Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Design

Endless Summer on Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2006 | 4 Comments

For most New Yorkers the official end of summer is Labor Day which, this year, fell on Monday, September 4, 2006. For astronomers, pagans and Daniel Libeskind’s "Wedge of Light," the end of summer is the Autumnal Equinox, the moment when the sun crosses the celestial equator from north to south. By that measure, Fall begins […]

U.K. Study Finds Wearing a Bike Helmet May be More Dangerous

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 9 Comments

We are certainly still going to be wearing our helmets when we ride bikes on New York City streets, but here is an interesting study by Dr. Ian Walker a "traffic psychologist" from Bath University in Great Britain. Walker found that motorists drove more safely and carefully when passing cyclists who were not wearing helmets. […]

Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 11, 2006 | No Comments

Binghamton, in New York’s depressed, de-industrialized southern tier is undergoing a major revitalization effort to bring residents, businesses, shoppers and tourists back to its historic downtown area. After years of watching residents and businesses leave the city’s core for the suburbs in New York and other states entirely, Binghamton is trying to win back its […]

Midtown’s Mini-Plaza

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 8, 2006 | 13 Comments

This is one of my favorite little spots near where I work. Seems almost too hip for Midtown-East. Comments? Thoughts? What other pedestrian plazas do other folks like?

Super Staten Solar Stop Signs

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 7, 2006 | No Comments

New LED Flashing Stop Sign (with Solar Power Source) I found this Stop sign on the corner of Kissel Avenue and Snug Harbor Road near the entrance to Snug Harbor Little League. It appears to be a test model of a new generation of Stop signs that blink LED lights to be more visible to motorists […]

Is DOT Doing Enough to Make NYC Bike-Friendly?

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 5, 2006 | 24 Comments

The question was debated, albeit briefly and in slow motion, by two New York City Department of Transportation employees in the pages of the New York Times last week. Last week, in a Sunday City section op/ed piece, Andrew Vesselinovitch argued that DOT is not doing enough for New York City cyclists. Vesselinovitch is the […]

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