Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

With 34th Street Design Due in Spring, CB 6 Is Ready For Busway to Fail

By Noah Kazis | Jan 4, 2011 | 22 Comments

A preliminary design for the proposed 34th Street Transitway is due this spring, DOT said officials at a community board meeting last night. While up until now the department has been using three different concepts of how the city’s first physically separated bus lanes could be sited on 34th — in a median, along one […]

NYC Restaurants in Search of Foot Traffic Can Apply to DOT

By Ben Fried | Nov 4, 2010 | 8 Comments

A few months after launching the city’s first “pop-up café“ on Pearl Street in Lower Manhattan, NYC DOT is putting out a call to other businesses who might be interested in reclaiming curbside spaces to make way for seasonal sidewalk extensions, tables, and seating. The department announced today that it’s seeking applications [PDF] to expand […]

Roosevelt Island Parking Sensors Will Point the Way to Smart Parking

By Noah Kazis | Oct 29, 2010 | 9 Comments

New York City is about to get a taste of what cutting-edge parking policy could look like over on Roosevelt Island. The island will soon be installing parking sensors under 29 spaces, local blogs Roosevelt Islander and Roosevelt Island 360 reported this week. By providing real-time data about what actually happens in those spaces, the […]

At Riverside Park, Looking to More Bike Lanes to Soothe Bike/Ped Conflict

By Noah Kazis | Oct 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

The Hudson River Greenway is the busiest bike route in the city, with around 5,000 cyclists riding it during the peak 12-hour period each day. This June, the Parks Department abruptly put up dismount signs at the 72nd Street entrance to Riverside Park, interrupting a popular access route to a major corridor within Manhattan’s green […]

NYCEDC Building a Park(ing Lot) for Downtown Brooklyn

By Noah Kazis | Sep 27, 2010 | 28 Comments

If you’ve ever wished you could dodge more cars and inhale more exhaust on your way to the park, Downtown Brooklyn’s next green space is for you. It will be built on top of a garage with nearly 700 underground parking spots. Last Thursday, the city’s Economic Development Corporation released a request for proposals to […]

It’s Opening Day for the Newest Stretch of Broadway’s Green Ribbon

By Noah Kazis | Sep 22, 2010 | 21 Comments

One of Manhattan’s premier public spaces is now safer, roomier, and livelier. DOT officially opened its improvements to the Union Square area today, including new pedestrian plazas and a continuation of the Broadway bike lane into a contraflow lane on the north side of the square. Several pieces of the re-design were already in heavy […]

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