Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready?

By Ethan Kent | Jun 6, 2007 | 15 Comments

With a successful Bike Month now behind us and a spectacular Tour de Brooklyn completed, we perhaps have an opportunity to dream bigger for how we can celebrate our bicyclists, our streets and communities in this city. I was recently in Bogotá for their weekly Ciclovia event and experienced first hand what may be one […]

CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell’s Kitchen

By Jason Varone | Jun 6, 2007 | 4 Comments

In order to foster ideas on how to reclaim 9th Avenue from Lincoln Tunnel traffic, the Clinton/Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition (CHEKPEDS) sponsored a six month community input process designed by Project for Public Spaces. The process began with a design workshop in January, and has evolved into an impressive final report (PDF). Some highlights […]

Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives

By Jason Varone | Jun 4, 2007 | 1 Comment

On Saturday, seventeen New York City and State elected officials stood with the Campaign for New York’s Future and officially endorsed PlaNYC. They are: New York City Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer New York State Senator Liz Krueger (District 26) New York State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman (District 31) New […]

City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell’s Kitchen

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2007 | 26 Comments

It seems inconceivable given the overwhelmingly positive developments of the past few weeks, but the city wants to increase parking in Manhattan by some 20,000 spaces, and is defending itself in court for the right to do so. The Bloomberg and Spitzer administrations are working together to hold on to a rezoning provision that would […]

Streetfilms: Turning Streets Into Community Spaces

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | May 30, 2007 | 11 Comments

Intersection RepairRunning time: 10:42 Have you ever dreamed of making the streets outside your home more livable, pedestrian-friendly, and community-oriented? City Repair in Portland, Oregon hosts an annual Village Building Convergence where hundreds of people come together to build diverse projects for the benefit of their communites and to take back their streets via a […]

Motor Vehicles Leading Cause of NYC Child Injury Deaths

By Sarah Goodyear | May 30, 2007 | 1 Comment

According to a new study out from the city’s Department of Health, children in New York are seven times less likely than children nationwide to die as car passengers. That’s the good news, likely the result of the fact that our kids spend a lot less time in cars than most American children. The bad […]

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