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Sidewalk Security on Madison Avenue
In his spare time, StreetsBlog's new contributor, Jeff Zupan from the Regional Plan Association is roaming Manhattan snapping photos of security barricades and their impact on the city's street life. It's a big honor to have Jeff publishing here.
July 7, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Brooklyn Bridge, Thurs. June 29, 8:45 am
Manhattan-bound on the Brooklyn Bridge this morning,
on the way to Transportation Alternatives' City Hall rally. The traffic
jam on the right, the smog-cloaked city in the background, the sparsely
populated bike path -- this is what a broken transportation system
looks like.
June 29, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Central Park, Friday, June 23, 3:30 pm.
The following note just came across the Streetsblog transom, from Michael, a 29-year-old business-owner in Manhattan. Michael is a tri-athlete and trains daily in Central Park on his Softride bicycle. This is what happened to him on Friday:
June 26, 2006
Brooklyn Traffic
A correspondent sends in this photo of the morning commute on Bergen Street in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn. Moments before snapping it the photographer says he was "stopped at a light with six cyclists, all of whom looked at each other and smiled as if to say, 'any more of us and we'll need a permit!'" Including the cyclist who appears to be riding illegally on the sidewalk and the photographer standing in the middle of the street blocking traffic, I count six bikers. The neighborhoods around Downtown Brooklyn have the highest rates of bike commuting in all of New York City. This spring and summer is likely to set new records.
April 19, 2006
Making NYC’s Streets Safe for Hydrants & Pay Phones
Bollards are hardened steel, concrete or stone posts buried into the pavement of city streets and sidewalks. In Northern European cities you see bollards all over the place. They are used to make sure that if a motor vehicle accidentally jumps up on to a sidewalk, pedestrians are protected. Bollards are a kind of urban preventative medicine. They stop crashes before they happen.
October 14, 2005