Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Air Quality

I Love This Town But…

By Aaron Naparstek | | No Comments
Has anyone spotted the new Environmental Defense billboards that are supposedly hanging over the Holland Tunnel and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway? If so, send us a photo — bonus points for including lots of traffic in the shot. ED has a new web site, AllChokedUp.org. Here is one of the ads they are running:

Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener

By Jason Varone | | No Comments
Chicago’s Department of Transportation started the Green Alleys Program to use the city’s many alleyways to conserve natural resources and improve the environment. Although New York City doesn’t have too many alleys, the beautifully-designed, 47-page Green Alleys Program booklet (PDF) offers several techniques that could still be useful in making New York City streets perform […]

Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx

By Jason Varone | | 4 Comments
In the early 1990’s three and a half miles of the Grand Concourse, a major arterial roadway in the Bronx, was closed to cars every Sunday from July through November (kind of like Bogota Colombia’s Ciclovia). The closures provided residents with much-needed open space to bike, walk, play and develop a sense of community with […]

CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell’s Kitchen

By Jason Varone | | 4 Comments
In order to foster ideas on how to reclaim 9th Avenue from Lincoln Tunnel traffic, the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition (CHEKPEDS) sponsored a six month community input process designed by Project for Public Spaces. The process began with a design workshop in January, and has evolved into an impressive final report (PDF). Some highlights […]

REBNY Goes Green, Gets Behind PlaNYC

By Jason Varone | | 4 Comments
The Real Estate Board of New York started running television commercials yesterday in support of PlaNYC. REBNY is arguably the most powerful interest group in the city. While not specifically mentioning congestion pricing in the ad, REBNY did quote former President Clinton saying in relation to the mayor’s plan: "The longer I wait in traffic, […]
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