Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Flint’s Ingenious Plan to “Right-Size” Its Streets With Road Diets

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 29, 2013 | No Comments

Flint, Michigan, is probably best known as the poster child for population loss and de-industrialization, as captured in the Michael Moore movie, “Roger and Me.” Though this town of about 100,000 has never fully recovered from the loss of 30,000 General Motors jobs that was the subject of that film, Flint is becoming known for […]

Prompted By Jimmy Van Bramer, CBS 2 Files a Decent Street Safety Story

By Brad Aaron | Oct 28, 2013 | 8 Comments

We wrote last week how Lou Young of CBS 2 blew an opportunity to educate viewers on the merits of potential safe street improvements on the Upper West Side. In covering a press conference in Queens convened by Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Young’s colleague Andrea Grymes filed a story that does a much better […]

Harlem CBs Mull Morningside Traffic Calming, Open Door to Bike Lane Plans

By Stephen Miller | Oct 25, 2013 | 5 Comments

On Wednesday evening, Manhattan Community Boards 9 and 10 jointly hosted a public forum on traffic calming for Morningside Avenue, including a presentation by NYC DOT about its safety proposals. Board members were generally receptive to DOT’s plan, which is expected to go back to each board for resolutions of support, while offering their own […]

Tonight: Tell Manhattan CBs That Harlem Needs a Safer Morningside Avenue

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Oct 23, 2013 | 4 Comments

Community Boards 9 and 10 in Harlem will again hear from DOT tonight on a plan to calm traffic on Morningside Avenue [PDF]. The proposal was developed in response to a request from the North Star Neighborhood Association, and though there is general agreement that speeding drivers are a major problem on Morningside, the community boards […]

CB 10 Votes Against Centerpiece of Bay Ridge’s Fourth Avenue Safety Plan

By Stephen Miller | Oct 22, 2013 | 12 Comments

Last night, Brooklyn Community Board 10 voted on a slate of pedestrian safety improvements for Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge. While a number of smaller changes, such as wider crosswalks and curb extensions, received the board’s support, the board rejected the centerpiece of the plan — trimming traffic lanes to slow speeding drivers [PDF]. The current high-speed […]

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT, 7-0, for Amsterdam Avenue Complete Street Study

By Stephen Miller | Oct 16, 2013 | 19 Comments

After a three-and-a-half-hour meeting that itself followed a nearly three-hour deliberation last month, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee voted 7-0, with three abstentions, for a resolution asking DOT to study safety improvements for Amsterdam Avenue. The resolution asks DOT to consider a protected bike lane, pedestrian islands, removing one of the avenue’s four […]

Show More Stories