improvements intended to make biking and walking safer between the Hudson River Greenway and the High Bridge.
October 30, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Progress on Pulaski Bridge Bikeway
Last week DOT posted photos of construction work on the Pulaski Bridge bikeway on the project's Facebook page. DOT is adding a protected lane that will create more room for people who bike and walk the bridge, which connects Greenpoint and Long Island City over Newtown Creek.
October 15, 2015
Eyes on the Street: DOT Begins Filling Gap in First Av Bike Lane [Updated]
The Pope has left town and the United Nations General Assembly is over, meaning it's time to make First Avenue a better place to bike and walk.
October 8, 2015