Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Shared Space

This proposal to radically shift the Brooklyn Bridge's Manhattan entrance for pedestrians is still stuck in the study phase. Photo: 2018 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Gabrielle Stroik Johnson.

Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan

By Ben Verde | Mar 19, 2019 | 7 Comments

Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.

The Downtown Alliance wants to put pedestrians first on streets around the Stock Exchange. Image: Downtown Alliance

Downtown Alliance Calls for a Pedestrianized Financial District

By David Meyer | May 15, 2018 | 17 Comments

The BID wants the city to convert streets to "shared space" with a central hub for truck deliveries.

A rendering of what 43rd Street will look like in 2021, once its "shared street" design is built out in concrete. image: NYC Mayor's Office

Can DOT Build a Plaza By Grand Central Faster Than DDC?

By David Meyer | Feb 16, 2018 | 2 Comments

Two new public spaces connected to the rezoning of Midtown East will be built out by DOT, not the Department of Design and Construction.

DOT Previews Car-Lite 43rd Street by Grand Central

By David Meyer | Sep 29, 2017 | 9 Comments

Once it was off-limits to cars this afternoon, the block filled up with people pretty much instantaneously.

A car-free block of Broadway in the "Garment District Urban Garden."

Shared Space, Broadway’s Car-Free Garden, and Other Summer Highlights From NYC DOT

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 18, 2017 | 4 Comments

NYC DOT is on a roll this summer as construction season brings a slew of new projects to improve walking and biking, including some design treatments the city is trying out for the first time. These short videos are my way of saying thanks.

"Shared space" in action on Broadway. Photo: David Meyer

DOT Should Invite New Yorkers to Make “Shared Spaces” Happen on Their Blocks

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2017 | 2 Comments

DOT's slow zone program was a standing offer to neighborhood groups: Here's a way to make your streets safer -- tell us that you want it and we'll make it happen. The same basic structure could be used to expand DOT's "shared space" initiative.

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