Eve Kessler
Email Eve Kessler at eve@streetsblog.org
Recent Posts
Traffic from Car-Driving Charter School Parents Vexes Upper Manhattan; City Provides No Oversight
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And it is about to get worse as two new charters are planning to open in the area.
Thursday’s Headlines: Swan Song Edition
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It's the end of the Streetsblog era for our blondish editor. Plus other news.
How Electronic ‘Eyes’ Will Patrol the Curb of the Future
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Cameras could police bike lanes, loading zones and more — if Albany lets the city move. Advocates: Keep plugging!
EYES ON THE STREET: A Bronx Bus Lane that Underwhelms
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Recently, we rode the Bx3 — which begins its run at 179th and Broadway in Washington Heights and terminates under the elevated at 238th and Broadway in Kingsbridge — to experience the new University Avenue bus-priority lane.
Thursday’s Headlines: A Bike Lane Grows in Brooklyn Edition
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A hard-fought street redesign hopes to put and end to the depredations of malefactor motorists. Plus other news.
Meatpacking BID Plans Pedestrian ‘Oasis’ Near Hudson River
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A new "Vision Plan" proposes to make the area near the High Line and West Street a "front porch" for the waterfront.
EXCLU: Sanitation Department Hires McKinsey for Containerization Study
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The global management consultancy will assist in designing a citywide pilot to get trash off sidewalks and into large bins.
Monday’s Headlines: What’s the Fix for Subway Murders? Edition
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The punitive approach isn't going to work. Plus other news.
Manhattan Community Board Demands Stricter Sanitation Rules for Apartments
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Community Board 4 wrote to Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch to outline a raft of new regulations that could curtail New York's infamous "5 o'clock shadow" — and unanimously offered the neighborhood as a laboratory for change.
Thursday’s Headlines: The MTA Blows Its Congestion Pricing Analysis Edition
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The authority finds ever-more-creative ways to blow holes in a good thing. Plus other news.
TRASH TALK: First, NYCHA Plans Major Garbage Overhaul...
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The nation's largest housing authority will lead the city's effort on waste containerization, according to documents.
...And DSNY's 'Clean Curbs' Pilot Comes to Staten Island
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Brooklyn's Pitkin Avenue BID also gets a trash corral as the containerization effort moves into more locations.