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Tonight: Speak Up for Safer Cycling Conditions on Deadly Northern Boulevard
After a motorist killed 78-year-old cyclist Michael Schenkman, DOT proposed six miles of protected bike lanes on Northern Boulevard and connecting streets. The plan will be the subject of a Queens CB 11 hearing Monday night.
June 5, 2017
This Week: Rethinking Off-Street Parking in NYC
Later today, NYU’s Furman Center, the Institute for Transportation & Development Policy, and Transportation Alternatives host “The High Cost of Off-Street Parking,” a panel discussion on off-street parking policy. In most of New York City, new development is required to include a minimum number of parking spaces, each of which costs tens of thousands of dollars to build. These parking requirements increase traffic, drive up the cost of construction, and make housing less affordable.
May 30, 2017
This Week: More Space for Walking on 7th Avenue and Broadway in Midtown
This evening DOT will present a plan to make more room for people walking on Seventh Avenue by widening the sidewalk on the west side of the street from Times Square to Penn Station. Also on the agenda -- a summer trial for making five blocks of Broadway car-free south of Times Square.
May 22, 2017
This Week: DOT’s Big Reveal for the Convergence of Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth
DOT will soon reveal its plan to redesign Times Plaza, the triangle formed by Flatbush, Atlantic, and Fourth avenues in Brooklyn. Located near the largest transit hub in Brooklyn, the area around Times Plaza, outside Barclays Center, is one of the most dangerous places in the borough to walk.
May 15, 2017
This Week: Amsterdam Avenue, Fourth Avenue, Queens Boulevard
Three big street redesign projects are on the calendar. Queens Community Board 6 will take up the Rego Park phase of DOT's Queens Boulevard redesign; Manhattan CB 9 will get a look at a revised plan for bike lanes and road diet on Amsterdam Avenue north of 110th Street; and DOT goes to Sunset Park for the second workshop about the redesign of Fourth Avenue.
May 8, 2017
Barcelona’s Superblocks: A “New Urban Model” to Reclaim Streets for People
In the U.S., the term “superblock” conjures up the excess of urban renewal and the breakdown of walkable street grids. But in Barcelona, a different type of superblock is making streets more hospitable and humane.
May 3, 2017
This Week: Queens Boulevard, 4th Avenue, and TransAlt’s Vision Zero Conference
The first week of Bike Month is incredibly busy on the Streetsblog calendar, with public meetings about several major street safety projects, plus Transportation Alternatives' national Vision Zero Cities conference.
May 1, 2017
Get Ready for Uber’s “Flying Cars” Conference to Generate Lots of Dumb Headlines
Whizzing above the city may sound appealing in a Jetsons sort of way, but Uber's thinking on this technology is completely untethered from its impact on the cities and towns below, where the people are.
April 25, 2017
This Week: Protected Bike Lane By Van Cortlandt Park, Fair Fares, Remembering Gelacio Reyes
Tomorrow, DOT will present a plan to add a protected bike lane to Broadway by Van Cortlandt Park, from 240th Street to the city line.
April 24, 2017
This Week: 7th Ave Protected Bike Lane, Car-Free Streets, Bus Report Cards
On Saturday, the city will pedestrianize six areas as part of DOT and City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez's second annual Car-Free Day.
April 17, 2017
