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Long Island Towns Pursue Complete Streets Despite Assembly Stalling

By Noah Kazis | Jul 27, 2010 | 3 Comments

New York State still lacks a complete streets law, despite the bill’s overwhelming passage through the State Senate and the support of the Assembly’s Transportation Committee. After a series of amendments in June, the Assembly bill now matches the stronger Senate version, but is stuck in the Ways and Means Committee, chaired by Upper Manhattan […]

Advocates: State DOT Analysis Engineered to Preclude Sheridan Teardown

By Noah Kazis | Jul 14, 2010 | 28 Comments

The Sheridan Expressway runs only 1.25 miles between the Cross-Bronx and Bruckner Expressways. This option, one of two remaining alternatives, would remove it entirely. Image: NYSDOT At a public meeting last night, the state Department of Transportation released a traffic analysis of the proposal to tear down the Sheridan Expressway, the Moses-era "highway to nowhere" […]

Got a Question for Albany?

By Ben Fried | Jun 4, 2010 | 7 Comments

The august New York State Senate. Photo: AP For as long as Streetsblog has been covering the transportation reform beat, Albany has been a graveyard for progressive transportation legislation affecting New York City. Sheldon Silver and Assembly Democrats buried congestion pricing there in 2008. The State Senate poured cement shoes for bridge tolls last year, […]

South Bronx Greenway Construction Gets Underway This Summer

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 19 Comments

A rendering of plans for Lafayette Avenue, with a planted median, standard painted bike lanes, and amenities along an expanded sidewalk. Image: NYCEDC Construction is set to begin on the first stages of the South Bronx Greenway this summer, marking the first tangible results of a community-based, bottom-up campaign for more livable streets. The project […]

Five Months On, Bike Access to Buildings Law Showing Results

By Noah Kazis | May 20, 2010 | 9 Comments

The location of every building with an official bicycle access plan. Image: City Council [PDF] On the eve of Bike to Work Day, the New York City Council released new stats today measuring the impact of the Bicycle Access to Buildings Law. Five months after taking effect, the law has made it easier for well […]

Report: Traffic Threatens Older Pedestrians Most of All

By Noah Kazis | May 20, 2010 | 8 Comments

The intersection of Bleecker and Carmine is located in New York’s most dangerous county for older pedestrians. Photo: A. Strakey/Flickr. More than 10,000 pedestrians are injured every year on New York City streets. The people who are most at risk are senior citizens, new research from the Tri-State Transportation Campaign shows. Pedestrians over 60 years […]

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