Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

As Council Considers Requiring School Speed Humps, DOT Doubles Slow Zones

By Stephen Miller | Oct 11, 2013 | 39 Comments

On the same day the City Council’s transportation committee held a hearing on a bill that would require DOT to install speed humps around every public school in New York City in two years, the agency announced that it had selected 15 neighborhoods from 74 applicants to its Slow Zone program. Slow Zones include signage, […]

Progress for Safer Streets From Queens and Manhattan Community Boards

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 6 passed a resolution in support of a DOT plan that would fill in a gap between two sections of Second Avenue’s protected bike lane by replacing a car travel lane with parking from 23rd Street to 14th Street. Across the East River, Queens CB 1’s […]

Manhattan CB 7 Committee Keeps Dithering on Amsterdam Avenue Safety

By Stephen Miller | Sep 25, 2013 | 15 Comments

Despite starting off with a somber reminder of the damage created by dangerous driving, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee ended its meeting last night gridlocked over whether to support meaningful street safety improvements. One of the committee’s first actions was to ask DOT to add an honorary street sign at the corner of 97th […]

Harlem CBs Dither on Pedestrian Safety While SI Board Begs for Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Sep 23, 2013 | 1 Comment

Last week, Staten Island Community Board 1 passed a resolution asking DOT to install bike lanes, while in Manhattan, a community-requested plan for a road diet and pedestrian islands continues to be delayed by two Harlem community boards. After months of organizing by Transportation Alternatives — resulting in more than 260 petition signatures and 22 partners signing onto a […]

Tonight: Community Boards Weigh Harlem and Staten Island Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Sep 19, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last week, DOT presented a plan to calm traffic on Morningside Avenue in Harlem [PDF] with a road diet and pedestrian islands. Community Board 10’s transportation committee, which has a track record of dithering on and opposing livable streets projects, asked DOT for more data. Tonight, the action shifts to adjacent Community Board 9, which also covers […]

Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming Awaits Support From Two Harlem CBs

By Stephen Miller | Sep 13, 2013 | 14 Comments

From 116th Street to 126th Street, Morningside Avenue is known as a speedway between Harlem’s residential streets to the east and Morningside Park to the west. A traffic calming plan from DOT [PDF] now waits while Community Boards 9 and 10 weigh in. Transportation committees of both boards received presentations from DOT, followed by question-and-answer […]

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