Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety

Slow Zones, Safer Arterials Win Over CBs in Manhattan and Queens

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2014 | 1 Comment

At its annual outdoor meeting in Diversity Plaza last night, Queens Community Board 3 voted to support two traffic safety projects: a new neighborhood Slow Zone in Jackson Heights and nine additional pedestrian refuge islands on Northern Boulevard, one of the borough’s most dangerous arterial streets. “It was not very contentious at all. It was […]

NYC Bike-Ped Projects Get $21 Million in Federal Funds From State DOT

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2014 | 10 Comments

On Tuesday, Governor Cuomo announced that the state DOT is awarding $21.2 million in federal highway safety funds over three years to nine projects in New York City that all include big safety improvements for biking and walking. Advocates welcomed the news, but still have questions about whether the state is allocating enough money to […]

New Bronx River Greenway Link Would Remake Asphalt Expanse

By Stephen Miller | Jun 9, 2014 | 4 Comments

After years of inter-agency wrangling, a wide-open intersection in the Bronx is set for a complete redesign that will include a new link in the Bronx River Greenway. The city presented a preliminary design [PDF] to Community Board 6’s transportation committee last Thursday. While the plan is a big step forward, it lacks a crosswalk that would […]

Eyes on the Street: Ped Improvements Take Shape at Broadway and Dyckman

By Brad Aaron | Jun 4, 2014 | 1 Comment

DOT has begun work on pedestrian improvements at Broadway, Dyckman Street, and Riverside Drive in Inwood. With long crossings that required pedestrians to watch for drivers coming from different directions simultaneously, the five-legged intersection was the site of 128 crashes from 2010 to 2012, according to DOT. Last fall Community Board 12 endorsed a DOT plan for a mix of […]

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Atlanta’s Pleasantdale Road Voted the Least Crossable Street in America

By Angie Schmitt | May 27, 2014 | No Comments

Streetsblog readers have spoken, choosing Atlanta’s Pleasantdale Road as the “least crossable street in America,” which beat tough competition from Phoenix, Kansas City, and other cities. To legally walk from the bus stop at Pleasant Shade Drive to the apartment complex across the street using the nearest crosswalk would require a three-quarter-mile trip. Jacob Mason, the […]

CBs Eye Safety Tweaks on 155th Street Through Denny Farrell’s Windshield

By Stephen Miller | May 23, 2014 | 8 Comments

A dangerous Upper Manhattan intersection could get pedestrian safety upgrades [PDF], if three community boards can agree on a plan. Wednesday evening, DOT invited neighborhood residents and members of Community Boards 9, 10, and 12 to a meeting that resulted in some consensus, though implementation remains about a year away. As at last year’s meeting, however, […]

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