Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Car-Free Streets

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

SEE IT: Yet Another Neighborhood Shows Mayor de Blasio How Great Our City Could Be Without Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Siders turned one of Mayor de Blasio's under-used and poorly conceived open streets into a community center that shows a way forward for a car-light city.

Here's how a coalition of Queens groups, backed by Citi Bike operator Lyft, believe 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights could be transformed. Graphic: Street Plans

OPINION: To Prevent Carmageddon, City Must Create ‘Resilient Streets’ for Transit, Biking and Walking

By Streetsblog | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Here's a must-read for anyone who cares about the future of transit (please get it to the mayor!).

The man Streetsblog readers love to hate, Arthur Schwartz. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Friday’s Headlines: Under the Busway Edition

By Streetsblog | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Have a great weekend — but first, today's headlines, starting with the city's big (but frankly expected) victory in the 14th Street busway lawsuit over Arthur Schwartz (pictured).

The open dining street on Vanderbilt Avenue. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Dozens of Outdoor Dining Piazzas to Add Weekday Hours as Mayor Hints Open Streets Will Return Next Year

By Julianne Cuba and Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 17, 2020 | No Comments

“Restaurants deserve every chance they can get to serve more customers this fall," Mayor de Blasio said.

The open street on 34th Avenue in Jackson Heights is the most popular in town. File photo: Clarence Eckerson

Queens Pol Makes It Official: Demands 34th Avenue Open Street Be Made Permanent

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 14, 2020 | No Comments

A Queens council member has jumped on the effort to turn the city's best open street into a "permanent public space for the community."

The Meatpacking Business Improvement District turned Little West 12th Street between Washington and Greenwich streets into a true open street. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Eyes on the Street: Meatpacking Biz Group Has Seen the ‘Future’ of Public Space

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 12, 2020 | No Comments

They unpaved paradise and created a great open street.

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