Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian Infrastructure

Parking Overkill in Flushing: NYCEDC Made It Happen

By Noah Kazis | Mar 15, 2010 | 34 Comments

It’s not every day that a New York City real estate executive name-checks Donald Shoup, but one developer admiringly referred to the dean of progressive parking policy while explaining his project to Streetsblog. If not for the New York City Economic Development Corporation and mis-directed political pressures, says TDC Development President Michael Meyer, the huge mixed-use […]

Bay Ridge Mother Stirs Street Safety Awakening at Brooklyn CB 10

By Noah Kazis | Mar 12, 2010 | 3 Comments

Maureen Landers was walking to pick up her son Max from P.S. 127 in Bay Ridge last April when she was struck by a motorist turning onto Fourth Avenue. Her stroller — thankfully empty — was flattened. She was rushed to the hospital but did not sustain major injuries. As for the driver, he didn’t […]

Safer Bowery, LES Bike Lanes Clear Manhattan CB3 Committee

By Ben Fried | Mar 11, 2010 | 25 Comments

New bike routes will provide safer connections on the Manhattan side of the Williamsburg Bridge, in an attempt to divert cyclists from Delancey Street. Image: NYCDOT NYCDOT unveiled a slate of pedestrian and bicycle improvements to the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 3 last night. Presenters asked for votes on two street safety projects: […]

Billyburg’s “New Domino” Mixes Parking Disaster With Bike-Ped Benefits

By Noah Kazis | Mar 4, 2010 | 27 Comments

The New Domino development proposed for the Williamsburg waterfront made headlines last week when a Brooklyn Community Board 1 committee voted against enabling its construction. This privately financed project is worth a close look because it exemplifies how developers can embrace certain livable streets goals while ignoring the big picture of traffic. It’s the kind […]

DOT Plans to Bring NYC’s First Separated Busway to 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Mar 2, 2010 | 101 Comments

What the 34th Street transitway might look like between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Image: NYCDOT When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan hinted last Tuesday that bolder ideas were on the way for bus rapid transit in New York City, she apparently meant "next week." The DOT website now displays an updated plan for the next phase […]

High Bridge Restoration Off and Running

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo:rickweller/Flickr It’s about a year-and-a-half behind the schedule announced in 2007, but the rehabilitation of the High Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist link between Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, is off the ground. Per an email from project coordinator Ellen Macnow of the Parks Department, via Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets: A contract has […]

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