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DOT Adds Welcome Chunk of Pedestrian Space to Bronx Broadway Hellscape

By Brad Aaron | Feb 26, 2016 | 24 Comments

DOT reclaimed a nice chunk of space for pedestrians on a corner of Broadway in the Bronx, bringing some relief to an area that’s otherwise deplorable for New Yorkers who walk and bike. The curb on the northwest corner of Broadway at W. 231st Street in Kingsbridge, beneath the elevated 1 train, was once lined with parked […]

Eyes on the Street: DIY School Zone Traffic-Calming in Corona

By Brad Aaron | Feb 9, 2016 | 3 Comments

Today Transportation Alternatives staff and members of Families for Safe Streets are in Albany, asking legislators to allow NYC to install speed enforcement cameras near every school in the city. This example of a crossing guard’s efforts to defend school kids in Queens, courtesy of Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson Jr., is another good illustration of why the state should lift arbitrary […]

Eyes on the Street: The New 215th Step-Street Officially Opens Today

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2016 | 35 Comments

Over a decade after the project’s first expected delivery date, the reconstruction of Inwood’s 215th Step-Street is complete. West 215th Street crosses the width of Manhattan island’s northernmost neighborhood, from Inwood Hill Park to the Harlem River. Between Park Terrace East and Broadway, W. 215 is a step-street — one of many car-free street segments in Upper Manhattan and other parts of […]

Eyes on the Street: First DOT Makes Your Sign Official, Then Adds Bollards?

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2016 | 18 Comments

Wow! After taking down our *unofficial* sign at 1st Ave & 59th St, @NYC_DOT put up an *official* one. #bikenyc pic.twitter.com/v8AK4uYOyr — Transformation Dept. (@NYC_DOTr) January 28, 2016 In December the guerrilla street designers at the Department of Transformation installed DIY signage and put down some cones to try to keep drivers out of the First […]

Eyes on the Street: Just Another Brush With Death at a Typical NYC Crossing

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2016 | 33 Comments

The design of 29th Street and 39th Avenue in Long Island City is typical of thousands of New York City crossings: an intersection of relatively narrow streets where drivers are allowed to park to the edge of crosswalks with no design elements to force motorists to slow down. The combination of poor visibility and lack of traffic-calming features […]

Eyes on the Street: Transformation Department Reclaims First Ave Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Dec 18, 2015 | 14 Comments

Before & After: 1st Ave & 59th #DemandMore #bikeNYC pic.twitter.com/7yEfhPkMeI — Transformation Dept. (@NYC_DOTr) December 18, 2015 Check it out. With a few traffic cones and DIY signage, the Transformation Department this morning reclaimed the First Avenue bike lane under the Queensboro Bridge. DOT recently installed flex posts to keep drivers from commandeering a bike lane in […]

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