Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

Happy Halloween From Clarence the Purple Traffic Wizard

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 31, 2007 | 11 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson took to the streets in costume to check on the progress of DOT’s new 9th Avenue physically separated bike lane. The pleasant surprises continue as new signs, markings and cyclist-oriented traffic signals have recently appeared. Although driver behavior continues to improve, there are still a few problems to highlight, as well. If […]

Brooklyn’s Myrtle Avenue Renaissance

By Jason Varone | Oct 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

In an attempt to turn Myrtle Avenue into a thriving "Main Street" for Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is now working with Project for Public Spaces "to survey, analyze, and produce conceptual recommendations for four underutilized public and quasi-public spaces on the avenue." You can see the 4 locations […]

New Bike Lanes and Sharrows Lead to the Brooklyn Bridge

By Jason Varone | Oct 30, 2007 | 36 Comments

This new buffered bike lane begins at Petrosino Square at Lafayette Street and Spring Street and heads southbound all the way down to Duane Street on the way to the Brooklyn Bridge. Along the way you’ll find quite a few bike boxes and sharrows, new bike safety tools in the Department of Transportation street design […]

Silver: “We’re Not Doing Gansevoort Today.”

By Brad Aaron | Oct 23, 2007 | 10 Comments

From City Room: Speaker Sheldon Silver told City Room this morning that the Assembly would not act on the proposed West Side trash transfer station near Gansevoort Street in the meatpacking district, in his latest snub of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. The station has been a priority for the mayor, who held a news conference […]

Silver Stalls Plan to Reduce Garbage Truck Traffic

By Brad Aaron | Oct 22, 2007 | 23 Comments

Under the city’s proposed waste management plan, more trash would be hauled by trains and barges. Reactivation of a garbage transfer station that the city considers crucial to its waste management plan — a plan it says will reduce truck traffic and allow more waste to be moved by barges and trains — is being […]

Illinois Adopts “Complete Streets” Into Law

By Jason Varone | Oct 17, 2007 | 8 Comments

The National Complete Streets Coalition reports on an important victory for the livable streets movement in Illinois. A new law mandates that the principles of complete streets must be incorporated into all new projects and construction, effective immediately. In near-unanimous votes, the Illinois House and Senate have overridden a gubernatorial veto to adopt a statewide […]

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