OPINION: City DOT Must Do More To Fix Atlantic Avenue
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Being a pedestrian or cyclist rather than a driver should not mean you are more likely to lose your life.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Pedestrian safety
Unwilling to Wait for DOT, Neighborhood Residents Pitch Design for ‘Apolline’s Garden’
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A tribute to a 3-month-old baby who was killed by a reckless driver appears to be moving forward.
Streetfilms: ‘Talking Public Spaces’ in the Meatpacking District
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See it: Gorgeous plazas with lush plantings in movable containers. Refurbished 19th-century factory buildings on quaint cobblestone streets. People sipping drinks under red cloth umbrellas — and hardly a car to be seen. Are we really in the Manhattan? Yes.
In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets
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Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.
Schumer: NYS Will Get ‘An Effing Lot Of Money’ For Street Safety And Cycling
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New York is about to get so much money for safe streets from the federal government that our leaders are almost swearing in amazement.
EXCLUSIVE: Sanitation Commissioner to Cyclists: ‘We Will Do Better This Winter’
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"It's going to be better — 100 percent," Sanitation Commissioner Ed Grayson told Streetsblog, though he admitted that the agency is holding onto its old script of not clearing bike lanes and pedestrian crossings until all roads are cleared for drivers.