Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 4, 2008 | 12 Comments

The "Fixie Flasher" strikes again. Bike Snob NYC tells the sordid tale of a New Year’s Eve morning bike commute gone horribly, horribly wrong… I had been riding Manhattan-bound over the Brooklyn bridge when I was overtaken on the incline by another cyclist. As he passed me, I noticed to my astonishment and horror that […]

Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a citizen-driven project that began with a handful of insane visionaries picking up trash and planting flowers beside a BQE off-ramp, is taking shape on Columbia Street. Notice the space for greenery between the sidewalk and the curb. Plans call for the park to connect Greenpoint to Red Hook. Photos: Clarence […]

Congestion Pricing: Bloomberg Needs to Sweeten the Deal

By John Kaehny | Dec 14, 2007 | 35 Comments

Webster Avenue and Fordham Road, the Bronx Congestion pricing is in trouble. With just weeks to go before the Traffic Mitigation Commission makes its recommendations to the City Council and State Legislature, public support is waning and opponents appear to have the upper hand. The one sales pitch that scored high in public opinion polls, […]

Running the Christmas Tree Gauntlet

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 14, 2007 | 21 Comments

Dear DOT Commissioner Santa-Khan, All I want for Christmas next year is a new set of rules encouraging tree vendors to set up shop on the street in curbside parking space rather than jamming up New York City’s crowded, holiday-season sidewalks. Sincerely, Aaron Photo: Lars Klove, Sixth Avenue and 13th Street, Manhattan.

What Makes a Place Walkable?

By Glenn McAnanama | Dec 14, 2007 | 10 Comments

Bikes at Work has an interesting database that uses census numbers to show how many people walk to their jobs in cities, towns and villages across the US. A quick search for the highest walk-to-work locations for towns with over 1000 people yields the following results: Location POP % Walk to work Naval Academy, Maryland […]

This Holiday Season London’s Streets Are “Absolutely Jammed”

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 10, 2007 | 26 Comments

London retailers enjoyed a £100 million spending spree as Oxford, Bond and Regents Streets were closed to motor vehicle traffic for a day As New York City government issues its usual series of futile Holiday Season "Gridlock Alerts" (Warning to people stuck in traffic: You are stuck in traffic) while Manhattan shoppers have the life […]

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