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WEBAug 10, 2024 · Money for Something: DOT Starts $89M Paseo Park Redesign Outreach. The Department of Transportation held its first vision meeting for the redesign of the 26-block 34th Avenue open street. Of course, some opponents were so angry that they didn't bother to participate.
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Modified 'Jaywalking' Repeal Passes Council - Streetsblog New …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · The Council on Thursday passed a bill to legalize walking into the street outside of crosswalks, sometimes known as "jaywalking," two weeks after holding off on the legislation due to advocates raising concerns that it put too much blame on pedestrians.. The lawmaker behind the proposal said that the bill still addresses the racist policing of ticketing pedestrians in the street, which ...
First Look: The DOT Finally Has Plans For Its Queensboro Bridge ...
WEBApr 8, 2024 · The streets on both ends of the Queensboro Bridge will be remade into safer, people-first spaces as part of the long-awaited reopening of the span's south outer roadway that will finally give cyclists and pedestrians a separate path to walk and ride on.
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WEBSep 5, 2023 · A decade-in-the-making plan to transform Atlantic Avenue from an inhospitable car-sewer into a pedestrian-and-bike-friendly corridor with affordable housing and mixed-use development took one, tiny, step forward last week with the release of a new city planning document — but the Department of Transportation is already expressing doubts about a long-sought bike lane.
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 ...
Monday’s Headlines: Railing about Railings Edition
WEBJan 22, 2024 · Great press shops think like great minds, we suppose. How Streetsblog previous covered the issue. Photo: Streetsblog. On Sunday, a Friend of Streetsblog sent us hot pictures of what appeared to be platform edge barriers at the 191st Street 1 train station — the kind of simple railings for which we advocated back in 2022.So we immediately reached out to the MTA press office to find out what ...
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 …
‘Save the Slip’: North Brooklynites Urge DOT to Keep Temporary …
WEBAug 10, 2024 · Bedford Slip became a natural gathering space in less than two months. A temporary plaza on the half-block northern end of Bedford Avenue must continue be car free, as north Brooklyn residents and lawmakers pushed the Department of Transportation to not revert the so-called Bedford Slip to private vehicle traffic in the coming days.
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WEBAug 19, 2024 · Opinion: Unlock Central Park’s Shared Path to Get Kids Biking to School. With over 200 schools within a half-mile of its boundaries, Central Park could be a model for Safe Routes to School and help lead a bike-to-school renaissance.