Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

The Great Pedestrian Way: First Look at the Car-Free Broadway Plan

By Ben Fried | Feb 26, 2009 | 22 Comments

Here’s a first look at Herald Square with a pedestrianized Broadway, part of a plan reported by the Times, Daily News and Post this morning. Starting as soon as this spring, Broadway will turn pedestrian-only from 47th Street to 42nd Street, and on a two-block stretch on each side of 34th Street. The rest of […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Continues to Mistake Bus Lane for Parking

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2008 | 12 Comments

A tipster sends in these shots of police — again — and trucks — again — parked in the 34th Street Select Bus Service lane. Looks like the city’s Botts’ Dots are more soft than barrier. Where is the outrage from the parking-obsessed media? Oh, right — they’re out chasing the real story.

HarperCollins Adds Employee Bike Parking in Midtown

By Brad Aaron | Nov 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

Details are vague, but it looks like we can add book publisher HarperCollins to the list of New York companies providing bike parking. This office memo came in today over the tipwire: As we continue to integrate HarperGreen into our workplace, we are excited to announce that New York employees are invited to join the […]

Eyes on the Street: Obama Takes Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 4 Comments

A scene from Midtown early this morning, after Barack Obama was named president-elect. On the A downtown from Inwood, new passengers were welcomed with screams and cheers at every stop. It was standing room only by the time the train reached 42 Street. New Yorkers lined the sidewalks in Times Square. Cars rolled through slowly, […]

New Duffy Square Adds Glass Crown Atop Broadway Boulevard

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2008 | 8 Comments

Last week saw the latest expansion of the public realm in Midtown, with the official unveiling of the long-awaited redesign of Duffy Square at Broadway and Seventh Avenue, the northern edge of the Times Square "bowtie." In conjunction with the city, the Theater Development Fund, the Times Square Alliance and the Coalition for Father Duffy […]

Transportation for America Launches Legislative Campaign

By Sarah Goodyear | Oct 15, 2008 | 3 Comments

Today marks the start of Transportation for America‘s "Build for America" campaign, which will work to influence the transportation funding legislation that goes before the next Congress in 2009. (You’ll be hearing a lot more about it here in the coming months; we have received a grant from the T4America campaign to kick-start the development […]

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