Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Infrastructure

Not So FAST: Senate Transport Bill Causes Pileup for White House Climate Goals

By Aaron Short | May 27, 2021 | No Comments

A Senate proposal to shovel hundreds of billions of dollars into new freeways will wipe out the Biden administration’s goal of halving carbon emissions by 2030.

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How To Design Life-Saving, Low-Speed Zones

By Nikita Luke | May 25, 2021 | No Comments

A new guide by WRI and the World Bank sets out guidelines for planning, designing, implementing and evaluating low-speed zones. Check it out.

Candidates to succeed Margaret Chin include (clockwise from top left) Susan Damplo, Jacqueline Gross, Susan Lee, Gigi Li, Jenny Low, Tiffany Winbush, Denny Salas, Chris Marte and Maud Maron.

DECISION 2021: Nine Candidates Vie To Represent Lower Manhattan

By Eve Kessler | May 7, 2021 | No Comments

There's a rock ’em sock ’em Democratic primary to represent the oldest part of the city — which presents candidates with some thorny street-safety issues.

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FROM DC: The GOP’s Smaller Infrastructure Bill Goes All-In On Cars

By Kea Wilson | Apr 22, 2021 | No Comments

Senate Republicans celebrated Earth Day by releasing a counter-offer to President Biden’s infrastructure plan that would only deepen America’s dependence on gas-powered cars.

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Why Biden Is Right to Think Beyond the DOT in His Infrastructure Package

By Kea Wilson | Apr 12, 2021 | No Comments

Opponents of President Biden's infrastructure plan ignore that "transportation infrastructure" must include tackling our frayed social safety nets and our broken street designs.