Noah Kazis
Noah joined Streetsblog as a New York City reporter at the start of 2010. When he was a kid, he collected subway paraphernalia in a Vignelli-map shoebox.
Before coming to Streetsblog, he blogged at TheCityFix DC and worked as a field organizer for the Obama campaign in Toledo, Ohio. Noah graduated from Yale University, where he wrote his senior thesis on the class politics of transportation reform in New York City. He lives in Morningside Heights.
Recent Posts
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Gives Manhattan Cyclists Unsafe Instructions
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The NYPD appears to be taking bicycle safety into its own hands, offering faulty safety tips to cyclists on both the First Avenue and Fifth Avenue bike lanes. In both locations, the NYPD has recently installed variable message boards informing cyclists that they must remain in the bike lane and obey all traffic laws. Legally, […]
Advocates Ask for TZB Details, Cuomo Admin Gives Them the Runaround
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The Cuomo administration has not released basic information about its plans for a new Tappan Zee Bridge that should have been made public under New York’s freedom of information laws, say leading transportation and environmental advocates. The Tri-State Transportation Campaign and the conservation group Riverkeeper say it’s one way that the Cuomo administration has short-circuited […]
Stringer: MTA Funding Would Be a Top Priority as Mayor
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Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer made the state of New York City’s transit system one of his top policy issues in the run-up to next year’s local elections, saying in a speech this morning that finding new revenues for transit would be his top priority in Albany if elected mayor. “I believe we need to get […]
Midtown Bike Lanes Win Strong Endorsements From Two Community Boards
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Manhattan’s newest pair of crosstown bike lanes, on 29th and 30th Streets, are set to be striped after strong votes of support from two Midtown community boards. The lanes already exist west of Eighth Avenue, where they were painted in the wake of the death of cyclist Marilyn Dershowitz. With the support of local residents, the […]
Gustavo Rivera, Bronx Straphangers Call for Much More Select Bus Service
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Fordham-area residents know Select Bus Service better than anyone. The city’s first rapid bus line opened along Fordham Road in 2008, and by all accounts it’s been a success. Bus speeds are up 20 percent, and that’s lured 30 percent more riders. In fact, Bronx residents like Select Bus Service so much, they’re asking for […]
Brooklyn CB 2 Endorses Fowler Square Plaza, With Evaluation Period
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In a meeting Wednesday evening, Brooklyn Community Board 2 endorsed plans to try out a new pedestrian plaza at Fort Greene’s Fowler Square. A short, lightly-trafficked block of South Elliott Place, between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue, will be reclaimed for pedestrians, allowing the existing square to be connected with the adjoining block. The vote […]
Eyes on the Street: Instant Bike Parking in Key West, Florida [Updated]
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Update: As of April 2015 this bike corral had been removed and replaced by a car parking spot. Brad Aaron, back down in Key West for spring break, files this update from South Florida’s bike-friendly isle. Spotted these guys installing a bike corral just off Duval Street, Key West’s main drag, on Monday afternoon. Parts of […]
Three CB8 Committees Approve Two-Way 72nd Street Central Park Bike Lane
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A plan to transfer one lane of 72nd Street from motor vehicles to bicycles in Central Park earned a thumbs up from three committees of Manhattan Community Board 8 last night, a strong show of approval from a board with a mixed record on bike infrastructure. The total vote was 13-1, with one abstention, according […]
Elmhurst Reps Want LIRR Station Reopened and New Revenues to Pay For It
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Elmhurst’s elected officials voiced support for transit investment at a town hall hosted by Congressman Joe Crowley and Council Member Daniel Dromm last night. A group of politicians including the two hosts, State Senator Toby Ann Stavisky, and Assembly Members Grace Meng and Francisco Moya called for reopening Elmhurst’s Long Island Railroad Station, shuttered in […]
The Jackson Heights Plaza Is Growing on Some Local Merchants
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A package of enhancements and adjustments to the new pedestrian plaza on 37th Road in Jackson Heights — the object of a high-profile backlash from a group of local merchants this winter — is winning over some of the skeptics. DOT has placed new planters and seating to spruce up the plaza and give it more color, […]
Two-Car Crash Sends Vehicle Into Brooklyn Heights Pizza Parlor
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A two-car traffic crash on Hicks Street in Brooklyn Heights this morning ended with one of the vehicles plowing into the front door of Middle Eastern restaurant/pizza joint Fatoosh, as first reported by News 12. Hicks is a one-way street with one traffic lane and one parking lane. Luckily, the restaurant was closed and no pedestrians […]
Hot Off The Presses, NYC’s 2012 Bike Map
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2011 wasn’t New York City’s biggest year for bike lanes. After building around 50 lane-miles a year since 2007, DOT only built 8.7 lane miles last year, thanks in large part to the sustained political and media attack on bike infrastructure that peaked that year. Even so, the bicycle network is a little bit bigger […]