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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 ...
CARLINA RIVERA: Here's Why My Open Streets Bill Will Make NYC …
WEBMay 1, 2021 · That’s when I first introduced legislation in the Council to launch an emergency open streets program, the idea being that we could close off certain streets to vehicular traffic and give that space to the people. Thankfully, the Department of Transportation listened and worked with the Council to …
O! Be Joyful! The Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Has Made It To …
WEBJul 26, 2021 · Construction on the bike lane, which runs on the bridge's Manhattan-bound roadbed, began in June, six months after plans were announced by Mayor de Blasio in his State of the City address. The two-way lane, blessedly, will solve the problem of the cramped shared promenade that cyclists and pedestrians have to contend with now.
THE EXPLAINER: Everything You Need to Know About These …
WEBSep 21, 2021 · You think 16 months is a long time? The MTA says you're wrong. MTA Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber presented a compelling counterargument at last week's MTA Board meeting to those (like the mayor) who think it shouldn't take 16 months to do the environmental assessment of something created to reduce pollution and congestion (especially when Detroit doesn't have to do an environmental assessment ...
DOT Unveils Long-Awaited 10th Ave. Bike Lane; Locals Say Plan …
WEBNov 21, 2022 · The 10th Avenue proposal comes nine months after safe street activists and local Council Member Erik Bottcher demanded the city focus its redesign efforts on 10th and 11th avenues — two huge roadways cutting through Manhattan's West Side with a lot of traffic heading to the Lincoln Tunnel and through an area that has boomed with residential and commercial development.
The Explainer: What’s Next for Congestion Pricing?
WEBDec 4, 2023 · Officials forecast a 1.5- to 2-percent increase in public transit use regionally — somewhere between 80,000 and 110,000 more bus ands train riders each day. Transportation economist and congestion pricing guru Charles Komanoff shared his own rosy assessment in a column for Streetsblog on Friday — "a …
Can NYC Use Unpaid Tickets to Force Corporate Polluters to …
WEBJan 8, 2024 · Idling Can NYC Use Unpaid Tickets to Force Corporate Polluters to Electrify Fleets? Companies that owe the city millions of dollars in unpaid idling violations may electrify their fleet to get out from under the debt in deals with the city.
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 ...
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 …
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