Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Quality of Life

Curbside Space Wars

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 28, 2006 | 8 Comments

Private cars blocking service vehicles on W. 86th St. between Columbus and Amsterdam There are many users of curbside space in New York City. Taxis, School Buses, Access-A-Ride and other private automobiles need curbside space to pick up and drop off people, often disabled, elderly or children. Trucks making deliveries to businesses and residents need curbside space to load and unload goods and packages. […]

Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods

By Ken Coughlin | Nov 22, 2006 | 11 Comments

The Dept. of Transportation’s 2005 study showed there is no need to eliminate car-free hours during the holidays. So why did they do it this year? Every November, year after year, the city sends two contradictory messages to motorists. On the one hand, it urges all those coming to the city during the holiday season to use […]

Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory

By Aaron Donovan | Nov 21, 2006 | 15 Comments

Here is a vehicle up in the Bronx that is too large for its driveway. So its owner just takes the sidewalk.

Speak Up to Keep the Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | 1 Comment

Before being transformed into a public plaza, Willoughby Street was filled with illegally parked cars. Tomorrow evening there will be an important public meeting at St. Francis College, Room 7402, 180 Remsen Street, Brooklyn, 5:00 to 6:00 pm, to help determine the fate of the new Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza in Downtown Brooklyn. If you are someone […]

The Traffic is the Mitigation

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 20, 2006 | 11 Comments

mitigate, verb[Latin stem of mitigare, from mitis, mild, gentle]1. Make milder in manner or attitude, make less hostile, mollify.2. Give relief from pain. Lessen the suffering caused by an evil or difficulty.3. Make less oppressive. Make more humane, more bearable. How Orwellian is this? The New York City Department of Transportation’s Holiday Traffic Mitigation Plan went […]

A Streetsblog Reader Wins Traffic Calming Improvements

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 16, 2006 | 6 Comments

Here is a contribution from Sean Roche, a Streetsblog reader in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb just west of Boston. I wanted to share my own small traffic calming victory with you. The other night the City of Newton Facilities/Public Safety Committee authorized and funded a redesign of the intersection at the end of my road. In the […]

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