Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Does Summer Streets Need a “Fast Lane”?

By Brad Aaron | Aug 18, 2008 | 59 Comments

This weekend, on the second Saturday of Summer Streets, the first thing my wife Jennifer and I noticed as we ascended the ramp from 42nd Street to Park Avenue was the quiet. I mentioned to Jennifer that I had come across a blog comment likening the scene to the New York portrayed in the post-apocalyptic […]

Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #2

By Ben Fried | Aug 12, 2008 | 9 Comments

Welcome to the second installment of our Summer Streets photo tour. This pic comes courtesy of BicyclesOnly, who says Park Avenue South is "one of the more dangerous roadways to bicycle on in Manhattan. Without the cars, it’s a playground for these two." More pics after the jump…

DOT Takes Steps to Improve Ped Safety Near Park Avenue Tunnel

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2008 | 29 Comments

The pedestrian crossing at Park and 33rd before the implementation of new safety measures. Last night, DOT closed both lanes of the Park Avenue Tunnel to prepare for the construction of safety upgrades at Park and 33rd Street. That’s the intersection where southbound cars exit the tunnel, creating a dangerous blend of speeding vehicles and […]

Eyes on the Street: 34th Street Runs Red With Paint

By Ben Fried | Aug 4, 2008 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog’s Brad Aaron — on vacation in exotic, uh, Midtown — sends this pic of a newly-striped 34th Street bus lane, looking east from Eighth Avenue. Red lanes on each side of 34th are part of the first phase of improvements to what is intended to become the city’s first "transitway." Another witness says the […]

You Don’t Ride a Bike to a Corporate Office Building

By Jason Varone | Jan 23, 2008 | 21 Comments

New York cyclists know that corporate office buildings are often not the friendliest places for bike commuters. Lynette Chang, a.k.a. "The Gal From Down Under," has been recording her attempts to enter Manhattan office towers with her folding bike. In this video she dresses up nicely, folds her bike neatly and tries to visit the […]

The One Carbon Tax That Couldn’t

By Charles Komanoff | Dec 20, 2007 | 13 Comments

Assembly Member Richard Brodsky, archenemy of Mayor Bloomberg’s congestion pricing plan, is urging the mayor to seek a carbon tax instead. So he said, following Monday’s meeting of the Traffic Congestion Mitigation Commission, as reported by Streetsblog and confirmed by at least one other observer. I wish Brodsky (pictured) had checked with me first. After […]

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