Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Eyes on the Street: “Bowtie of Death” Needs a New Nickname

By Noah Kazis | Oct 31, 2011 | 6 Comments

DOT has largely completed an overhaul of the complicated intersection of Broadway, Amsterdam and 71st Street, a year after presenting the plan to Community Board 7 (hat tip to the West Side Rag, which noted the new infrastructure last Thursday). Dubbed the “bowtie of death” by Borough President Scott Stringer and Assembly Member Linda Rosenthal, […]

City Says Decrepit Inwood Step-Street on Track for Rehab

By Brad Aaron | Oct 21, 2011 | 4 Comments

It was supposed to happen circa 2005. Then in 2009. Now the city says the restoration of a crumbling block-long staircase that serves as a pedestrian-only street in Inwood will be finished by summer 2013. The 215th Step-Street connects Broadway to residential blocks at Inwood’s northern end. For years its cracked stairs and broken lamps […]

Design For Permanent Times Square Plazas Released

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2011 | 20 Comments

By taking out a troublesome diagonal from the Manhattan grid, the Green Light for Midtown program improved street safety and retail business while creating new public space at one of New York City’s most iconic locations. Pedestrian injuries are down 35 percent and injuries to motorists are down 63 percent, even while traffic is flowing […]

In Progress: The Reclamation of Grand Army Plaza for Walking

By Ben Fried | Sep 20, 2011 | 9 Comments

Construction work is nearing completion at one of the summer’s biggest livable streets projects: DOT’s improvements for pedestrians and cyclists at Brooklyn’s Grand Army Plaza. Spurred by the advocacy groundwork laid by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, the city has added huge new pedestrian islands on the north side of the plaza and created safer […]

CB 11 Committee, Joined By Mark-Viverito, Votes For East Harlem Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Sep 7, 2011 | 7 Comments

The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 11 wants to see protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues, which the city promised for East Harlem last year and then delayed. Joined by City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, who spoke strongly in favor of the project, the committee endorsed plans to build protected lanes between […]

Next Week: DOT to Re-Present Plans for East Side Bike Lanes Up to 125th

By Brad Aaron | Aug 31, 2011 | 4 Comments

After over a year of protests from residents and electeds clamoring for safer streets, next week DOT will present its proposal for extending the First and Second Avenue bike lanes north to 125th Street. The presentations will mark the second time around the community board circuit for bike-ped safety plans on those streets, which were […]

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