Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

In Chicago, Parks Funded By Parking Garages

By Jason Varone | Jul 16, 2007 | 3 Comments

Mayor Richard Daley has been aggressive in transforming Chicago into a more livable city, cracking down on sociopathic motorists, encouraging traffic-calming, promoting bicycling and paying attention to the nitty gritty environmental impacts of street design. The Chicago Tribune recently reported on the Mayor’s latest effort to fund citywide park-improvements projects using revenues from city-owned parking […]

How Do Bike Seizures Fit Into Bloomberg’s “Green Plan”

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 13, 2007 | 17 Comments

On Tuesday afternoon the Parks Dept. seized dozens of bikes parked at the Forest Hills train station Lauren Philson was out running some errands near the Forest Hills train station in Queens on Tuesday when she spotted three or four men using large clippers to steal bicycles. The men weren’t your typical bike thieves. "They […]

Senator Decries Bronx Asthma Crisis Then Rejects Pricing

By Jason Varone | Jul 13, 2007 | 13 Comments

It turns out that pollution-related heart and lung problems aren’t just for poor kids in the Bronx anymore. From yesterday’s New York Times: A study that used the mass of data included in the Women’s Health Initiative found that women who lived in communities with relatively high levels of air pollution in the forms of […]

More Meatpacking Plaza Construction Photos

By Jason Varone | Jul 13, 2007 | 1 Comment

More shots of the street redesign project underway just north of 14th Street at Ninth Avenue: Photos: Clarence Eckerson, Mike Epstein

Report: New Parks Dept. Policy to Clip Locks and Seize Bikes

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 15 Comments

Just in case you thought all of the bike-related news today was good, a Streetsblog tipster in Queens reports that Parks and Recreation Dept. agents were clipping bike locks and seizing bicycles in Forest Hills, Queens yesterday. She was told by a city employee that the bike seizures are part of a new, citywide Parks […]

Construction of Piazza de Meatpacking is Underway

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 12, 2007 | 3 Comments

Dept. of Transportation street design projects are moving incredibly fast these days. Only a few weeks ago the City announced that, in response to long-standing community requests, it would create a new public plaza, buffered bike lane, and major pedestrian improvements at that big, crazy intersection in the middle of the Meatpacking District. Work has […]

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