Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You?

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 26, 2007 | 5 Comments

Like Third Avenue in Brooklyn, Manhattan’s Ninth Avenue is emerging as one of New York City’s new "Boulevards of Death." This afternoon, the Clinton / Hell’s Kitchen Pedestrian Safety Coalition, the community group that has been organizing the Ninth Avenue Renaissance project, broadcast the following news and call to action: Dear Neighbors Seventy-five percent of […]

Streetfilms: Intersection Intervention

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 23, 2007 | 1 Comment

Intersection InterventionA Clarence Eckerson StreetfilmRunning time: 3 minutes 56 seconds As people living in the neighborhoods around Downtown Brooklyn are learning the hard way, New York City government’s installation of pedestrian safety and traffic calming measures is remarkably slow and expensive. Even as children are dying while crossing the street in potentially preventable crashes, and […]

How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity?

By Glenn McAnanama | Feb 22, 2007 | 31 Comments

Earlier this week, I received a request in writing from Gary Altman, the Legislative Counsel of the City Council to testify at a hearing on March 1st. The topic of this oversight hearing is: How do we achieve the PlanNYC2030’s Sustainability Goal to Improve Travel Times by Adding Transit Capacity for Millions More Residents, Visitors and Workers? For reference […]

Eyes on the Street: Snow Days

By Aaron Naparstek | Feb 21, 2007 | 6 Comments

When there isn’t snow on the ground where does all the black stuff go? Photo courtesty of Gowanus Lounge.

Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat

By Jason Varone | Feb 15, 2007 | 12 Comments

A new Columbia University study published in the American Journal of Health Promotion, yet again, links livable streets to improved public health. The study reports: "There are relatively strong associations between built environment and Body Mass Index, even in population-dense New York City," said Andrew Rundle, Dr.P.H., lead study author and assistant professor of epidemiology […]

The Seed of a Revolution in Red Hook

By Ethan Kent | Feb 12, 2007 | 6 Comments

How can we get drivers to respect the communities they are driving though? How can we make traffic slow down if we can’t change the design of the street or the timing of the lights? How can a community reclaim its neighborhood streets? For a few short hours last weekend, Red Hook, Brooklyn, had an […]

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