Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space

THOSE WERE THE DAYS: What Car Culture Has Cost Us

By Eve Kessler | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

Some then-and-now photos of New York City show how residents lost precious space to the automobile. What we could do to fix it.

The proposed, and currently unnamed, Penn Station South. Area residents have some notes. Image: Governor's Office

Hells Kitchen Has No Use For Cuomo’s Master Plan for Penn Station

By Dave Colon | Aug 14, 2020 | No Comments

Holy Moses, Gov. Cuomo's expansion plan for Penn Station stinks.

The comptroller wants more than just aerobics in front of high schools. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Opinion: Let the Schools Use the Streets

By Brad Lander | Aug 6, 2020 | No Comments

The city's opening of streets for restaurants provided a lifeline in the pandemic. The schools deserve no less.

City Must Act Now to Save Transit, Prevent Carmaggedon and Improve Equity in Mobility: Report

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 31, 2020 | No Comments

Yet mayor de Blasio thinks he's doing just fine.

Evelia's Tamales, an immigrant-owned food truck, has tried to keep its business alive during the pandemic. Photo: Street Vendor Project

Opinion: Time To Protect the City’s Street Vendors

By Margaret Chin and Carlos Menchaca | Jul 29, 2020 | No Comments

The pandemic has hurt these mostly immigrant small businesses, which have always faced discriminatory enforcement. The administration must step up with law, open streets and policy.

Gene's is a great old restaurant that wants a Citi Bike rack moved. Photo: Google

Opinion: Citi Bike? Outdoor Restaurants? We Can Have Both — Just Limit the Cars!

By Samir Lavingia | Jul 24, 2020 | No Comments

Now that the Citi Bike rack in front of Gene's restaurant has been relocated, one West Village resident thinks people were waging the wrong battle.

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