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Fordham Plaza Overhaul Promises Big Improvements for Pedestrians

By Noah Kazis | Aug 3, 2010 | 24 Comments

Plans for a re-designed Fordham Plaza would add 15,750 square feet of public space. Image: NYCEDC/DOT Fordham Plaza, one of the city’s busiest transit and retail hubs, but also one of its most dangerous, is slated for a major redesign [PDF] by NYCDOT and the Economic Development Corporation. Highlights of the badly-needed overhaul include a […]

EDC’s Queens Plaza Project Adds Better Bike-Ped Routes, Subtracts Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jul 20, 2010 | 7 Comments

The Queens Plaza North bike lane will run in a center median. Image: NYCEDC Protected bike paths are coming to Queens Plaza as part of a major redesign of the area by the city’s Economic Development Corporation. Construction work to transform the dangerous, overwide streets and surface parking at "the gateway to Queens" has been […]

Yankee Stadium Parking Boondoggle Getting Worse Every Day

By Ben Fried | Jun 16, 2010 | 9 Comments

The subsidy for the new Yankee Stadium’s 9,000 parking spaces keeps turning into a worse deal for New York City taxpayers. Juan Gonzalez reports in the Daily News that the garage operator is deep in the red, even after last year’s extended championship season: As of this month, Bronx Parking Development LLC owes the city […]

City Bigs, Local Electeds Back Deal to Bridge East River Greenway Gap

By Glenn McAnanama | Jun 8, 2010 | 16 Comments

On Sunday, a group of city officials and East Side electeds made their case for a deal to close the gap in the East River Greenway, addressing a full auditorium at the Schottenstein Cultural Center on East 34th Street. The deal has several moving parts, but the major takeaway was that the Bloomberg administration and […]

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 […]

How Portland Sold Its Banks on Walkable Development

By Noah Kazis | May 25, 2010 | 8 Comments

Gresham, Oregon used to look like your typical suburb. Lots of lawns and lots of parking. When Portland’s MAX light-rail line expanded to Gresham, developers saw an opportunity to bring something different: walkable development. But a downturn in the local real estate market interceded. One developer trying to build a four-story condo project decided that […]

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