Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: If You Build It, They Will Sit

By Noah Kazis | Jul 2, 2010 | 3 Comments

A Soho shopper takes a break on a new bench between the sidewalk and the bus bulb. Construction’s still underway on this block. Photo: Paco Abraham A couple weeks ago, we showed how the bus bulbs on Lower Broadway were being integrated with the sidewalk next to them. For drainage reasons, a small gap and […]

Eyes on the Street: Bus Bulbs on Broadway, Protected Lanes on Second Ave

By Noah Kazis | Jun 18, 2010 | 16 Comments

With drainage grates being installed, Broadway’s bus bulbs can lose their fences. All images: Clarence Eckerson. Bus bulbs are one of the most versatile tools in the livable streets toolkit. By extending the sidewalk out into the street, you can send a calming signal to through traffic, spare buses the trouble of pulling to the […]

Eyes on the Street: Cabs Collide on Central Park’s West Drive

By Brad Aaron | May 20, 2010 | 6 Comments

Photos: Ken Coughlin Streetsblog contributor Ken Coughlin snapped these shots of a rear-end collision between a yellow taxi and a livery cab in Central Park. The crash happened on West Drive at about 10 a.m. Wednesday. Fortunately, no cyclists or runners or moms with kids were involved, but as long as the city’s most iconic […]

Eyes on the Street: Park Slope Pedestrian Struck by Ambulance

By Brad Aaron | May 17, 2010 | 28 Comments

Photos: Ed Ravin Reader Ed Ravin sent in these photos of a collision between an ambulance driver and a pedestrian in Park Slope, which happened around 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. He writes: According to another bicyclist watching the aftermath, a Long Island College Hospital ambulance, with its lights flashing but sirens off, struck a pedestrian […]

Parking Placards: The Public Safety Risk

By Brad Aaron | May 4, 2010 | 9 Comments

This reader account of a run-in with a Traffic Enforcement Agent on Douglass Street in Park Slope is another example of how official privilege often trumps public safety. Get your hands on a parking placard, and the city is yours. She was not checking the hydrants; she was on her Bluetooth, gossiping. I watched her […]

Eyes on the Street: Cab Crash in Midtown

By Brad Aaron | Apr 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

A tipster sends this shot from 34th Street near Seventh Avenue, taken this morning. The photographer says he heard that the driver and a pedestrian were injured, though we could find no media reports on the crash. We’d like to chalk this one up to coincidence, but it was really just a matter of time. […]

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