Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

DOT Rolls Out Fort Greene Bike Lanes & Traffic-Calming

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 12, 2007 | 12 Comments

Via Brownstoner, the Department of Transportation is building out a nice street redesign project in Brooklyn right now as a part of its Ft. Greene Bike Lane & Traffic Calming Project (download a project description here). Formerly a 70-foot-wide one-way street, Carlton Avenue, above, has been converted to two-way operation with five-foot bike lanes on […]

In Amsterdam Cyclists Always Get the Green Light

By Jason Varone | Nov 12, 2007 | 2 Comments

The green wave of Odense, Denmark. Taking bicycle infrastructure to the next level, Amsterdam traffic engineers have created a "green wave" along Raadhuisstraat. Cyclists riding at a speed of 9 to 11 miles per hour will never have to stop at a red light. Tests show that the cyclist "green wave" is helping buses move […]

Nasty Newsrack Photo Contest Finalists

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 12, 2007 | 18 Comments

The Municipal Art Society will be announcing the winner of its Nasty Newsrack Photo Competition tomorrow. MAS launched the "OUTRAGE!!! Nasty Newsrack Photo Competition" to highlight the rampant legal violations of newsracks in New York City, and received more than 200 submissions. MAS is currently is exploring new newsrack policies and designs that have been […]

DOT Rolls Out the New Lower Manhattan Crosstown Bike Route

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2007 | 6 Comments

The street re-surfacing men and machinery were out in force in Soho last night. Houston Street Bike Safety Initiative Director Ian Dutton snapped this photo on Prince Street. Once the street is repaved, the Department of Transportation will stripe the hotly debated Prince and Bleecker Street bike lanes. Lower Manhattan’s newest east-west bike route is […]

Jan Gehl: Gridlocked Streets Are “Not a Law of Nature”

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2007 | 8 Comments

It could have been just another gathering of urban idealists, agreeing with each other about how great it would be to have more public space for people, and less for cars. Except last night’s NYC Streets Renaissance event, "A New Vision for the Upper West Side," featured renowned Danish planner Jan Gehl — who, as […]

Shared Space on the Brooklyn Bridge

By Alex Marshall | Nov 7, 2007 | 71 Comments

I’d bet that people walking outnumber people bicycling across the Brooklyn Bridge by at least 100 to one. I cycle across the wooden-slatted walkway that soars over the top of the bridge regularly now, and every time I do so I think about this. My rolling bicycle negates the space for scores of people every […]

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