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Greenpointers Rally For Safer Streets Where Cyclist, 73, Was Killed
When neighbors fight road safety improvements, other neighbors die.
June 5, 2023
Greenpoint Crash Kills Cyclist At a Former Open Street that Opponents Dismantled
The north Brooklyn intersection where an SUV driver fatally struck a senior cyclist has long been a terrifying crossroad of reckless driving that locals have demanded the city fix.
June 4, 2023
Proposed DOT Rule Changes Would Raise Burdens and Even Penalize Open Street Operators: Activists
The Department of Transportation was under fire on Wednesday for proposed rule changes to the open streets program that would increase hurdles and introduce punitive penalties to the mostly volunteer open street managers.
April 26, 2023
Chinatown Pol, Business Leaders Want Cars Back on Park Row — And May Prevail
The NYPD set up flashing screens on Friday alerting residents that Park Row — which has been inaccessible to thru car traffic since the massive security escalation in Lower Manhattan after 9/11 — would once again become a shortcut for drivers, though by later in the day, City Hall said the cops had made a mistake.
April 3, 2023
Thursday’s Headlines: Support for School Streets Edition
The parent company of Streetsblog wants to help communities make their school house streets safer by creating the first-ever "School Streets Toolkit," plus a webinar next week. Plus other news.
January 19, 2023
Opinion: Open Plans Lays Out Its ‘Joyful, Sustainable’ Future for a People-Centered NYC
Manage public space better. Eliminate parking mandates. Manage the curb. These and other ideas from the city's leading proponents of livable streets.
January 9, 2023
Community Board 4 Wants Shared Street on W. 22nd — And Continued Open Street in the Meantime
A Manhattan community board wants the city to turn the embattled W. 22nd open street into a permanent shared street — the latest twist in a saga that has seen the popular play street under fire from a small group of opponents.
January 5, 2023
Monday’s Headlines: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Because No Cars) Edition
The biggest story of the day was Mayor Adams's holiday wonderland on a car-free Fifth Avenue. But there was a lot of other news this weekend!
December 5, 2022
Bigger and Better: Brooklyn BP Wants Summer Streets Longer Than Manhattan
Spread Summer Streets, it's the Brooklyn way.
November 29, 2022
Wednesday’s Headlines: Winter Wonderland Edition
We had already read about it in Time Out New York's rare scoop last week, but the Adams administration released the details of its Fifth Avenue holiday open street plan yesterday — and it puts the "wonderful" in the "most wonderful time of the year." Plus other news.
November 23, 2022
