Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about road diet

Lincoln Avenue in Staten Island. Photo: DOT

DOT Narrows Dangerous Staten Island Corridor With More Parking, Unprotected Bike Lane

By Kevin Duggan | Apr 17, 2023 | No Comments

City officials want to curb rampant speeding and traffic violence on one of Staten Island's most dangerous roads with cutting-edge urban planning technology: adding more parking and painting an unprotected bike lane.

Riverdale Avenue is so fat it needs to be put on a diet, says DOT. But Council Member Eric Dinowitz (inset) disagrees. Photo: Google

Bronx Pol Loses Fight Against Street Safety as DOT Moves Ahead on Riverdale Ave.

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 4, 2022 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation has dismissed complaints of a Bronx Council member and will move ahead with its life-saving plan to narrow Riverdale Avenue from a four-lane speedway into a slower residential street

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This Artificial Intelligence Bot is Designing Better Streets Than Some Engineers

By Kea Wilson | Jul 28, 2022 | No Comments

Leave it to a Brooklyn artist to break through Americans' willful inability to imagine how their communities could be designed around people instead of automobiles.

Hylan will get its safety improvements after all. Photo: Google

DOT to Expedite Hylan ‘Road Diet’ After Fatal Weekend Crash on Staten Island

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 11, 2022 | No Comments

"Hylan has been dangerous for far too long," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.

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MUSK SEE: Three Reasons Why Congestion Decreases When Cities ‘Delete’ Road Lanes

By Kea Wilson | May 14, 2022 | No Comments

Elon Musk's insane comments about induced demand once again force advocates to debunk common congestion myths that powerful, but often ill-informed, people continue to promulgate.