Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Bed-Stuy CB Freaks Out Over Adding Pedestrian Space to Fulton and Utica

By Stephen Miller | Apr 8, 2015 | 27 Comments

Creating more space for pedestrians at a dangerous, crowded transfer point between bus lines and the subway — sounds like a no-brainer, right? Not at Brooklyn Community Board 3, where the default position is to reflexively reject even the smallest street safety change. Fulton Street and Utica Avenue are both dangerous streets that the de Blasio administration has targeted […]

Levine Stands Up for Riverside Drive Road Diet Under Attack By CB 9

By Stephen Miller | Mar 6, 2015 | 33 Comments

A plan to calm traffic on a speeding-plagued stretch of Riverside Drive in West Harlem would be gutted if Community Board 9 members get their way, but Council Member Mark Levine, who represents the area, wants DOT to move ahead with the safety plan. “It’s all really sensible stuff that’s been succeeding in other parts […]

DOT’s Safety Plan for 21st Street in Astoria Leaves Everyone Wanting More

By Stephen Miller | Feb 26, 2015 | 5 Comments

A street safety plan for 21st Street in western Queens has left elected officials asking for more from DOT. The plan covers approximately two miles of 21st Street between the Queensboro Bridge and Triboro Bridge. In terms of safety, the street ranks in the bottom third of Queens’ roads. There were five fatalities on 21st […]

West Harlem CB Members to DOT: Let Drivers Use Neighborhood as Shortcut

By Stephen Miller | Feb 20, 2015 | 44 Comments

Riverside Drive in West Harlem is shaping up to be another test case for DOT’s commitment to safety improvements, and whether the agency will allow ignorance of basic street design principles and fear of change guide its decisions. DOT didn’t put bike lanes in its road diet plan for Riverside Drive. Now, key members of […]

DOT Proposes Roundabout for Dangerous Longwood Intersection

By Stephen Miller | Feb 17, 2015 | 19 Comments

New York seemingly has a traffic signal on every corner. To improve safety at one Bronx intersection, DOT is going with something different: a roundabout. The proposal is part of a larger road diet for Intervale Avenue in Longwood [PDF]. The plan was supported by a Bronx Community Board 2 committee in a 7-1 vote earlier […]

We’re Talkin’ Sneckdown

By Brad Aaron | Jan 27, 2015 | 13 Comments

New York City was spared the brunt of winter storm Juno, and with streets in better shape than expected, there are already enough photos out there for our inaugural #sneckdown round-up of the season. A portmanteau of “snow” and “neckdown,” a sneckdown occurs when driving patterns delineated in snow reveal excess street space that might be […]

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