Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

SeeClickFix: Is “Little Brother” the Next Big Thing?

By Matthew Roth | | 6 Comments
SeeClickFix users report Union Street gridlock The next generation of community-driven reporting of quality-of-life issues — like potholes, graffiti, garbage buildup, or broken street lights — is SeeClickFix, software that enables users to populate a map with cases that are then forwarded to the responsible city agency. Much like a 311 system, SeeClickFix is predicated […]

Union Street Becomes a “Secret Garden”

By Aaron Naparstek | | 6 Comments
Matt Jones at the Secret Garden from hoovesontheturf on Vimeo. I was getting ready to put out the recycling one Wednesday evening a few weeks back when I heard what I thought sounded like someone playing a Bonnie Prince Billy album out in front of my house. Climate change notwithstanding, February is early for the […]

ITDP: New York a World Leader in Sustainable Transport

By Brad Aaron | | 6 Comments
Photo: Walter Hook, ITDP New York is one of five cities nominated by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy for its 2009 Sustainable Transport Award. Click through to see what measures taken by other nominees — Beijing, Istanbul, Mexico City and Milan — merited ITDP consideration. As for NYC’s breakthrough year, we couldn’t sum […]

Streetfilms: A Streetside Chat With Jan Gehl

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
In November 2006, Danish planner Jan Gehl met Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton in Times Square to reflect on the state of the city’s public spaces. In this Streetfilm by Clarence Eckerson, EIC Aaron Naparstek catches up with Gehl in the new Madison Square to talk about what has changed in the intervening two years, and […]

Jan Gehl: New York Could Have World’s Best Streets

By Gideon Shapiro | | 6 Comments
When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, together with consultant and Danish urban planner Jan Gehl,  introduced the new "World Class Streets" doc [PDF] to a crowd of over 300 last Thursday evening at the Center for Architecture, the event seemed equal parts town hall meeting and celebrity book launch. Building upon PlaNYC and DOT’s Sustainable Streets, […]

Tonight: See the Blueprint for a New Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | | 27 Comments
Streets designed for safe, accessible, and equitable use. That is the vision of the "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets," to be unveiled tonight by the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign. The product of one year of community-driven planning, in consultation with urbanist legends Jan Gehl and Donald […]
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