Please Stay On The Grass: More Absorbent Streets Could Mean Less Catastrophically Flooded Subways
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Here’s what the city has to do now. Ripping up some asphalt is a start.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Department of Environmental Protection
Tuesday’s Headlines: Listen to the Community Edition
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So, Commissioner Gutman, is it "safety first" or "listen to the community"? And what "community" anyway? Plus all the other news.
BUSTED! ‘Eyewitness News’ Driver Breaks Law in ABC7-TV Truck
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My nuisance-neighbor newsman uses company billboard to block hydrant, pollute air in the Bronx. So what does corporate say?
IN MEMORIAM: ‘Do All The Good You Can’ — The Life of Urban Ecology Pioneer Carolyn Konheim
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Carolyn Konheim, a leading fighter against Westway and for clean air, died last week at 81.
Drivers With Action Carting Have Killed 5 People Since 2008, and the Company Still Holds $74 Million in City Contracts
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The company has five standing contracts with city agencies -- three with DOT adding up to about $2 million and two with the Department of Environmental Protection worth about $35 million apiece. All but one of those -- an $800,000 contract with DOT -- were signed during the de Blasio administration.
Hudson River Greenway Closure Forces Cyclists Onto Unmarked Detour
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The Hudson River Greenway is the most heavily used bike path in the United States, carrying roughly one-seventh of all cyclists entering Manhattan below 50th Street. In Upper Manhattan, where there are fewer bike lanes and much less on-street protection for cyclists than further south, it is truly the backbone of the bike network. Despite […]