The DIY Sneckdown and Other Snow-Based Traffic Calming

By Brad Aaron
Jan 28, 2016

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The Department of Sanitation said yesterday that the city is finally working to clear bike lanes of snow and ice. But five days after Jonas moved on, there’s still plenty of slippery, slushy stuff where people walk and bike on New York City streets.

On the upside, it’s a been a great week for sneckdowns. Here’s another set of photos (plus a video!) of nature’s traffic-calming in action, in NYC and beyond.

Big #sneckdown right where my cones were on 2nd St. pic.twitter.com/VbV1QXo0MW

— Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) January 26, 2016

As usual this 13ft #sneckdown at end of my block will probably still be 10ft “solid” in few weeks. @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/7fPuNswRnt

— Clarence Eckerson Jr (@PurpleClarence) January 25, 2016

We could transform this #sneckdown into usable space. So much room for activities! pic.twitter.com/DZcKvDLUHB — Matt Alexander (@WestEndMatt) January 27, 2016

Snow gives us the chance to see where we might be able to narrow streets to be safer #sneckdown #chicago pic.twitter.com/qRm4wYL8G3

— Transitized (@transitized) December 29, 2015

Snow reveals all the street space that drivers don’t really need #sneckdown https://t.co/lcf88DfCv6 pic.twitter.com/gHLZnCgeQS — 5th Square (@5thSq) January 25, 2016

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