Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: 8th Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2006 | 5 Comments

Orcutt wrote: Manhattan’s 8th Avenue below 34th Street late this morning was not moving. Guess which special lane along the left side of the avenue frustrated drivers decided to use (where it wasn’t already blocked by a truck) to try to gain some ground? (Hint: See file photograph at right)

Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2006 | No Comments

kablooey wrote: Concerning the NY Waterway bus that hit a cyclist on the Hudson River Greenway recently, I received a letter from Noah Budnick Deputy Director of Transportation Alternatives. He wrote: Thanks for checking in. In fact, the cyclist’s father called me last week to get legal advice. He said that his daughter is doing ok, […]

Street Renaissance Antics on Atlantic Avenue

By Ethan Kent | Sep 18, 2006 | 2 Comments

Yesterday was the Atlantic Antic, the annual, day-long festival along Brooklyn’s Atlantic Avenue, in its 32nd year now. What a beautiful day. You’d be hard-pressed to find a place where as diverse a range of people and activities are brought together in such a natural and comfortable way: This is what Atlantic Avenue looked like […]

Eyes on the Street

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 18, 2006 | 8 Comments

Jim Holt asks: What percentage of the ambulances that blare their sirens to go through red lights are actually carrying patients? Less than 50 percent based on my observations of ambulances arriving at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Greenwich Village. And in no case have I seen the ambulance driver behave with any urgency in getting […]

Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway Crash

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 6 Comments

Sproule Love wrote: Yesterday I saw yet another peice of evidence that drivers are out of control in NYC… A NY Waterway bus hit a cyclist crossing an entryway that intersects with the West Side bike path at 40th Street. The cyclist seemed OK, not fatally wounded, but it is still a horrible sight to see […]

Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown

By Glenn McAnanama | Sep 11, 2006 | No Comments

Binghamton, in New York’s depressed, de-industrialized southern tier is undergoing a major revitalization effort to bring residents, businesses, shoppers and tourists back to its historic downtown area. After years of watching residents and businesses leave the city’s core for the suburbs in New York and other states entirely, Binghamton is trying to win back its […]

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