Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

We’re Talkin’ Sneckdown

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2015 | 13 Comments

New York City was spared the brunt of winter storm Juno, and with streets in better shape than expected, there are already enough photos out there for our inaugural #sneckdown round-up of the season. A portmanteau of “snow” and “neckdown,” a sneckdown occurs when driving patterns delineated in snow reveal excess street space that might be […]

Sneckdown Fever!

By Ben Fried | Jan 26, 2015 | 16 Comments

With more than two feet of snow expected to accumulate on NYC streets in the next couple of days, this city is about to get blanketed by nature’s traffic calming. Sneckdown fever won’t be far behind. To get things started, we’re reposting the classic 2011 Streetfilm that introduced the phrase “snowy neckdown,” a concept that […]

DOT Proposes Riverside Drive Traffic Calming, But Not Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jan 9, 2015 | 51 Comments

Last night, DOT presented a plan to the Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee that would bring pedestrian safety improvements and a road diet to Riverside Drive, but DOT is proposing no bike lanes for the popular cycling route [PDF]. The plan for Riverside Drive stretches from 116th to 135th Streets, which ranks in the […]

Envisioning a Safer Queens Boulevard Where People Want to Walk

By Stephen Miller | Nov 25, 2014 | 34 Comments

While safety improvements have saved lives on Queens Boulevard since the late 1990s, when it was routine for more than a dozen people to be killed in a single year, the “Boulevard of Death” remains one of New York City’s most dangerous streets. As DOT prepares to launch a comprehensive safety overhaul in the coming months, advocates […]

Reimagining Jay Street With Shared Space and Protected Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Nov 21, 2014 | 28 Comments

Jay Street is one of the major north-south spines of Downtown Brooklyn. The street is full of pedestrians near MetroTech, cyclists going to and from the Manhattan Bridge, and buses connecting to nearby subways, but it’s not designed to serve anyone particularly well — except, perhaps, people with parking placards. Double-parked cars constantly obstruct bike lanes […]

Eyes on the Street: Why Pedestrian Islands Belong at More NYC Intersections

By Stephen Miller | Oct 23, 2014 | 25 Comments

Here’s a reminder of why the city can’t roll out street design changes fast enough. Last night, a driver turning left through the crosswalk from West 97th Street to West End Avenue struck a bollard on a pedestrian island that had been installed just days before. According to West Side Rag, the woman told police that she did […]

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