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SQUARE ONE: De Blasio Punts ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street Implementation to Next Mayor
The next mayor will basically figure out what to do with the best open street in town.
June 11, 2021
OPINION: A Linear Park on 34th Avenue is ‘The Best Thing’ for People with Disabilities
"To people who oppose the plan, I ask: The whole whole world is polluted by cars, so exactly where do we go? My cancer was brought on by the pollution caused by cars. I have to get fresh air."
June 9, 2021
What NYC Needs Now: Public Space Management
A lively online session looks at the promise and pitfalls of open streets.
June 8, 2021
Park Slope BID Asks NYPD For ‘Help’ with Delivery Cyclists Then Quickly Regrets It
A business improvement district that had asked the NYPD to get delivery cyclists to slow down on a popular restaurant open street now says it will not invite the cops back after they spent much of Saturday ticketing the mostly immigrant and low-income workers trying to do their job.
June 7, 2021
OPINION: A 34th Avenue Linear Park Would Be a Haven for Kids
Children in Jackson Heights are starved for green space and safety — which is why the neighborhood needs a linear park.
May 28, 2021
Surging Candidate Garcia Supports 34th Ave. Linear Park
The former Sanitation commissioner is the first of this year's mayoral candidates to put her John Hancock on a petition calling for the creation of a linear park on 34th Avenue in Queens.
May 26, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Anti-Open Streets Crusaders Have their Heads in the Sand, Asses
Our national treasure cartoonist has been paying attention to the arguments against open streets — and he finds them absurd.
May 26, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: De Blasio Gets With His Own Program Edition
Mayor de Blasio tweeted support for his administration's open streets program, using surprisingly Streetsbloggy language. Plus all the other news of the day.
May 25, 2021
How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones
A new guide by WRI and the World Bank sets out guidelines for planning, designing, implementing and evaluating low-speed zones. Check it out.
May 25, 2021
‘Nightmare’ on 34th Avenue? Residents Rally Against the ‘Gold Standard’ Open Street that Has Added Safety and Recreation Space
A protest against open streets ... on an open street!
May 22, 2021
