Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Elderly & Disabled

Active Living For All Ages: Creating Neighborhoods Around Transit

By Robin Urban Smith | Apr 17, 2012 | No Comments

Streetfilms teamed up with the Public Policy Institute at AARP to bring you a look at how Arlington, Virginia plans for its senior population using transit-oriented development (TOD). Arlington has been practicing TOD since the late 1970s, when Washington’s Metrorail first began service there, and it’s proved very effective in accommodating the population growth of […]

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Wider, Straighter, and Faster Roads Aren’t the Solution for Older Drivers

By Gary Toth | Mar 6, 2012 | No Comments

This response to a new report from AASHTO and TRIP on safety issues for older drivers was written by Gary Toth, senior director of transportation initiatives for Project for Public Spaces, and co-signed by Congress for the New Urbanism, the WALC Institute, and Strong Towns. The issue of safety and older drivers is an important […]

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AASHTO’s Vision of Safe Streets for Seniors: Bigger Type on Highway Signs

By Tanya Snyder | Mar 2, 2012 | No Comments

Last June, Transportation for America brought the nation’s attention to the fact that older Americans are increasingly stuck in the suburbs without adequate transportation options, leading them to see family and friends and even doctors less. That same month, the Senate Banking Committee held a hearing on transportation access for older Americans. The debate raged: […]

DOT Proposes Five Ped Refuges For Hillside Avenue in Queens

By Noah Kazis | Feb 24, 2012 | 1 Comment

One of the most dangerous streets in Queens is slated for a safety upgrade, with the Department of Transportation proposing five new pedestrian refuge islands along Hillside Avenue [PDF]. The intervention is a relatively modest one, however, with no narrowing of the roadway and fewer pedestrian refuges than a previous proposal for the corridor. Hillside […]

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Time to See Older Drivers Through Dry Eyes

By Anne Lutz Fernandez | Oct 24, 2011 | No Comments

“Have you cried at your desk at work yet today? Would you like to?” Time Magazine asked last week, inviting its readers to indulge in emotion on behalf of an Iowa couple whose story went viral last week. Gordon and Norma Yeager died as the result of a car crash, the same way about 630 […]

PlaNYC Program Will Bring 1,000 Sleek New Benches to City Sidewalks

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2011 | 16 Comments

Joined by East Harlem seniors, advocates and City Council members, transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan today kicked off a program to provide new and improved sidewalk seating. CityBench, a product of PlaNYC 2.0, will bring 1,000 shiny steel benches to locations across the five boroughs. The first two were installed outside the Leonard Covello Senior Center […]

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