Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

The corner of St. Marks Avenue and Classon Avenue, where an open street is listed by the city but does not appear to exist. Photo: Dave Colon

Adams: I’ll Bring Open Streets To Neighborhoods With Most ‘Urgent’ Need

By Dave Colon | Oct 13, 2021 | No Comments

With the Department of Transportation defending its open streets program after a devastating new report on its shortcomings, presumptive mayor Eric Adams said he'll bring the city's open streets program to neighborhoods that have been left out.

When open streets work, New Yorkers love them. Photos: Gersh Kuntzman

Analysis: De Blasio’s Open Streets Program Has Failed

By Dave Colon | Oct 12, 2021 | No Comments

A majority of the city's open streets have already reclaimed by car drivers and are serving far too few New Yorkers, a new report shows.

Cyclists on Kent Avenue in Brooklyn. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

DOT ‘Cycling in the City’ Report Confirms 2020 Bike Boom Really Happened

By Dave Colon | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

But the big question: Will it lead to massive redistribution of limited road space?

An illegally parked van in the Grand Street bike lane. File photo: Julianne Cuba

Jersey City Mayor One-Ups New York Again With Truly Protected Bike Lanes

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 7, 2021 | No Comments

Mayor Steven Fulop said that only stronger physical barriers will keep cyclists safe.

A memorial for baby Apolline at the corner of Vanderbilt and Gates avenues. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EXCLUSIVE: Reckless Driver Who Killed Baby Apolline Took Driver ‘Accountability’ Course — But It Didn’t Change a Thing

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 6, 2021 | No Comments

Such "safe-driving" courses are seen by some as a model for changing the behavior of reckless drivers. But there is limited evidence they work — and certainly did not in the case of Tyrik Mott.

Planters and furniture on the NoMad Piazza Pop-Up. Photo: File

Enjoy Another Pedestrianized Part of Broadway — for a Month Only!

By Eve Kessler | Oct 1, 2021 | No Comments

A 'pop-up' plaza in the Flatiron District will help restaurants, but safe-streets activists want more.

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