Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Streets

These are the barricades that Oakland's Department of Public Works put up — which Mayor de Blasio claimed were not put up. Photo: Roger Rudick

Live from Oakland: Mayor de Blasio is Wrong About Bay Area City’s Open Streets Success

By Streetsblog | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

Our Streetsblog San Francisco correspondent Roger Rudick has the whole story — complete with pictures showing the mayor flat-out lied about the East Bay experiment.

Northern Boulevard (left during the coronavirus crisis and right on a "normal" day). Photos: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT! New Streetfilms Video Shows Why We Won’t Go Back

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 14, 2020 | No Comments

Under normal circumstances, the world is upside-down: a small minority of selfish car owners force the rest of us to breathe toxic exhaust, get stuck in their traffic, be killed by their reckless use of steel cages, get terrified just to cross a street, etc. So let's change that.

A Round and a Roundy: Oh, No WONDER De Blasio’s Open-Streets Plan Failed

By Streetsblog | Apr 13, 2020 | No Comments

Either the mayor needed lots of cops because so many people were using his open streets — or he didn't need cops because no one was using it. It can't be both, as our cartoonist shows.

The mayor's familiar detail — a Pacifica hybrid and an SUV — in Green-Wood Cemetery on Easter Sunday. Photo: Tipster

On Sunday, the Mayor Took A Different Walk (and a LONGER Drive from Gracie Mansion!)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2020 | No Comments

Well, he didn't get driven to Prospect Park on Easter. He got driven further!

Here is how open streets are done in Minneapolis.

Mr. Mayor, You’re a Smart Guy, So Why Do You Wrongly Think Cops Must ‘Enforce’ Open Space?

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 12, 2020 | No Comments

The mayor said that car-free streets are "dangerous" places that must be "enforced by the NYPD."

More pedestrian space will give crammed-in New Yorkers room to recreate in a socially responsible way, yet not attract the crowds that Mayor de Blasio fears, as this sitting area on Broadway in Herald Square shows. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Neighborhoods, BIDs to Mayor: We Don’t Need Your Cops — Let Us Open Streets Ourselves!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 10, 2020 | No Comments

In spite of (or perhaps because of) the mayor, focus has started shifting to Broadway in Manhattan.

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