Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

DOT Presents Full Menu of Street Improvements for Jackson Heights

By Len Maniace | Feb 14, 2011 | No Comments

When large numbers of pedestrians, trucks and cars battle for limited space, you get a traffic mess. When that traffic mess is in one of the nation’s first high-density garden communities, which now is also one of the nation’s most diverse communities, you get Jackson Heights. City transportation planners are taking another shot at untangling […]

DOT’s Interactive Map Points the Way to a More Livable Jackson Heights

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Since 2009, the Department of Transportation has been engaged in a major study of Jackson Heights’ streets and sidewalks. At the request of community groups and with federal funding from Rep. Joe Crowley, DOT has been developing a plan to make the neighborhood safer, less congested, and more transit-accessible. After two years of research and […]

Tonight: Backers Needed for Astor Place Reclamation

By Brad Aaron | Jan 20, 2011 | No Comments

Tonight, Community Board 2 will vote its recommendation on DOT’s plans to make Astor Place more accommodating and inviting to pedestrians. While it’s hard to imagine how, for an area between the East Village and NYU, traffic lanes could be considered more desirable than space for people, the outcome of the vote is very much […]

Tomorrow: Tell CB 2 You Want a More Pedestrian-Friendly Astor Place

By Brad Aaron | Jan 19, 2011 | 2 Comments

If you can’t make it to Brooklyn for the Prospect Park West forum tomorrow, there’s a Manhattan livable streets effort that needs a show of support. The reclamation of Astor Place, years in the making, would transfer thousands of square feet to pedestrians, and lay the foundation for a great public space to take shape […]

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Is the Livability Movement Doomed to Homogeneity? The CDC Says No.

By Tanya Snyder | Jan 13, 2011 | No Comments

The first time Adolfo Hernandez went to the National Bike Summit, he got a sense of just how monochromatic the livability movement can be. “I think there were about 300 or 400 people,” he said. “And really, I could count on one hand people I thought were people of color.” Hernandez is the director of […]

Canal Street Report Recommends Wider Sidewalks, Smarter Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jan 6, 2011 | 3 Comments

Canal Street, to put it mildly, is due for a makeover. The street is clogged with traffic from the Holland Tunnel and the un-tolled Manhattan Bridge. Pedestrians jostle for space on the packed sidewalks, and they’re especially at risk of getting hit by a car, according to the city’s Pedestrian Safety Study. Fortunately, the funds […]

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