Traffic Calming
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Après Congestion Pricing, It’s Time to Look at the Paris Model
Amsterdam Ave. and 76th St. with street space reallocated to walkers, bikes and buses.
April 15, 2008
In the Heights: City Aims to Make 181st a Complete Street
Buses and trucks jockey for position on 181st Street in Washington Heights
April 15, 2008
Today the Périphérique. Tomorrow the FDR.
Here's an idea to file away for PARK(ing) Day 2008. In this video (which starts to pick up after the :45 mark), Paris Deputy Mayor Denis Baupin narrates Operation "Carré Vert" ("Green Square"), an intervention in which activists re-allocate road space on the Périphérique -- the highway that encircles the city -- in a matter of minutes.
April 10, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Get Ready for the New Gansevoort
The view of Gansevoort Plaza looking west. The area to the right of the construction barrels will be set aside for pedestrian use.
April 9, 2008
Plan B: Reallocating Street Space To Buses, Bikes & Peds
In a piece from the March issue of Outside Magazine that seems especially relevant today, Tim Sohn writes about public space reform in New York City. His article is accompanied by an illustration of what the future of our city could look like: complete streets with dedicated bus and bike lanes, traffic calming gardens, and sidewalks wide enough to accommodate window shoppers without slowing pedestrian traffic -- none of which would depend on Albany for approval.
April 8, 2008
What Your District Loses Without Congestion Pricing
The Campaign for New York's Future has some handy fact sheets on the transit upgrades outlined in the MTA 2008-2013 Capital Plan, broken down by city and state electoral districts. Since many of these projects will be threatened without the hundreds of millions in annual revenues expected from congestion pricing, some legislators may need to be reminded of what's at stake.
April 4, 2008
Community Boards Set to Review Livable Streets Proposals
Over the next week or so, community boards in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn will take up planned livable streets projects, as described below.
April 1, 2008
Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at Baruch College last week
March 25, 2008
DeKalb Avenue Could Become a More Complete Street
One of DeKalb Avenue's potential new configurations.
March 17, 2008
StreetFilm: Traffic Calming Done Right in Melbourne
Clarence Eckerson files this report (and StreetFilm) from Melbourne, Australia:
March 17, 2008