Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Design

Pedestrian and Bike Improvements Coming to Grand Army Plaza

By Sarah Goodyear | Apr 3, 2007 | 36 Comments

Current configuration Proposed changes Here’s a look at the proposal the DOT gave to Brooklyn’s Community Board 6 on March 29th regarding safety improvements at Grand Army Plaza. The plan’s highlights include: Three new concrete islands (5,900 square feet) 2,300 square feet of new landscaping Removing a travel lane on Eastern Parkway Providing a Class […]

Sneak Peek at DOT’s Plan for Park Slope’s 9th Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 18 Comments

Note: Below is the most recent update of DOT’s 9th Street plan. DOT’s press office just called to say that there is no consipracy to hide the plan for 9th Street. They sent it to me a few days ago but it got stuck in their e-mail inbox. Doh! Download the presentation as a PDF […]

Should DOT Install Separated Bike Lanes on 9th Street?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

I will not be able to attend tonight’s big meeting in Brooklyn so I really hope that someone will ask DOT about this and report back on what they say: At the big Houston Street bike lane meeting a couple of weeks ago, DOT’s Ryan Russo and Josh Benson told Manhattan’s Community Board 2 that […]

Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT’s 9th Street Proposal?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

As noted elsewhere, tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 will consider a plan by DOT to redesign 9th Street from Third Avenue to Prospect Park West in Park Slope, Brooklyn. Ninth Street is a very wide street for the number of vehicles that actually use it. Overly wide streets may tend to […]

StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 14, 2007 | 10 Comments

StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way Running time: 5 minutes 10 seconds In Park Slope, Brooklyn, the Department of Transportation has put forward a plan to convert a pair of two-way neighborhood avenues to one-way operation. DOT says that the plan is designed strictly "to make it safer for pedestrians crossing the street," but […]

Insta-Bus Rapid Transit for Lower Manhattan

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2007 | 1 Comment

The Daily News and New York Sun have more details on DOT’s plan to speed up buses on Broadway south of Houston Street.

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