Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Streets

Thursday’s Headlines: Chickens, Meet Roost Edition

By Streetsblog | Jan 7, 2021 | No Comments

We interrupt your hungry consumption of yesterday's coup coverage from Washington because you didn't come here to read about the blood that is on Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley's hands, right? Here's our news digest.

Council Member Peter Koo during the DOT press conference in July. Photo provided by a source

Judge: City Can Move Ahead With Flushing Busway

By Julianne Cuba | Jan 5, 2021 | No Comments

“The city can proceed now with the busway," the opponents' lawyer told Streetsblog.

Mr. Mayor, We Made Your 2021 Resolutions For You

By Dave Colon | Jan 1, 2021 | No Comments

From cycling safety to street vending to improving bus commutes, here's a list of what we'd like for Vision Zero.

... And the Best Transportation News

By Streetsblog | Dec 29, 2020 | No Comments

In a year that sucked big time, New Yorkers summoned their legendary toughness and made lemonade out of once-in-a-century lemons.

The mayoral candidates pictured with the building of their dreams.

DECISION 2021: Which Mayoral Candidates Support a Car-Free Manhattan?

By Eve Kessler | Dec 16, 2020 | No Comments

Some hizzoner hopefuls are surprisingly open to some version of the idea, Streetsblog's questionnaire found.

When cars are banished, culture can flourish, as this Time Lapse Dance performance on the Upper West Side shows. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

ANATOMY OF A DEBACLE: DOT Eliminates Open Street on West End Avenue

By Streetsblog | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

The agency claims it needs a "community partner" for street improvements — yet requires drivers to do nothing. Meanwhile, a City Council Member plots traffic strategy with an online troll with no transportation background who posts misogynistic rants on social media. Only in New York, kids. Only in New York.

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