Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

Houston Street Gets Tree-mendous New Sidewalks

By Jason Varone | Dec 3, 2007 | 15 Comments

We’re just catching up to this piece of good news in The Villager last week: With the Houston St. renovation project on the West Side finally nearing completion, we were pleasantly surprised to discover that the sidewalks between Sixth Ave. and W. Broadway on the street’s south side have doubled in width. And, in […]

This is the Pedestrian Refuge Area That CB8 Refused to Protect

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 3, 2007 | 41 Comments

This scene was photographed by Flickr photographer BicyclesOnly on Saturday. Read his note below. Hopefully someone will ask members of Manhattan Community Board 8’s transportation committee if this sort of car crash meets their rigorous aesthetic standards. Last January, CB8 rejected a proposal to physically protect Park Avenue’s pedestrian refuge areas because they didn’t think […]

$115 $230 Summons for NASCAR Driver #19 Elliott Sadler

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 28, 2007 | 12 Comments

Apparently parallel parking doesn’t count for much in the NASCAR leader standings. Or maybe it does and that’s why Elliott Sadler, the driver of car #19, angle-parked across the Sixth Avenue bike lane in Midtown this morning, is currently ranked 25th. (ADD: I just noticed that Elliott is also parked in front of a fire […]

New Bleecker Bike Lane Already Blocked by Parked Cars

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 28, 2007 | 35 Comments

Streetsblog reader Dave Goldberg sends along a camera phone photo of the freshly striped Bleecker Street bike lane, shot between LaGuardia Place and Mercer Street. Goldberg notes: I can’t say that the striping was universally respected. You can see from the background of the photo that there’s a car in the lane. Also, between Mercer […]

NYPD Emerges as New Focus for NYC’s Livable Streets Movement

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 27, 2007 | 38 Comments

Arrest Her! T.A. membership coordinator Abby King tears up the streets on a "sport utility bicycle." With their rampant illegal parking, refusal to enforce basic traffic laws and unwillingness to treat pedestrian injuries and fatalities with any level of seriousness, the Police Department is establishing itself as the New York City government agency most in […]

Morgenthau & NYPD Are “Dismissive” of Ped Fatality Questions

By Brad Aaron | Nov 16, 2007 | 21 Comments

If you want to know how many cars were stolen in your neighborhood on any given week, the NYPD is happy to tell you. You don’t even need to make a phone call, as "CompStat" data — which also includes figures on murders, rapes, robberies, and burglaries — is posted online and updated regularly, precinct […]

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