Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Sneckdowns: The Early Years

By Ben Fried | Feb 28, 2014 | 1 Comment

Before there were hashtags and #sneckdowns, there was Michael King, taking pictures of residual snow on NYC street corners. A principal with Nelson\Nygaard, King is an architect by training and a pioneer of traffic calming street design in the United States. He captured these images to show how much asphalt can easily be claimed to […]

Bed Stuy CB Chair: Street Safety “Not an Issue in Our Community”

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2014 | 16 Comments

Earlier this month, Brooklyn Community Board 3 voted against a 20 mph Slow Zone in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant. In a recent interview, CB 3 Chair Tremaine Wright told Streetsblog that the board voted against it in part because dangerous driving is not an issue in the neighborhood, and Slow Zone supporters did not demonstrate that […]

Sneckdowns 4: Ain’t Snow Stoppin’ Us Now

By Brad Aaron | Feb 14, 2014 | 16 Comments

Since our last round-up, the sneckdown has drawn attention from publications as varied as The Economist, The Week, Fast Company, Village Voice, Atlantic Cities, and Treehugger. With coverage and photos piling up like so much traffic-calming slush, sneckdown emissary and archivist Clarence Eckerson posted a detailed explainer, dating the concept back to the 1990s. Meanwhile, the city […]

Brooklyn CB 7 Working for Safer Streets in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

Community Board 7 in Brooklyn continues to emerge as a force for safer neighborhood streets. This week, the CB 7 transportation and public safety committees held a joint meeting to address pedestrian safety issues in the district, which encompasses Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. The board also sent a letter this month to the 72nd […]

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Can Snow Inspire Better Streets? It Already Has.

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 12, 2014 | No Comments

Sneckdowns are having a big moment. In case you’ve missed the viral blog posts and major press coverage, sneckowns (a contraction of “snowy neckdowns” popularized by Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson Jr. and Streetsblog founding editor Aaron Naparstek) are leftover snow piles on city streets that show space that could easily be reclaimed for pedestrians. As a visual tool, […]

Sneckdowns 3: There’s Snow Going Back

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2014 | 4 Comments

This week’s barrage of snow and ice has made sneckdown spotting an international pastime. We may never look at slush piles the same way again. Here are some examples of nature’s traffic-calming from the past few days. Also, a shout-out to sneckdown spotters in Chicago, Cambridge, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Carrboro, and Edmunton. And in case you missed […]

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