Cast Your Vote for the 2011 Streetsies

By Ben Fried
Dec 23, 2011

It’s that time. Time to take stock of the year in livable streets. Time to revisit the great media bike freakout of 2011. Time to feel the agony of transit raids and savor the joy of victories over the bikelash all over again.

Yes, the polls are open for the people’s choice categories in Streetsblog’s annual Streetsie Awards. They will remain open until Monday at midnight.

Happy voting, and don’t forget to donate to Streetsblog and Streetfilms if you haven’t gotten around to contributing yet. There are some stylish Levi’s jeans in it for one lucky reader who gives before midnight tonight.

Update: Still have the urge to vote? The polls for the Capitol Hill Streetsies are now open.

Best Livable Streets Moment

NYC DOT Selects Alta Bikeshare to Operate Public Bike System With 600 Stations (35%, 83 Votes)
PPW Bike Lane Supporters Outnumber Opponents 8 to 1 at CB6 Hearing (20%, 48 Votes)
Judge Bert Bunyan Rejects NBBL's Lawsuit to Remove the Prospect Park West Bike Lane (17%, 41 Votes)
Q Poll Reveals Bike Lanes Still Quite Popular With New Yorkers After Months of Media Attacks (12%, 28 Votes)
East Harlem Advocates and Electeds Prevail on DOT to Extend East Side Bike Lanes to 125th Street (8%, 19 Votes)
Manhattan Borough Board Votes Unanimously for Car-Free Central Park Trial (8%, 18 Votes)

Total Voters: 236

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Best Pedestrian Project

Grand Army Plaza (43%, 83 Votes)
Jackson Heights Block Reclaimed as Public Space (21%, 41 Votes)
Safety Fixes to Upper West Side's "Bowtie of Death" (16%, 31 Votes)
Claremont Neighborhood Slow Zone (9%, 17 Votes)
New Lots Triangle (6%, 11 Votes)
Putnam Plaza (5%, 10 Votes)

Total Voters: 192

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Best Bike Project

Extension of First and Second Avenue Bike Lanes (46%, 93 Votes)
Two-way Protected Approach to Queensboro Bridge (40%, 82 Votes)
Grand Army Plaza (9%, 18 Votes)
No More Fighting Over the Scraps on Columbia Street (5%, 11 Votes)

Total Voters: 203

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Biggest Setback

Cuomo and Suburban Republicans Cut $320 Million Per Year in Dedicated Transit Funding (35%, 77 Votes)
Andrew Cuomo and the FHWA Fast-Track a Tappan Zee Replacement With No Transit (29%, 64 Votes)
No Separated Busway on 34th Street (16%, 35 Votes)
Jay Walder Leaves the MTA and Chris Ward Leaves the Port Authority Within Weeks of Each Other (12%, 26 Votes)
Cuomo Plans to Fund the Gap in the MTA Capital Plan By Piling on the Debt (9%, 20 Votes)