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OPINION: Pedestrianize the Financial District Now!
Why is the Department of Transportation idawdling on implementing the "Make Way for Lower Manhattan" plan?
July 11, 2022
PEACHES AND CREAM: Inside the City’s Berry Street ‘Bike Boulevard’ Plan
Last month, the city unveiled a plan to convert the existing Berry Street “open street” into a true “bike boulevard,'' but what does that mean? Let Streetsblog guide you…
July 11, 2022
Study: SUVs Are Indeed Death Machines for Children, Blacks
Maybe the 354th story with this headline will finally change some minds — or some federal regulations.
July 7, 2022
EYES ON THE STREET: Walking Across the Queensboro Bridge is So Dangerous, It Feels Illegal
No government would place citizens on foot in such potential harm (would it?).
July 5, 2022
City Proposes Bike and Pedestrian Upgrades to Two Prospect Heights Avenues
The city's conversion of its best open streets continues with changes coming to Vanderbilt and Underhill avenues.
July 5, 2022
City Ignores Proposal for Car-Free Sundays on Lower Broadway, Booster Says
When it comes to "get stuff done," this is the low-hanging fruit.
July 1, 2022
Adams Administration’s McGuinness Redesign Options Underwhelm Street Safety Boosters
None of three options fully satisfied people who are demanding more safety on a perilous roadway.
July 1, 2022
Weekend Road Carnage Kills Three, Injures at Least Seven, as Bad Old Days Return
Car drivers killed at least three people and injured seven others — including an 11-year-old boy struck by the unlicensed driver of an ice cream truck — in separate Brooklyn incidents this weekend, police said.
June 26, 2022
City’s Proposed Eastern Queens Bike Network Needs Work, Activists Say
The city's proposal for a protected bike-lane network in a dangerous section of Eastern Queens is better, but still lacks important connections that compromise its safety, activists say.
June 23, 2022
Horrifying Crash Renews Business Groups’ Calls for a Pedestrian-Safe Broadway
If they build it, you won't die.
June 23, 2022
