Canal Street
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UNDER FURTHER REVIEW: DOT To Study Canal Street For Bike and Pedestrian Improvements This Year
The eight-month analysis will mark yet another study of the corridor — and the area's council member urged the Adams administration to actually get stuff done this time.
January 19, 2023
Zone of Hope? DOT to Undertake Tiny Canal Street Improvements
It's one small step for steppers and, perhaps, a slightly less small leap for humankind.
June 15, 2022
Op-Ed: It’s Time for Immediate Action on Canal Street
What is to be done about traffic and safety? And why has only negligible action been taken for decades?
March 9, 2022
An Open Letter To DOT Commissioner Rodriguez on Eve of #FixCanal Workshop
An architect sets us up for tonight's Canal Street workshop.
March 7, 2022
DOT Finally Admits, ‘We Have a Problem on Canal Street’
Is it finally time to #FixCanal?
March 1, 2022
Driver Kills Elderly Woman Near Gridlocked Canal Street
A Manhattan senior was run over and killed by the driver of a massive SUV on Wednesday while she was trying to cross highway-like West Street near Canal Street — a dangerous area that advocates have been trying to fix for years.
November 11, 2021
OPINION: What Should Be Done About Canal Street?
The nostrums are no mystery. Rather than doing a million more studies, the city should just fix it.
August 9, 2021
Manhattan Community Board Members To DOT: Fix Canal Now!
Activists and a transportation committee agree: Canal Street has no place in a modern, pedestrian-friendly city.
March 5, 2020
#FIXCANAL: Cyclist Injured By Truck Driver On Chaotic Canal Street
The crash comes just hours before activists rallied for a safer Canal Street, a street they've dubbed Manhattan's Boulevard of Death.
August 11, 2019
