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Can This Documentary Get Americans to Care About Pedestrian and Cyclist Deaths?

By Kea Wilson | Aug 25, 2022 | No Comments

A new documentary aims to tell the dramatic story of America's escalating pedestrian and cyclist death crisis — and hopefully, inspire non-advocates to get involved in the movement to end the epidemic.

The view south from Eighth Avenue and West 44th Street, where there are going to some ch-ch-changes. Photo: Dave Colon

Eighth Ave. Road Diet Marches North, But Community Wants ‘Concrete’ Plan

By Dave Colon | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

A Manhattan community board is generally supportive of a Department of Transportation plan to increase pedestrian space on Eighth Avenue while also narrowing the wild west roadway, but wants the agency to fully build out the changes with concrete, not just paint.

A DOT rendering shows the future plaza on Doyers Street. Image: DOT

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Chinatown’s Doyers Open Street to Become a Car-Free Plaza

By Eve Kessler | Jul 19, 2022 | No Comments

A street that is useless for motorists in a neighborhood with virtually no open space will finally get the treatment it, and its neighbors, deserve.

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Hoboken Eliminated Traffic Deaths For 4 Years — And Now It’s Ending Injuries, Too

By Kea Wilson | Jul 18, 2022 | No Comments

Frank Sinatra's hometown has a thing or two to teach its big time neighbor to the east about Vision Zero.

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Talking Headways Podcast: Walking with Pedestrian Dignity

By Jeff Wood | Jul 14, 2022 | No Comments

What's it like to walk across America? It can be beautiful — but also assaultive.

The pedestrianized street in fromt of the New York Stock Exchange. Photo: Via Wikimedia Commons

OPINION: Pedestrianize the Financial District Now!

By Michael King | Jul 11, 2022 | No Comments

Why is the Department of Transportation idawdling on implementing the "Make Way for Lower Manhattan" plan?

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