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DOT Launches Bike Rack Design Competition
The days of the U- and wave-racks are numbered
March 14, 2008
In Istanbul, a Burgeoning Livable Streets Movement
StreetFilms' Elizabeth Press traveled to Istanbul, Turkey recently, and put together this vid of horrendous traffic conditions and initiatives to take back the streets. Featured in the film is Kevser Üstündag, professor of architecture and World Carfree Network advisor, who discusses transit and car-free Sundays.
March 13, 2008
Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents
A rendering in section of NYU's proposal for a pedestrian-only Washington Place, between Washington Square Park and Broadway.
March 7, 2008
Let’s Chop Up Superblocks
Forest City's Atlantic Yards project would create two massive superblocks in Prospect Hts., Brooklyn
February 22, 2008
Ideas Competition for Brooklyn’s Grandest Plaza
The Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPCo) and The Design Trust for Public Space have launched a website for their "Ideas Competition" called Reinventing Grand Army Plaza, which is intended to generate new visions for the plaza's design. The jury will award three cash prizes to the winners, and along with other top entries will be exhibited in an outdoor exhibition at Grand Army Plaza later this year.
February 20, 2008
Citizens Propose Cycle Track Greenway Connector in Inwood
Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive: a confusing, foreboding free-for-all
February 15, 2008
City Planning: Fourth Avenue a “Missed Opportunity”
The 2nd Street entrance to the Crest, one of the recent additions to Fourth Avenue.
February 15, 2008
Pint-Sized Parks Make Safer Streets and Cleaner Rivers
The Greenstreet at 110th and Amsterdam helps keep sewage out of city rivers and features a beefed-up, traffic-calming "blockbuster."
February 14, 2008
Drivers Ed. Campaign to Accompany Portland Bike Boxes
In an attempt to improve safety at intersections in Portland, Oregon, the Department of Transportation will install the city's first bike boxes at 14 locations this spring. The city will also launch a marketing campaign, "Get Behind It. The Bike Box: Portland's New Green Space," intended to educate motorists.
February 14, 2008