Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

The Art and Science of Designing Good Cities for Walking

By Jan Gehl | Jun 15, 2011 | 8 Comments

Editor’s note: This is the second installment in a three-part series this week by renowned Danish architect and livable streets luminary Jan Gehl. The pieces are excerpts are from his book, “Cities for People,” published by Island Press. Donate to Streetsblog and Streetfilms and you’ll qualify to win a copy of the book, courtesy of […]

DOT Chooses Least Ambitious Option For 181st Street Makeover

By Noah Kazis | Jun 13, 2011 | 2 Comments

With five bus lines, two subway stops, a busy commercial strip, the only entrance to the Hudson River Greenway for blocks, and major bridge crossings at both ends of the street, Washington Heights’ 181st Street is a tangle of cars, buses, bikes and pedestrians. For years, DOT has been looking to redesign the corridor entirely, […]

Eyes on the Street: Huge Grand Army Plaza Ped Islands Under Construction

By Ben Fried | Jun 10, 2011 | 19 Comments

Construction has started on NYC DOT’s project to greatly expand the pedestrian zones at the north end of Grand Army Plaza. The result of a years-long community-based planning process led by the Grand Army Plaza Coalition, these pedestrian improvements will reclaim a lot of asphalt and give people a much more direct walking route to […]

Maimonides Hospital, FDNY: Boro Park Ped Islands Don’t Slow Response Times

By Noah Kazis | Jun 9, 2011 | 11 Comments

Here’s something Marcia Kramer, Dov Hikind, and Marty Markowitz forgot to mention in all their accumulated lawsuit threats, media events, and TV coverage on the Fort Hamilton Parkway pedestrian refuges: FDNY and Maimonides hospital report that the project has not affected response times. In opposing the pedestrian islands, designed to calm traffic and provide a […]

Ped Improvements Will Ease Transit Access in East New York, Port Richmond

By Noah Kazis | Jun 1, 2011 | 4 Comments

In two low-income neighborhoods, DOT is planning to make it easier and safer for residents to reach transit. In East New York [PDF] and Port Richmond [PDF], features like curb extensions, new sidewalks, and improved pedestrian ramps will be installed by next year. While both neighborhoods have rich transit options — that section of East […]

Kramer and Hikind Exaggerate Victory in War on Pedestrians

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2011 | 14 Comments

Last night Marcia Kramer served up more of her unique brand of public service journalism, triumphantly reporting that the city will remove pedestrian safety measures designed to prevent seniors from getting killed and maimed in Borough Park traffic. Touring Fort Hamilton Parkway with Dov Hikind, the State Assembly rep who threatened last month to sue […]

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