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St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights. Photo: Brad Aaron

A Little Rain Didn’t Stop New Yorkers From Enjoying the Car-Free Streets This Weekend

By David Meyer | Apr 24, 2017 | 3 Comments

Despite the overcast skies and drizzle, New Yorkers flocked to car-free streets in four boroughs on Saturday, the second year the city has marked Earth Day by turning over streets to people.

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Oslo’s Journey to a Car-Free City Center

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 13, 2017 | No Comments

In 2015, the new city government in Oslo, Norway, announced its intention to make the downtown car-free by 2019. I immediately put it on my list of places to check out for Streetfilms. Last fall I made the trip, not knowing exactly what I'd find.

Rodriguez speaking earlier today at a DOT press conference for Car-Free Day. Photo: David Meyer

Rodriguez: NYC Can Move Cargo Without Relying on Big Trucks in the Center of Town

By David Meyer | Apr 12, 2017 | 13 Comments

Trucks chew up NYC streets and account for a disproportionate share of traffic deaths in the city. City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez has some suggestions to reduce the impact of freight traffic on city streets.

Car Free Day 2017 is fast approaching. Photo: Chelsea Yamada

30 Blocks of Broadway Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day

By David Meyer | Apr 3, 2017 | 15 Comments

On Saturday, April 22, the city will open up 30 blocks of Broadway for people, from Union Square to Times Square.

The winner of the "L-ternative" competition proposes bus lanes, a two-way protected bike lane, and wider sidewalk zones for 14th Street. Image: Cricket Day/Chris Robbins/Becca Groban/Kellen Parker

Dreaming Up a PeopleWay for 14th Street

By David Meyer | Mar 31, 2017 | 6 Comments

While we're waiting to get a look at DOT and the MTA's forthcoming plans for the L train shutdown, Gothamist and Transportation Alternatives put on "L-ternative Visions" -- a design competition to envision 14th Street "as a people-first transit corridor." On Wednesday the winner was revealed.

Rodriguez Wants More Streets to Go Car-Free This Earth Day

By David Meyer | Jan 31, 2017 | 2 Comments

One of the ideas for the event, which coincides with Earth Day (April 22), is to make 14th Street car-free, previewing the types of changes needed to handle the looming L train shutdown.

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