Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Air Quality

The portal to the future Gateway tunnel being constructed at Hudson Yards in the west 30s in 2014. Photo: MTA/Patrick Cashin

OPINION: Biden Should Link Gateway Program and Climate Goals

By Bob Previdi, Mysore Nagaraja and Howard Sackel | Sep 10, 2021 | No Comments

The $30-billion Northeast Corridor investment could force the integration of regional rail — and lead to much less driving and flying.

New electric tractor trailer. Photo: Fiifi Frimpong

City Retires More Dirty Diesel Trucks in the Pollution-Plagued South Bronx

By Fiifi Frimpong | Aug 12, 2021 | No Comments

A beer distributor gets five gleaming, electric delivery vehicles, courtesy of the state DEC.

Subway riders in Seoul. Photo: Philip Mark Plotch

OPINION: What New Yorkers Can Learn From Seoul

By Philip Mark Plotch | Jul 28, 2021 | No Comments

The subway and streets of the Korean capital hold many lessons for Gotham.

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Multi-State Climate Plan Fails To Please All Advocates

By Ethan Goffman | Jul 6, 2021 | No Comments

The latest version of a multistate plan to lower transportation emissions represents an improvement, but still doesn't go far enough on environmental-justice issues, some advocates say.

The Gowanus Canal: not exactly a garden spot of America. Photo: Annie Weinstock

OPINION: Progressives Should Support the Gowanus Rezoning

By Annie Weinstock | Jun 25, 2021 | No Comments

NIMBY opponents are throwing everything they can at the plan. But they aren't looking at the real benefits.