Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about DOT

Garbage lane? Sometimes the new Brooklyn Bridge bike path is full of trash. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Drivers, Pedestrians are Already Trashing the Brooklyn Bridge Bike Path

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 22, 2021 | No Comments

The newly opened Brooklyn Bridge bike path is being defiled with garbage that's either cascading down from the pedestrian path or tossed by drivers over the short fence from the car lanes. But DOT is on it!

DOT Punts Long-Delayed Fifth Avenue Project to Next Mayor

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

A busway and a protected bike lane are on hold until after the holidays. Is the city taking its cues from the New York Post?

Vision Zero Cities Op-Ed: How To Manage a City of Eight Million

By Elizabeth Goldstein and Adam Ganser | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

New York needs a 'director of the public realm,' argue officials at two important municipal not-for-profits.

SOLVED: City Must Reduce Carmaggedon By Eliminating Free Parking, Re-Imagining Public Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

The city must eliminate free parking, dramatically reduce roadway space for cars, and transform the Department of Transportation into a broader "public space management" agency in order to make New York City truly livable and climate resilient, a new report argues.

Diverters like this are the key to the DOT's hopes of keeping cars out of its "gold standard" open street on 34th Avenue. Photo: DOT

ANALYSIS: DOT Plan for 'Gold Standard' 34th Ave. Open Street is Definitely Not a 'Linear Park'

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

But it does hold the promise of reducing thru-traffic with 24-7 diverters, plazas, shared space and other treatments.

AWFULLY IRONIC: NYPD Threatens Tipster After Streetsblog Story About Prior Harassment Over 311 Complaints About Illegal Parking

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 19, 2021 | No Comments

“Keep fucking around,” the new harasser texted.

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