Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

Specific Commitments From the City on Bike Safety

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 12, 2006 | 15 Comments

As part of today’s big announcement on bike safety improvements, the City is committing to undertaking the following actions. From the City’s press release: Bicycle Infrastructure Improvements Over the next three years DOT will install 200 miles of bicycle facilities with targets of 5 miles of Class I separated paths, 150 miles of Class II […]

Highlights from City’s Bike Fatality & Injury Report

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 12, 2006 | 5 Comments

One of the most interesting developments to emerge from today’s big announcement on bike safety is the idea that bicycling is now being treated by city government as a public health issue. This is from the City’s press release: Bicycle lanes and helmets may reduce the risk of death. Almost three-quarters of fatal crashes (74%) […]

Streetfilms: Car-Free Sunday on the Grand Concourse

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 18, 2006 | No Comments

Car-Free Sunday on the Grand ConcourseA Clarence Eckerson, Jr. StreetfilmRunning time: 3:58 – 12.35 MB, QuickTime Back in the early 1990s, three-and-a-half miles of the Grand Concourse, a major roadway in the Bronx, was closed to cars every Sunday from July thru November. The car-free time provided residents with much-needed open space to bike, walk, play, […]

Another Very Bad Week to Ride a Bike in NYC

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2006 | 24 Comments

In the wake of this morning’s Midtown bike fatality, a correspondent reports: This week three cyclists have been killed or seriously injured in New York City. The first one was on Sunday in Brooklyn. A 10-year-old boy was killed while riding his bike home from his Little League championship game. On Tuesday afternoon another kid was struck and killed while […]

Trucker Kills Cyclist on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 10, 2006 | 11 Comments

A cyclist riding a red mountain bike was killed on Ninth Avenue and 29th Street at about 10 am this morning. The cyclist, a courier working for Urban Express, was traveling southbound in the right lane of 9th Ave. A 10-wheel truck carrying construction materials was driving in the lane to his left. At 29th Street, with the […]

Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 17, 2006 | No Comments

Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9 am to 3 pmVesey & Church Streets, Manhattan, near church graveyard WHAT: PM 2.5 air monitoring WHO: John Culpepper of Lower Washington Heights Neighborhood Association WHERE: Vesey & Church Streets, Manhattan near church graveyard. WHEN: Wed. 19 July 2006, 9 am to 3 pm PM 2.5 is particulate matter 2.5 […]

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