Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Infrastructure

Mike Bloomberg — clearly he's been listening to Streetsblog. Photo: Politicker

Bloomberg’s Infrastructure Plan: Save Lives, Boost Transit, Stop Building Roads

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 22, 2020 | No Comments

Would-be president Mike Bloomberg would focus mostly on maintaining roads and bridges we already have, rather than building new ones, while also investing three times more money in transit.

The proposed, and currently unnamed, Penn Station South. Maybe they can name it after Henrik Lundqvist. Photo: Governor Cuomo's Office

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‘Master Builder’ Cuomo Pitches Old Proposal For New ‘Penn Station South’

By Dave Colon | Jan 7, 2020 | No Comments

A possibly $8-billion proposal would raise the total number of train tracks at Penn Station to 29 and serve 175,000 commuters per day, the governor said.

A rendering imagines what the F train York Street Station would look like with pulsating lights. Image: Delson or Sherman

Op-Ed: Fix DUMBO’s Dangerous Subway Station

By Jeffrey Sherman | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

The fire-trap F train station at York Street desperately needs a second entrance, but the MTA has no plans to fix it.

A rider takes an e-scooter for a cruise on a city street.

Op-Ed: New York Needs More Micro-Mobility Lanes Now

By Melinda Hanson | Oct 14, 2019 | No Comments

Cities are setting ambitious goals to reduce the impact of climate change. But most are hoping electric cars save the day. They won't. They're still cars.

A cyclist going downhill on the Hudson Greenway bike bypass confronts a driver on a Parks Department-only path at 79th Street. The offending dumpster, which apparently had already been moved out of the path, is on the right. Photo: Ken Coughlin

Eyes on the Street: Fresh Hazards for Riverside Park Bike Bypass

By Eve Kessler and Vivian Lipson | Jul 15, 2019 | 22 Comments

The Parks Department is protecting pedestrians by sending cyclists up and down a steep, confusing path — and watch out for that Dumpster!

A DOT rendering from the second phase of the Atlantic Avenue rebuild shows bike lanes along the median. Image: DOT

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Op-Ed: The Atlantic Avenue Rebuild Is Taking Too Long

By David Herman | Jun 24, 2019 | 11 Comments

The next chapter of the Department of Transportation’s long-awaited rebuild of Atlantic Avenue — one of the city’s deadliest corridors — won’t likely start until 2021.

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