Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Health

This doesn't happen very much, but now it won't happen between 1 and 5 a.m.

SHUTDOWN: In Historic Move, Cuomo Eliminates Early Morning Subway Service for Cleaning

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 30, 2020 | No Comments

Gov. Cuomo has just announced that subway service will be shut down from 1 to 5 a.m. every day so that the system can be completely disinfected every 24 hours.

Cars and COVID-19: A New Way to Look at Virus Spread

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 29, 2020 | No Comments

Remember that MIT study that suggested that transit worsened the coronavirus crisis in New York City? Well, the same (equally unlikely) thing can be said about cars, too!

It costs a lot to clean the subway, which is why the MTA is out of money.

Ad Man to MTA: To Restore Trust, Don’t Sugarcoat COVID-19 Crisis

By Joseph Cianciotti | Apr 28, 2020 | No Comments

An architect of the subway's legendary 1989 "We're Coming Back" ad campaign offers his advice on restoring public confidence in the system.

BUZZKILL: Blue Angels ‘Tribute’ is Unwelcome Noise, Pollution and Patriotism

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 27, 2020 | No Comments

If spewing pollution over a city battling a respiratory disease is a salute, it's definitely the one-finger kind.

MUST-WATCH: ‘Delivery Guys are Not Trash’ — They’re Heroes

By Streetsblog | Apr 24, 2020 | No Comments

If you watch nothing else today, please watch this four-minute video by producers Jon Hsu and Law Chen featuring New York's hard-working delivery cyclists.

KOMANOFF: It’s Earth Day — Let’s Celebrate NYC’s Cleaner Air

By Charles Komanoff | Apr 22, 2020 | No Comments

The distance we've come since the photo above is impressive, and we can credit Earth Day activism and government regulation.

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