Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Plazas

With 34th Street Plaza in Doubt, Local Business Group Expresses Support

By Noah Kazis | Jul 1, 2010 | 7 Comments

DOT’s plan for a public plaza on 34th between Fifth and Sixth may be in jeopardy, but Dan Biederman, head of the 34th Street Partnership, wants to see more pedestrian space on the block. Image: NYCDOT Earlier this week, DNAinfo reported that NYCDOT may nix the pedestrian plaza in the agency’s ambitious proposal for a […]

DOT Compromises, to a Point, on Union Square Plan

By Noah Kazis | Jun 22, 2010 | 21 Comments

Though Broadway will remain a through street, NYCDOT is still building bike lanes and pedestrian plazas at Union Square. Image: NYCDOT. It took a few tries, but the Department of Transportation finally won the support of Manhattan Community Board 5’s Transportation Committee for its Union Square bike-ped plan last night. While a few safety improvements […]

Pedestrian Reclamation on Tap for Deadly Ozone Park Intersection

By Noah Kazis | Jun 11, 2010 | 9 Comments

Pedestrian plazas planned for 94th Street and Liberty Avenue. The elevated tracks of the A train run over Liberty Ave. Image: NYCDOT One of the most dangerous intersections in Queens is slated for a DOT safety makeover. At a meeting of Queens Community Board 10 last Thursday, DOT presented a plan [PDF] to rework the […]

If Bus Stops Disappear, What Will Happen to All That Space?

By Noah Kazis | May 26, 2010 | 7 Comments

Photo: cyclosity/Flickr Starting June 27, 570 bus stops across New York City could disappear. Unless Congress delivers an 11th hour reprieve — still a distinct possibility — service cuts will axe or reroute dozens of bus lines, raising the question of what to do with all the curbside real estate at these potentially defunct stops. […]

Tonight: DOT to Reveal Plans for a Safer Union Square

By Brad Aaron | Apr 26, 2010 | 14 Comments

Image via NY1 Safer street conditions and more space for pedestrians and cyclists could soon be coming to Union Square under a plan to be unveiled by DOT today. We haven’t gotten our hands on the drawings yet, but media reports say that by Labor Day, East 17th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue South, […]

A More Democratic Use of Space on 34th Street

By Noah Kazis | Apr 23, 2010 | 29 Comments

Image: NYCDOT This graphic tells you all you need to know about the rationale behind DOT’s plans for 34th Street, which are getting some play today in the Times and on Gothamist. DOT displayed it prominently at Wednesday’s info session about the project. The biggest group of users — pedestrians — will get wider sidewalks […]

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