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Coming Soon: Full Report on Local Retail Impact of Sustainable Streets
At the beginning of the National Association of City Transportation Officials’ “Designing Cities” conference last week, NYC DOT released new data showing that retail and restaurant sales have tended to increase after streets are redesigned with Select Bus Service, protected bike lanes, and pedestrian plazas. It turns out that there's more information on the way. Last week's document was a teaser for a more comprehensive report due out in the next few months.
October 29, 2012
DOT: Local Retail Thrives After Projects Improved Transit, Biking, Walking
Leading transportation policy decision makers from around the country are gathered at NYU today for the National Association of City Transportation Officials' "Designing Cities" conference. It's an exciting moment for livable streets and sustainable transportation, with the people who are implementing a new generation of complete streets, surface transit improvements, public spaces, and parking policies sharing their expertise and helping to spread innovation to other cities.
October 24, 2012
Tomorrow: Speak Up for Safer Streets on the Upper West Side
Tomorrow night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 will take public input on the possible expansion of protected bike lanes on the Upper West Side.
October 3, 2012
NACTO Beats the Clock With Quick Update of Bike Guide
Once again, the National Association of City Transportation Officials has proven what an agile, modern coalition of transportation agencies is capable of. It was just a year and a half ago that NACTO released its first Urban Bikeway Design Guide and today, it's released the first update to that guide.
September 6, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Good News and Bad News for Midtown Bike Commuters
Hats off to @J_uptown, who spotted this bit of temporary bike infrastructure in Midtown. He writes:
August 29, 2012
Construction of East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes Slated to Start This Month
Before cleaning his workspace yesterday and packing up for New Haven, Noah Kazis snagged one more piece of good news, which it is my pleasure to report: DOT will begin constructing a protected bike lane on Second Avenue in East Harlem at the end of August.
August 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Lines Forming for Ninth Ave Protected Bike Lane
Construction on Midtown protected bike lanes continues apace. Reader Hilda Cohen sends in the above shot from Ninth Avenue, where she says "contractors are out marking lines between 47th and 39th."
July 11, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Concrete Progress on Eighth Ave Protected Bike Lane
Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke fame sends these shots of another milestone in the extension of the Eighth Avenue protected bike lane: The pedestrian islands are going in. These pools of pure unspoiled concrete were spied at the intersection of 35th Street.
July 6, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Bike-Ped Improvements on 6 1/2 and Eighth Avenues
Safer streets are taking shape in Midtown, with work underway to create new paths through the heart of the city for pedestrians and cyclists alike.
July 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: New Manhattan Bikeways in Progress
Photo contributor extraordinaire Jacob-uptown has uploaded a new batch to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, taking us on a tour of the major new bikeways DOT is implementing in Manhattan.
June 7, 2012