Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elderly & Disabled

More than 200 people rallied in Whitestone on Monday night to demand that DMV conduct road tests for older drivers. The protest follows the death of Maddie Sershen after an 88-year-old driver ran a red light on Utopia Parkway. Photo by Rita Barravecchio

Queens Residents Demand Retests for Older Drivers After 88-Year-Old Kills Teen In Whitestone

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 30, 2018 | 9 Comments

Drivers lose skills as they age, so why aren't they retested? More than 200 Queens residents rallied on Monday to ask that very question.

Disability rights advocates called on Cuomo, Lhota, and the MTA to accelerate efforts to add elevators and improve maintenance of existing ones. Photo: David Meyer

If You Can’t Take the Stairs, Only 23 Percent of Subway Stations Are Accessible — on a Good Day

By David Meyer | Jul 20, 2017 | 8 Comments

For mobility-impaired New Yorkers, riding the subway can be impossible. Only 110 of the system's 472 stations have stair-free access, and even at those stations, elevators don't serve every platform and are often out of commission, with little or no public notice.

DOT Secures Federal Grant to Add More Sidewalk Seating

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2015 | 5 Comments

A federal grant will bring more public benches to NYC sidewalks, DOT announced yesterday. The CityBench program, a PlanNYC initiative launched in 2011, has brought hundreds of steel benches to streets across the boroughs. DOT marked the installation of the 1,500th bench yesterday, at MS 22 in the Bronx, and said the Federal Transit Authority has awarded the […]

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As Baby Boomers Age, They Take Their Foot Off the Gas

By Angie Schmitt | Nov 13, 2012 | No Comments

They may be remembered as the driving-est generation. Baby Boomers, who came of age in the heyday of suburbia, have always driven more than any other generation. At the height of their driving years, boomers averaged 51 miles per day. They continue to drive 17 percent more than all other age groups, according to a […]

Report: New York’s Transit and Walkability Keys to Age-Friendly City

By Noah Kazis | Jul 31, 2012 | 6 Comments

The best places to grow old aren’t in Florida or Arizona, according to a report released today by the Milken Institute, a California-based think tank. Phoenix’s woeful transportation system, which offers few travel options for people too old to drive everywhere, disqualifies that purported haven for retirees. No, the best places for the fast-growing 65-plus […]

DOT Proposes Traffic-Calming Redesign for Deadly Adam Clayton Powell Blvd

By Noah Kazis | May 10, 2012 | 12 Comments

After more than three years of delay and debate, safety improvements may finally be coming to one of Harlem’s deadliest avenues. Under a plan tentatively okayed by Manhattan Community Board 10’s transportation committee last night [PDF], Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard will get wider medians, shorter crossing distances, and narrower traffic lanes in an attempt […]

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