Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Inwood sneckdown, December 2016. Photo: Brad Aaron

Get Up and #Sneckdown

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2017 | No Comments

Sneckdowns are "snowy neckdowns" formed as motorists drive through melting snow and slush. With nine inches of snow in Central Park as of this afternoon, NYC is in for some serious sneckdown action. The next few days will be prime time. Share your finds with the #sneckdown hashtag on social media.

Gerritsen Avenue, where a speeding driver severely injured 12-year-old Anthony Turturro after locals asked DOT to calm traffic on the street. A state Court of Appeals ruling exposes the city to liability for failing to redesign streets when it's aware of dangerous conditions. Image: Google Maps

Court Holds NYC Liable for Injuries on Dangerous Streets

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2017 | 200 Comments

The decision says that when local governments are aware that a street design leads to dangerous driving behaviors, they have an obligation to act.

Kristi Flanagan just wanted to stop the speeding on her street. Image via Fox San Antonio

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Hero Mom Fined By Police for Vigilante Traffic Calming

By Angie Schmitt | Dec 22, 2016 | No Comments

She wanted her kids to be safe in the front yard, so she held the sign over her head and stood in the middle the street. Police slapped her with a jaywalking ticket.

De Blasio, Vacca, Trottenberg Rebuff Opponents of East Tremont Safety Plan

By David Meyer | Aug 11, 2016 | 22 Comments

A leader of the Throggs Neck Merchants Association tried to thwart DOT’s safety plan for East Tremont Avenue at a town hall in the Bronx last night and was firmly rebuffed by Mayor de Blasio, Council Member Jimmy Vacca, and Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg. After the exchange, Raisa Jimenez, whose son Giovianni Nin was killed by a hit-and-run driver on East Tremont earlier […]

Tonight: Tell Mayor de Blasio the Bronx Supports a Safer Tremont Avenue

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 1 Comment

Mayor de Blasio will hold a town hall in Throggs Neck tonight, and Transportation Alternatives organizers are expecting a significant turnout from a small but vocal group of area residents and businesses who oppose a DOT road diet for East Tremont Avenue. East Tremont Avenue is where a hit-and-run driver killed 26-year-old Giovanni Nin as he was biking […]

Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalk, Shorter Crossing at Riverside and 116th

By Brad Aaron | Jun 17, 2016 | 14 Comments

A tipster sent this photo of the sidewalk expansion underway at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 116th Street in Manhattan. (It’s one of the elements in a DOT safety plan for Riverside that survived after the agency watered down the project at the behest of Community Board 9.) Once the concrete is poured, the distance to walk […]

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