Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

Pedestrians, Bus Riders, and Cyclists Get a Better Bronx Hub

By Ben Fried | Dec 1, 2008 | 9 Comments

These DOT photos [PDF] show off the revamped Bronx Hub — the shopping district and transit nexus in Melrose that just received a slew of livable streets improvements. Planters, surfacing, and a few strategically placed concrete islands demarcate pretty substantial new swaths of pedestrian space, including a block-long plaza (shown above and in bird’s eye […]

Hudson Greenway “Cherry Walk” Still Dark and Dangerous

By Brad Aaron | Nov 26, 2008 | 21 Comments

Streetsblogger Jacob-uptown: "You can see many of the street lamps on Henry Hudson Parkway are burned out. This makes the greenway completely unlit, except for oncoming car headlights." Last December, Washington Heights resident Lars Klove alerted us to night-time conditions on a segment of the Hudson River Greenway known as Cherry Walk, which lies roughly […]

CityRacks Winner: It’s a Standing O

By Brad Aaron | Nov 14, 2008 | 22 Comments

Danish Ambassador Torben Getterman accepts on behalf of the winning designers. Photo: Nathan John. Winners of the CityRacks Design Competition were announced this morning. First place for outdoor rack went to Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve (Bettlelab) of Copenhagen, whose prototype will be adopted as "the new standard bicycle rack installed on New York […]

Tonight: See the Blueprint for a New Upper West Side

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2008 | 27 Comments

Streets designed for safe, accessible, and equitable use. That is the vision of the "Blueprint for the Upper West Side: A Roadmap for Truly Livable Streets," to be unveiled tonight by the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance Campaign. The product of one year of community-driven planning, in consultation with urbanist legends Jan Gehl and Donald […]

Design Comp Winner Envisions Neighborhood Bike-Share for Red Hook

By Ben Fried | Nov 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

The bike loft at the Smith-9th Street station designed by competition winner Jonathan Rule. The Forum for Urban Design announced the winner of its Red Hook bicycle plan competition Monday night, awarding top honors to Brooklyn native Jonathan Rule. The competition sought out ideas to make transit-poor Red Hook the city’s most bikeable neighborhood, asking […]

Designing NYC Streets for the 21st Century

By Ben Fried | Nov 6, 2008 | 3 Comments

Earlier this week Transportation Alternatives announced the winners of its "21st Century Street" design competition, selecting three entries from more than a hundred submissions re-imagining the intersection of Fourth Avenue and Ninth Street in Brooklyn. Juror Michelle de la Uz, director of the Fifth Avenue Committee, listed safety and the pedestrian environment as her top […]

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