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Community Board Backs DOT Road Diet for Brooklyn’s Deadly Third Av.
“This is just a beginning of what we could do to fix our community,” said one board member. “This is not done, this is not where we finish off.”
February 23, 2024
DOT: McGuinness Fixes Will Start Next Week
The compromise plan will "save lives and make this corridor much easier to navigate for everyone, including drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists," according to Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez.
August 29, 2023
SPLIT THE BABY: DOT Sacrifices Safety on McGuinness to Appease Redesign Opponents
The Adams administration's watered down redesign of Brooklyn's McGuinness Boulevard cedes ground to the project's opponents.
August 1, 2023
Opponent of McGuinness Safety Plan Attacks Advocate as Battle Over Redesign Heats Up
Tensions flared in Greenpoint over the city’s plans to redesign the deadly McGuinness Boulevard, with a critic of the DOT proposal harassing one supporter of the safety plan — all on the eve of a "town hall" meeting held by the main opposition family, which went so far as to tighten security before Thursday morning's meeting.
June 15, 2023
DOT Narrows Dangerous Staten Island Corridor With More Parking, Unprotected Bike Lane
City officials want to curb rampant speeding and traffic violence on one of Staten Island's most dangerous roads with cutting-edge urban planning technology: adding more parking and painting an unprotected bike lane.
April 17, 2023
Bronx Pol Loses Fight Against Street Safety as DOT Moves Ahead on Riverdale Ave.
The Department of Transportation has dismissed complaints of a Bronx Council member and will move ahead with its life-saving plan to narrow Riverdale Avenue from a four-lane speedway into a slower residential street
August 4, 2022
This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers
Leave it to a Brooklyn artist to break through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.
July 28, 2022
DOT to Expedite Hylan ‘Road Diet’ After Fatal Weekend Crash on Staten Island
"Hylan has been dangerous for far too long," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.
July 11, 2022
MUSK SEE: Three Reasons Why Congestion Decreases When Cities ‘Delete’ Road Lanes
Elon Musk's insane comments about induced demand once again force advocates to debunk common congestion myths that powerful, but often ill-informed, people continue to promulgate.
May 14, 2022
