Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Grand Concourse Will Be the Next Arterial With 25 MPH Limit

By Stephen Miller | Apr 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

Local elected officials and advocates joined NYC DOT and NYPD this morning to unveil the city’s second “arterial slow zone” on the Grand Concourse in the Bronx, where speed limits will be dropped to 25 mph and traffic signals will be retimed to discourage speeding. The lower speed limit will apply to 5.2 miles of […]

East 106th Street Road Diet and Bike Lanes Head to Manhattan CB 11

By Stephen Miller | Apr 16, 2014 | 11 Comments

Running between Fifth Avenue and FDR Drive, 106th Street in East Harlem should provide a key bike connection between Central Park and Randall’s Island. NYC DOT is proposing a road diet and painted bike lanes [PDF] to improve safety on the street, and Community Board 11’s transportation committee could vote on the plan soon. At 60 […]

STREETSBLOG USA

Why Is America Falling Farther Behind Other Nations on Street Safety?

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 9, 2014 | No Comments

Vox, the much-anticipated Ezra Klein/Matt Yglesias reporting venture, launched earlier this week to wide fanfare, and one of the first articles explained that “traffic deaths are way, way down” in the United States. It was exciting to see Vox show an interest in street safety, but writer Susannah Locke missed the mark with her take […]

Advocates in Neighborhoods Waiting for Slow Zones Call for 20 MPH Limit

By Stephen Miller | Mar 17, 2014 | 2 Comments

Over the weekend, advocates from Right of Way and residents in a dozen Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens neighborhoods installed dozens of “20 Is Plenty” signs, which urge drivers to slow down, and asked Mayor de Blasio to keep his promise to fast-track Slow Zone installations. The neighborhoods represented in yesterday’s demonstration are among those that have […]

Morningside Road Diet Supporters Try to Find Common Ground With CB 10

By Stephen Miller | Mar 14, 2014 | 21 Comments

Wednesday night, Harlem road diet supporters and opponents met in an attempt to find common ground on what can be done to improve safety on Morningside Avenue. The move comes in advance of DOT releasing a second plan for the street, after its first design encountered opposition from Community Board 10. The plan to calm traffic […]

Fixing Jay Street Starts With Cracking Down on Illegal Parking

By Stephen Miller | Mar 11, 2014 | 7 Comments

Jay Street, the north-south route often overshadowed by nearby car-clogged Adams Street and Flatbush Avenue, is a major artery in the heart of Downtown Brooklyn, flush with pedestrians going to and from the subway and cyclists heading to the Manhattan Bridge. It’s also overrun with illegally-parked drivers, creating an obstacle course for anyone trying to navigate […]

Show More Stories