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ANALYSIS: DOT’s Permanent Open Streets Will Depend on its Definition of ‘Compromise’
Whose compromise? Our compromise!
April 29, 2021
TODAY: Council to Pass Law Mandating Fuller, Bolder Open Streets Program
The City Council will close the gap of leadership exhibited by the de Blasio administration on making permanent the open streets program — mandating more open streets, allowing for their conversion into 24-7 car-free zones and ensuring that they are equitably distributed.
April 28, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: Another Day, Another Busway Edition
Washington Heights was seeing red on Monday as the DOT made good on its promise to help beleaguered bus riders on a street that the city had been grappling with for a decade. Yes, W. 181st Street got its Busway. Plus other news.
April 27, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Bullies Are Destroying Sleepy de Blasio’s Open Streets ‘Program’
Our national treasure cartoonist knows what's going on with the city's open streets program: the mayor is not only asleep at the switch, but he's also turned his back to the real problem.
April 27, 2021
BUDGET DAY: Mayor Proposes Small Money for Open Streets, But Big Bucks to Finish the Manhattan Greenway
Mayor de Blasio says his open streets are "permanent" — but he isn't budgeting any money to make them a permanent part of the streetscape.
April 26, 2021
Mayoral Hopeful Donovan: City’s Open Streets Program is ‘Failing’ Due to De Blasio Incompetence
"Open streets are failing to achieve their fullest potential — not even close," the candidate said.
April 22, 2021
Wednesday’s Headlines: ‘It Wasn’t Us!’ Edition
The biggest story was the guilty verdict for Derek Chauvin for killing George Floyd. But Gothamist also had a doozy about the latest failures of the de Blasio administration's open streets program.
April 21, 2021
OPINION: Citi Bike’s Lessons for Open Streets
Mayor de Blasio — who has it much easier than his predecessor when it comes to urban amenities — should follow the bike-share playbook, says a co-host of the "War on Cars" podcast.
April 16, 2021
Tuesday’s Headlines: People Should Not Assault Open Streets Volunteers Edition
City Hall finally got back to us about our bombshell story on open streets. Plus all the other news of the day.
April 13, 2021
ANALYSIS: Mayor de Blasio Has Abandoned the Open Streets ‘Program’
It's been a terrible week for open streets, with a volunteer being attacked by a car owner, open streets equipment being vandalized, opponents circulating petitions ... and a mayor who remains silent.
April 12, 2021
