Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about #StuckAtDOT

The Department of Sanitation has been promising for two years that New York will get some below-grade trash containers. We're still waiting. Photo: Marvel Architects and Recycle Track Systems, in partnership with Sam Schwartz Engineering and HR&A Advisors

Sanitation Dept. Urged to Get Garbage out of Pedestrians’ Way

By Eve Kessler | Oct 8, 2021 | No Comments

Nineteen months after 'Clean Curbs" was announced with great fanfare, not a container has been sited anywhere. The next mayor ought to get cracking.

Virtually all the space on E. 117th Street between Pleasant Avenue and the East River Plaza Mall is set aside for cars, even though walkers often outnumber vehicles. Photo: Google

#StuckAtDOT: Six Years Later, City May Give Harlem Pedestrians Some Relief … On One Block

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 22, 2021 | No Comments

A six-year-old request for a sidewalk extension on a single Harlem block — where pedestrians sometimes outnumber cars three to one — looks like it is finally moving forward.

The northwest entrance to the Astoria Heights Playground (center) lacks crosswalks or a stop sign. Photo: John Surico

#StuckAtDOT: The Case of the Missing Crosswalk

By John Surico | May 24, 2021 | No Comments

A block in Astoria with a playground and a school lacks crucial pedestrian infrastructure. Why?

The design of "bike boulevards" was not discussed in the mayor's speech. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

It’s Time for DOT to Create ‘Bike Boulevards’ — So What’s a Bike Boulevard?

By Laura Shepard | Nov 22, 2020 | No Comments

In short, it's a quick, cheap and easy way to create a network of low-stress cycling routes.

This man needs a neckdown — but the city's own rules require the city to find a community partner before making roadways safe for pedestrians (though unsafe roadways need no community partner). Photo: Lisa Orman

Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians

By Eve Kessler | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.

Lucky you, you found a bike rack. Photo by Dave Colon

FISCAL YEAR FAILURE: De Blasio’s DOT Installed Just 642 Bike Racks

By Dave Colon | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

The shortfall comes as the administration continues to build bike lanes, presumably to encourage cycling.

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