Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Sandy

Post-Sandy, Queens Gets Back Into Multi-Modal Action

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 2, 2012 | No Comments

NYC has suffered greatly post-Sandy. While we still have a long way to go in the recovery, people are starting to go back to work and venture out of their homes. Thursday marked the first day of modest subway restoration. It also saw the return of limited ferries, as well as a full MTA bus […]

How New Yorkers Are Getting Around After Sandy

By Ben Fried | Nov 1, 2012 | 16 Comments

With the heart of the subway system knocked out of commission, this morning the Streetfilms crew — Clarence Eckerson, Elizabeth Press, and Robin Urban Smith — headed out to the bridge crossings that link Brooklyn and Queens to Manhattan, to document how New Yorkers are getting around under emergency conditions. The huge crowds massing in […]

Why NYC Needs Busways and Traffic Reduction, in Two Pictures

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2012 | 2 Comments

Here’s a look at Roosevelt Avenue and 82nd Street in Jackson Heights earlier this afternoon. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson says the line to get onto these buses snaked twice as long as what you can see in the frame. Buses were already rolling up full and proceeded to crawl along Roosevelt, in traffic, at walking speed. […]

Cuomo: “Bus Bridge” Linking Manhattan and Brooklyn Coming Soon

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2012 | 15 Comments

A few quick takeaways from Governor Cuomo’s recently-concluded press conference on the recovery from Sandy: There will be very limited subway service restorations tomorrow today tomorrow morning, on 14 of the MTA’s 23 lines. Nothing below 34th Street. That’s as specific as he got. Of the seven flooded subway tunnels under the East River, three […]

Sandy Aftermath: Where Would You Reserve More Space for Buses and Bikes?

By Ben Fried | Oct 30, 2012 | 27 Comments

As the flood waters recede from New York City, it looks like the effects of Hurricane Sandy are going to linger in the city’s subway tunnels. MTA Chair Joe Lhota has called the storm the most devastating disaster to strike the subway system in its 108-year history. All seven subway tunnels under the East River […]