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Turn Times Square Back Into Traffic Hell? Tell Bratton and de Blasio: No Way
Since Mayor Bill de Blasio won't rule out the threat of removing the Times Square plazas, first raised by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, it's time to take action. Two petitions are circulating to urge the mayor not to give Times Square back to cars.
August 28, 2015
MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability
The Municipal Art Society's second annual survey on livability, released today, provides still more opinion data showing that New Yorkers want to see more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. They're more conflicted, however, when it comes to new, large-scale development.
October 13, 2011
JSK: Plaza Program Will Expand; Gridlock Sam: Backlash Nothing New
Last night's Municipal Arts Society panel, "Shared Streets: Making It Work," mainly covered familiar ground for those who have been following the city's efforts to repurpose its streets over the last four years. Participants touted the improved bus speeds along Select Bus Service routes, the safety gains where protected bike lanes have been installed, and the economic boost of pedestrian plazas in Times and Herald Square. Two things jumped out at as noteworthy, though.
April 5, 2011
MAS Survey: New York City Is Livable But Not Everyone Benefits Equally
New Yorkers think their city is very livable, a new survey conducted by the Municipal Art Society shows, but livability isn't equitably distributed across the five boroughs. To make the city truly livable, said panelists today at an MAS conference, New York needs to figure out how to bring its best features to all neighborhoods.
October 21, 2010
Planners Tackle Big Questions About How to Shape NYC Development
New York City’s unpassed 1969 comprehensive plan. Photo: Historic Districts Council Though the Charter Revision Commission looks likely to take a pass at reforming the city’s land use process this year, the door will remain open in the years to come to tackle the complex and controversial issues that surround planning and development in New … Continued
July 22, 2010
Driver’s Remorse: Tardy Brodsky Delayed by “Accident”
A tipster who attended last night's MAS event about Moynihan Station sent us this delicious tidbit, in which some small measure of justice is served for Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky's contribution to the killing of congestion pricing:
May 14, 2008
Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots?
With development projects across the city threatened by an uncertain economy, critics of Bruce Ratner's Atlantic Yards project believe that a slowdown in construction could burden Prospect Heights with decades of blight. A slide show by the Municipal Art Society, called "Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots?," offers a bleak look into the future, like this rendering of neighborhood blocks destroyed for "temporary" surface lots that would accommodate some 1,400 cars.
May 7, 2008
Nasty Newsrack Photo Contest Finalists
The Municipal Art Society will be announcing the winner of its Nasty Newsrack Photo Competition tomorrow.
November 12, 2007
A Livable Streets Discussion and Happy Hour
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and mingle with other readers, activists, and supporters of a livable
approach to transportation, development, and public spaces. Get to know
the others who share your values about the kind of city we want to live
in. Put faces behind the screen names online. And have a drink!
March 27, 2007