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Mayor de Blasio — up close and personal on Monday. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Tuesday’s Headlines: Mayorus Interruptus Edition

By Streetsblog | Oct 26, 2021 | No Comments

We went up to the Flatiron District for a press conference with DOT Commissioner Hank Gutman ... and a mayoral photo op broke out. Plus other news.

The shared street on Broadway between 21st and 23rd streets in the Flatiron district. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway

By Eve Kessler | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

The DOT unveils six blocks of its mostly pro-pedestrian "Vision" for a people-centered boulevard.

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Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: Lessons from Britain’s ‘School Streets’

By Doolin O'Reilly | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

How London learned to keep children safe and healthier by restricting cars.

SOLVED: City Must Reduce Carmaggedon By Eliminating Free Parking, Re-Imagining Public Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

The city must eliminate free parking, dramatically reduce roadway space for cars, and transform the Department of Transportation into a broader "public space management" agency in order to make New York City truly livable and climate resilient, a new report argues.

Diverters like this are the key to the DOT's hopes of keeping cars out of its "gold standard" open street on 34th Avenue. Photo: DOT

ANALYSIS: DOT Plan for 'Gold Standard' 34th Ave. Open Street is Definitely Not a 'Linear Park'

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

But it does hold the promise of reducing thru-traffic with 24-7 diverters, plazas, shared space and other treatments.