Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

“Freak Accident” That Seems to be Happening Regularly

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 14, 2006 | 2 Comments

Has it come to this, a car can be driven down a sidewalk for an entire crowded city block, injuring four pedestrians, one of them critically, without the driver getting a ticket or even a photo appearing in the next day’s newspapers? Just before 6 p.m. yesterday, a driver reportedly hit the gas pedal instead of […]

DOT to Neighborhood: Your School’s in the Way of Our Highway

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 9, 2006 | 7 Comments

There is a palpable schizophrenia in the Bloomberg Administration these days when it comes to Livable Streets issues. On the one hand, the Administration is developing some 200 miles of new bike lanes, initiating a long-term sustainability project and, for the first time, talking openly about reducing automobile use. On the other hand, very little […]

Car-Free Manhattan: Just Wait 100 Years

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

I just caught up with this article in the Times on Saturday about a competition for engineers and architects to envision New York City in 2106. Check out one of the winning design concepts: After the judges’ hasty deliberations, Daniel L. Doctoroff, the city’s deputy mayor for economic development, presented the prizes. He said his office […]

Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 6, 2006 | No Comments

Among the three cyclist fatality clusters identified by the joint report by the City Departments of Health, Police, Parks and Transportation, the Queensboro Bridge is by far the worst. The entrance intersection at 60th and Second also claimed the award for the most unticketed incidents of block the box in the Borough President’s study of lax enforcement of […]

Eyes on the Street: SoHo

By Aaron Donovan | Oct 24, 2006 | 8 Comments

A New Vision for the Meatpacking District

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 23, 2006 | 6 Comments

The Gansevoort Project Aims to Turn a Chaotic Intersection into a Grand Piazza At Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer’s transportation policy conference last week, DOT Commissioner Iris Weinshall said she was committed to working "with communities and other city agencies to reallocate street space" to "create public plazas in neighborhoods in all five boroughs." "These […]

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