Jackson Heights Embraces 78th Street Play Street and Makes It Permanent
"It's just a street. It's asphalt. It doesn't look like anything," said Jackson Heights resident Donovan Finn of the block of 78th Street between Northern Avenue and 34th Avenue. "But it feels like something." Finn's neighbors, it seems, agree.
July 5, 2012
DOT Moving Forward With Safety Plan for ACP Boulevard [Corrected]
Safety improvements on deadly Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard could be in place by September, the New York Times reported yesterday, despite continued resistance to the redesign from the local community board.
July 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Bike-Ped Improvements on 6 1/2 and Eighth Avenues
Safer streets are taking shape in Midtown, with work underway to create new paths through the heart of the city for pedestrians and cyclists alike.
July 2, 2012
Cuomo Admin Makes Small First Move to Improve Transit on Tappan Zee
Last night Hudson Valley commuters got their first taste of good news when it comes to building transit across the Tappan Zee Bridge. As reported by the Journal News' Khurram Saeed, the Cuomo administration now says it will allow buses to use the "emergency access" lanes it intends to build on both spans of the new Tappan Zee Bridge, though only during rush hour.
June 29, 2012
With Teardown Off Table, Residents March Out of Sheridan Meeting in Protest
"I say my people! I got a story! We tell the TIGER team that this is our territory!"
June 29, 2012
Actually, People at Dag Hammarskjold Plaza Are Excited to Use Bike-Share
Attention Scott Stringer: The anti-bike share NIMBYs of Turtle Bay don't speak for everyone who uses Dag Hammarskjold Plaza.
June 27, 2012
The Tappan Zee Questions Cuomo Won’t Answer and the Times Won’t Ask
After reporting yesterday that the Westchester and Rockland county executives have the power to put the brakes on Governor Andrew Cuomo's plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge built without transit, Streetsblog received an email from Cuomo spokesperson Matt Wing. Wing, who has in the past told us that we were not to contact the governor's office for Tappan Zee questions, but send them instead to the Thruway Authority, complained that we hadn't reached out to him and insisted that we include this statement:
June 27, 2012