Chinatown’s Doyers Open Street to Become a Car-Free Plaza
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A street that is useless for motorists in a neighborhood with virtually no open space will finally get the treatment it, and its neighbors, deserve.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Public Space
DOT Pushes Back at Calls for Office of ‘Public Space Management’
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"We have decades of experience and expertise," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez told the Council at a Tuesday hearing.
OPINION: We Can Have Nice Things … Once We Get Rid of King Car
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Europe has great public places. A walk or bike ride from Borough Hall to City Hall across an auto-free Brooklyn Bridge would equal any of them.
Urban Design Forum Envisions Street-Based ‘Platform’ for a ‘Thriving City’
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The group's new report, "Streets Ahead," articulates goals that won't be controversial for Streetsblog readers, but may sound new to New Yorkers who think of streets only as repositories for free car storage.
'We Need New Station Houses Because of NYPD's Illegal Parking,' Communities Say
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The antidote to illegal cop parking? Why, more parking, of course, say many community boards.
Design Trust Releases Public Space Management ‘Toolkit’
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Group seeks to smooth way for small-fry community and business organizations in 'placemaking' efforts.