Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DDC

Implementation of raised bike lanes on the Grand Concourse won't get underway until 2019, with at least three years of construction to follow. Image: DOT

Grand Concourse Redesign Won’t Be Done Until 2022 at the Earliest

By David Meyer | Jan 12, 2018 | 15 Comments

While major safety projects on Queens Boulevard and Brooklyn's Fourth Avenue quickly advance with low-cost materials, Bronxites will have to wait years for a safer Concourse.

DOT crews installing a new barrier-protected bike lane on Bruckner Boulevard between Bryant Avenue and Faile Street. Photo: Twitter/NYC DOT

DOT Closes Short Bike Lane Gap on Bruckner Blvd — Next Phase Scheduled for 2021

By David Meyer | Jul 13, 2017 | 16 Comments

DOT crews have started to fill in a dangerous three-block gap in the bikeway on Bruckner Boulevard in the South Bronx, creating a more continuous link to Concrete Plant Park. The ultimate goal is a direct, uninterrupted bike route on Bruckner Boulevard connecting to Manhattan and Randall's Island via 138th Street, but under the agency's current timetable Bronxites will have to wait several years for that.

What Happened to the Pedestrian Islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell’s Kitchen?

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2017 | 11 Comments

A few readers have written in asking about the disappearing pedestrian islands on Ninth Avenue in Hell's Kitchen. The concrete islands next to the bike lane shorten crossing distances and slow drivers turning onto Ninth Avenue. A few weeks ago, the city started tearing them out.

There’s a Great New Entryway to NYC’s Most Uncomfortable Bike-Ped Path

By Ben Fried | May 22, 2017 | 8 Comments

The new and improved entry path to the Brooklyn Bridge Promenade from Downtown Brooklyn is finally rideable. If the rest of the bridge path ever gets a widening and makeover to match this one, it will become one of the great walking and biking connections in New York.

DDC construction delays for projects like Robert Clemente Plaza in the Bronx can inflict a lot of pain on surrounding businesses. Photo: Steven Fish

NYC Businesses Losing Patience With DDC Plaza Construction Snafus

By David Meyer | Feb 3, 2017 | 2 Comments

The same local business groups that publicly supported the city's plaza program often take a huge hit from the Department of Design and Construction's lengthy and unpredictable construction process.

The construction of a wider Brooklyn Bridge bike/ped approach

8 Street Redesigns That DDC Is Still Taking Forever to Build

By David Meyer | Jan 12, 2017 | 7 Comments

Across the city, capital projects overseen by the Department of Design and Construction consistently miss one deadline after another. But DDC Commissioner Feniosky Peña-Mora has not articulated specific obstacles to timely construction or laid out a plan to reform current practice.

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