Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Ian Dutton

Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents

By Ben Fried | Mar 7, 2008 | 25 Comments

A rendering in section of NYU’s proposal for a pedestrian-only Washington Place, between Washington Square Park and Broadway. Earlier this week, Community Board 2 in Greenwich Village held a public meeting to get feedback on NYU’s proposal to pedestrianize Washington Place, part of a larger plan to improve public space in the school’s core campus. […]

Fate of Pier 40 Could Be Determined Tomorrow

By Brad Aaron | Jan 30, 2008 | 3 Comments

Tomorrow the Hudson River Park Trust is set to vote on a plan by the Related Companies to redevelop Pier 40 on W. Houston Street as a ~$600 million entertainment complex, which would include a permanent home for Cirque du Soleil and the Tribeca Film Festival, and would draw thousands of visitors per day. Neighborhood […]

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 […]

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 […]

DOT Rolls Out the New Lower Manhattan Crosstown Bike Route

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2007 | 6 Comments

The street re-surfacing men and machinery were out in force in Soho last night. Houston Street Bike Safety Initiative Director Ian Dutton snapped this photo on Prince Street. Once the street is repaved, the Department of Transportation will stripe the hotly debated Prince and Bleecker Street bike lanes. Lower Manhattan’s newest east-west bike route is […]

Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 22, 2007 | 10 Comments

A rendering of the proposed Gansevoort Plaza, looking southbound. Major public space improvements are on the drawing board for Lower Manhattan’s old Meat-Packing District. Ian Dutton, Houston Street bike safety organizer, professional airline pilot and Streetsblog reader has the report: Last year, community groups came together as the Greater Gansevoort Urban Improvement Project to develop […]

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