Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Municipal Art Society of New York

Turn Times Square Back Into Traffic Hell? Tell Bratton and de Blasio: No Way

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2015 | 1 Comment

Since Mayor Bill de Blasio won’t rule out the threat of removing the Times Square plazas, first raised by Police Commissioner Bill Bratton, it’s time to take action. Two petitions are circulating to urge the mayor not to give Times Square back to cars. One petition organized by the Design Trust for Public Space and backed by the Municipal […]

MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

The Municipal Art Society’s second annual survey on livability, released today, provides still more opinion data showing that New Yorkers want to see more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. They’re more conflicted, however, when it comes to new, large-scale development. The MAS poll, a survey of 1,000 residents performed by the Marist Institute, found that a […]

JSK: Plaza Program Will Expand; Gridlock Sam: Backlash Nothing New

By Noah Kazis | Apr 5, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last night’s Municipal Arts Society panel, “Shared Streets: Making It Work,” mainly covered familiar ground for those who have been following the city’s efforts to repurpose its streets over the last four years. Participants touted the improved bus speeds along Select Bus Service routes, the safety gains where protected bike lanes have been installed, and […]

MAS Survey: New York City Is Livable But Not Everyone Benefits Equally

By Noah Kazis | Oct 21, 2010 | 3 Comments

New Yorkers think their city is very livable, a new survey conducted by the Municipal Art Society shows, but livability isn’t equitably distributed across the five boroughs. To make the city truly livable, said panelists today at an MAS conference, New York needs to figure out how to bring its best features to all neighborhoods. […]

Planners Tackle Big Questions About How to Shape NYC Development

By Noah Kazis | Jul 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

New York City’s unpassed 1969 comprehensive plan. Photo: Historic Districts Council Though the Charter Revision Commission looks likely to take a pass at reforming the city’s land use process this year, the door will remain open in the years to come to tackle the complex and controversial issues that surround planning and development in New […]

Driver’s Remorse: Tardy Brodsky Delayed by “Accident”

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2008 | 6 Comments

A tipster who attended last night’s MAS event about Moynihan Station sent us this delicious tidbit, in which some small measure of justice is served for Westchester Assemblyman Richard Brodsky’s contribution to the killing of congestion pricing: Scheduled to appear at a panel discussion on the fate of Moynihan Station beginning at 6:30 pm Tuesday […]

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