Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2008 | 17 Comments

Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson recently made the journey to Melbourne, Australia, where he found a "new world city" redesigned for people-oriented development and mobility. Writes Clarence: Melbourne is simply wonderful. You can get lost in the nooks and crannies that permeate the city. As you walk you feel like free-flowing air with no impediments to your […]

Après Congestion Pricing, It’s Time to Look at the Paris Model

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 15, 2008 | 19 Comments

Amsterdam Ave. and 76th St. with street space reallocated to walkers, bikes and buses. When Transportation Alternatives, Project for Public Spaces and the Open Planning Project started the New York City Streets Renaissance Campaign nearly three years ago, the plan was to build a movement that would work block-by-block and neighborhood-by-neighborhood to reclaim the city’s […]

Streetfilms: “Lounging on High” in Wodonga, Australia

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 26, 2008 | 2 Comments

David Engwicht is a livable streets philosopher and author. Creator of the Walking School Bus, Mental Speed Bumps and many other innovative ways of taming traffic and increasing pedestrian safety, he has taken on “the challenge of a lifetime” to revitalize the downtown district of Wodonga, a small city in Australia often referred to as […]

Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety

By Brad Aaron | Mar 25, 2008 | 13 Comments

Police Commissioner Ray Kelly at Baruch College last week The following report was submitted by Carol Wood, a Murray Hill resident, along with Emilia Crotty, Bicycle Education Program Associate for Bike New York. Both are members of the NYC Bicycling Coalition. Last Thursday evening, March 20, nearly 200 East Siders turned out for a "Town […]

Envisioning a More Livable Columbus Avenue

By Ben Fried | Mar 18, 2008 | 8 Comments

As a candidate for a livable streets makeover, Columbus Avenue is a no-brainer. A block from Central Park, it is home to the American Museum of Natural History and sports a string of active ground floor businesses, but the street itself is a classically car-oriented corridor: three moving lanes sandwiched between two parking lanes. The […]

Could “Open Sundays” Help Solve Prince Problems?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 13, 2008 | 10 Comments

| View | Upload your own Here is the slide show outlining the DOT proposal to open Prince Street to pedestrians on summer Sundays. As we reported yesterday, the plan isn’t popular with some SoHo residents, who say it will turn Prince into another Mulberry Street. But Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton, a supporter of […]

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