Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Livable Streets

Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle

By Sarah Goodyear | Jun 19, 2007 | 9 Comments

A view of 35th Ave. in Jackson Heights, part of the DOT’s proposed one-way pair for the neighborhood Apparently undeterred by the resounding community rejection of proposed one-way streets in Park Slope in March, the city’s Department of Transportation is proposing changing two major thoroughfares in Jackson Heights from two-way to one-way. The proposal, which […]

Will the Revitalized High Bridge be Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Donovan | Jun 19, 2007 | 43 Comments

This is a guest post by Susan Murray, author of the Urban Naturalist. The High Bridge, a graceful stone and steel bridge, reminiscent of the great Roman aqueducts, spans the Harlem River between parks in Washington Heights and the Highbridge neighborhood in the Bronx. Erected in 1848, decades before the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges, it […]

A Livable Streets Exhibition Opens in Brooklyn

By Jason Varone | Jun 18, 2007 | 1 Comment

This Thursday will be the opening reception of "Livable Streets in Brooklyn," an exhibition at the Brooklyn Public Library. There will be a presentation by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition (GAPco) about the community-driven process that has been underway to re-envision Grand Army Plaza. And the Department of Transportation will discuss its recently announced plans […]

Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT’s 9th Street Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 14, 2007 | No Comments

Last night, Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 narrowly voted in favor of a resolution supporting the Department of Transportation’s plan to put Park Slope’s 9th Street on a "Road Diet." So, that’s that. After two months of fighting it’s all over but for the Thermoplast. We would enjoy saying that the group of 9th Street residents […]

You Are Invited to Streetsblog’s Birthday Party

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

This Friday we’ll be celebrating Streetsblog’s first full year of operation and the remarkable progress that New York City’s Livable Streets movement has made in pushing transportation policy and urban environmental issues to the very top of the civic agenda. This web site would be a far less interesting and informative place without all of […]

Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown’s East River Waterfront

By Jason Varone | Jun 13, 2007 | 13 Comments

The Municipal Art Society of New York, City Council member Dan Garodnick, and Manhattan’s Community Board 6 ran an intensive day-long workshop last Wednesday to develop a new vision for Midtown’s inaccessible East River waterfront. On Sunday, MAS unveiled some of the results. From the MAS press release: "By realigning and lowering the 42nd Street […]

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