Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Snowy Neckdowns: Nature’s Traffic-Calming

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 8, 2011 | No Comments

As you may recall, many years ago I shot a Streetfilm taking about what winter weather can teach us. In many ways the snow acts like tracing paper on our streets and records people’s movements: at each intersection, the spots where the snow piles up can show us where people drive and walk. It’s a […]

Levin Traffic Task Force Gets to Work

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2011 | 12 Comments

A traffic task force spearheaded by Brooklyn Council Member Steve Levin and the Boerum Hill Association convened for the first time Wednesday night. Levin’s district includes several neighborhoods battered by traffic heading to and from the free East River bridges, and local residents have been engaged for years in efforts to make streets safer, eventually […]

DOT’s Interactive Map Points the Way to a More Livable Jackson Heights

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Since 2009, the Department of Transportation has been engaged in a major study of Jackson Heights’ streets and sidewalks. At the request of community groups and with federal funding from Rep. Joe Crowley, DOT has been developing a plan to make the neighborhood safer, less congested, and more transit-accessible. After two years of research and […]

Norman Steisel, Traffic-Calming Denier

By Ben Fried | Jan 25, 2011 | 15 Comments

The Brooklyn Paper has the quote of the day, from Norman Steisel, opponent of the bikeway in front his house his neighborhood and denier of the data showing that the new Prospect Park West is safer: “We’re skeptical,” said Steisel, whose group is called Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes. “They’ve been opportunistic about the way […]

Eyes on the Street: Queens Crossing Guards Improvise Street Safety Fixes

By Ben Fried | Jan 11, 2011 | 4 Comments

While Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is out to tear up pedestrian refuges on a dangerous stretch of Fort Hamilton Parkway, over in Queens, local street safety experts are improvising their own traffic-calming measures. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson took these pictures of crossing guards using cones as makeshift safety improvements outside two Jackson Heights schools. The […]

Vacca Endorses Life-Saving 20 MPH Speed Limit

By Noah Kazis | Nov 22, 2010 | 10 Comments

Speed kills, even when traffic is moving at New York’s citywide limit of 30 miles per hour. According to the UK Department for Transport, if a driver hits a pedestrian at 30 miles per hour, the victim only has a 55 percent chance of surviving. At 20 mph, the pedestrian has a 95 percent chance […]

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