Coronavirus Crisis
Streetsblog Basics
From ‘Thousands,’ Citi Bike Now Promises ‘Hundreds’ Of New E-Bikes This Summer
Where's the e-bike Lyftbowski?
August 10, 2020
With No Federal Money Coming, the MTA Has Options — Bad Ones
The Feds are allowing transit agencies to use capital funds for operating expenses. But that option comes with huge downsides.
August 6, 2020
Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets
The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.
August 6, 2020
UPDATE: Mayor Makes Curbside Restaurant Seating Permanent
"We're looking at that [year-round]," Hizzoner said at his Monday presser.
August 3, 2020
Summer Bummer: Bike-In Movies Aren’t Happening
Certainly some ambitious event promoter who doesn't like pollution, crashes and congestion could do a bike-in movie series, right? Uh, no.
August 3, 2020
Mayor Reveals 15 More ‘Open Restaurant’ Streets Starting this Weekend
The city is allowing 15 more community groups or stakeholders to operate restaurants in public roadways starting this weekend — bringing to 62 the total number of eatery plazas the city has permitted since the start of July.
July 31, 2020
SEE IT: Car-Free Mott Street is a Model for All Commercial Zones
Boosters say Mott Street points the way to what can be done citywide.
July 30, 2020
Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors
The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.
July 29, 2020
City To Activists: Please Stop Making Sidewalks Safe For Pedestrians!
That was so fast, the garbage didn't even have time to rot!
July 28, 2020
