Third Ave. 'Complete Street' Adds Wide Bike Lane, But Still Keeps …
WEBDec 8, 2023 · The city’s redesign of Third Avenue adds a nice, wide protected bike path, but with its frequently blocked bus lane, the overhaul of nearly 40 blocks from Midtown to the Upper East Side doesn't really earn its "complete street" name.
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WEBStreetsblog is a registered trademark (federal registration number 7,276,763) owned by Open Plans. Streetsblog NYC covers the five boroughs of New York and important transportation policy developments in Albany. Starting with our first scoop in 2006, which tallied up the rampant abuse of parking placards, we’ve helped set the agenda for local ...
Streetsblog New York City – Covering the fight for sustainable cities
WEBJun 8, 2023 · Because people are dying and being maimed on New York's most-dangerous 25-mile-per-hour streets. The bill does not mandate lower speed limits, but would only allow New York City to reduce some — and the city Department of Transportation would likely start on the streets with the most crashes, many of …
Business Grew After Controversial Bike Lane Installed, Data Show
WEBSep 30, 2022 · Business has grown on the street since the city installed it four years ago. Photo: Jesse Coburn. When New York City proposed installing a protected bike lane on Skillman Avenue in Queens in 2017, the impact it would have on local businesses was certain — at least according to the plan’s critics. A devastating loss of customers.
OPINION: What New Yorkers Can Learn From Seoul
WEBJul 28, 2021 · New York does not have bragging rights. Seoul’s subway beats New York in the quality of its service, the number of riders, and the miles it covers. What is most remarkable about the size of Seoul’s subway system is that its first subway opened in 1974. New York had a 70-year head start and I doubt that it will ever catch up to Seoul.
Henry Hudson Bridge Will Get a Real Bike Lane By 2025
WEB12:00 AM EST on February 20, 2024. The MTA’s renovated Henry Hudson Bridge path will include a new cantilevered path. Cyclists will finally get a legal path on the Henry Hudson Bridge between northern Manhattan and the Bronx, as part of a $20-million project by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. The MTA plans to close the narrow ...
2023 in Review: Here are the Year’s Biggest Livable Streets Victories…
WEB12:04 AM EST on December 28, 2023. The nominees for best projects of the year are (clockwise from top left) Berry Street, wider bike lanes, Livingston Street, trash containerization, Summer Street expansion and congestion pricing. Unpictured: Minimum wage for delivery workers. This year has seen a raft of promising advances for the livable ...
Slaughter of the Innocents: Another Teen Cyclist Killed by Truck …
WEBAug 20, 2024 · A teenage e-bike rider was killed, and two others were injured, when a truck driver struck them on Monday afternoon on a notoriously dangerous Brooklyn roadway that Mayor Adams pledged to make safer in one of his first press conferences. According to the NYPD, the 48-year-old driver of a 2017 Hino ...
City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway
WEBOct 25, 2021 · The pedestrianized plaza does not allow drivers access at all. The six blocks — which add to pedestrian-friendly areas of Times, Herald, Madison and Union squares installed during the Bloomberg administration — are a far cry from the vision of safe-streets activists, who have advocated for a car-free Broadway from Morningside Heights on the ...
Mayor Adams Puts Nearly $1 Billion Into Street Safety
WEBApr 23, 2022 · Mayor Adams on Saturday announced an historic nearly $1 billion investment towards funding the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, just days after dozens of advocates and pols rallied on the steps of City Hall to demand he spend what’s needed to create a safer, and more bike-, bus-, and pedestrian-friendly New York.. The City Council’s specific $3.1-billion, five-year budget ask apparently ...
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