Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

The Brake Podcast: Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Roadside Noise Cameras

By Streetsblog | Mar 1, 2023 | No Comments

Across America, a shocking number of drivers are illegally hacking their cars to be as loud as possible — and evidence is mounting that the phenomenon has a huge impact on public health. But what can cities do about it?

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Talking Headways Podcast: Tapping the Public Wealth of Cities

By Jeff Wood | Oct 16, 2022 | No Comments

How cities can use their real-estate assets in order to generate funds for needed services.

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The Brake: Would a Car-Light City Really Be ‘Quiet’?

By Streetsblog | Sep 21, 2022 | No Comments

This week on our podcast, we talk with noise researcher Dr. Erica Walker, who says we're missing a critical conversation about how unique communities experience their local soundscapes, both in the streets and beyond.

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The Problem With EV ‘Acoustic Vehicle Alerting Systems’ That No One Is Talking About

By Kea Wilson | Aug 5, 2022 | No Comments

Countless marginalized U.S. communities, though, are already being annoyed by car noise —and experts say that may not change even if every vehicle on the road were electrified overnight.

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.

Looking west on the new car-free Brooklyn Bridge. In the background are new wooden platforms between the stone piers, where visitors can go up and down between the old roadways and the elevated walkway. The decks provide flexible space for seating, food carts, exhibits, and the like. Rendering: Zeke Mermell

OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car

By John Massengale | Jun 8, 2022 | No Comments

Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.

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