Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Streetfilms Inspires New Jersey “Traffic Safety Quilt”

By Brad Aaron | May 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Check out this livable streets story from Ocean City, New Jersey, where a local arts group, high school art students, and the police department teamed up for a street mural installation. The kicker: the project was inspired by Streetfilms (look for the shout-out at the 4:30 mark). Ocean City Mayor Sal Perillo says the benefits […]

Two-Way Protected Bike Path Sails Through CB6 Committee

By Streetsblog | Apr 17, 2009 | 18 Comments

Image: NYCDOT Eric McClure of Park Slope Neighbors files this report. Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 unanimously endorsed a plan by the Department of Transportation to calm traffic on Prospect Park West through a major street redesign. The plan features the implementation of New York City’s first on-street, two-way, physically […]

Wiki Wednesday: Getting Streets in Shape With Road Diets

By Ben Fried | Apr 15, 2009 | 3 Comments

This morning Sarah wrote about the excessive width of many American roads, which makes speeding all too tempting for drivers. So I’m going to bookend the day with this StreetsWiki entry on road diets — the practice of reducing the number of travel lanes — from author Andy Hamilton: Photo: Dan Burden. Road diets are […]

Bigger Sidewalks But No Protected Bike Lane for Houston Street

By Ben Fried | Apr 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

A photosim of the East Houston Street plan; existing condition shown inset. Image: DCP. The reconstruction of East Houston Street will include wider medians, bigger sidewalks, fewer traffic lanes, and a new bike lane. But instead of installing a physically protected path for cyclists, the city plans to paint a buffered, Class 2 lane. The […]

Petition: Tell DOT to Reverse the Curse on Brooklyn Speedways

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2009 | 12 Comments

How fast do cars travel on Prospect Park West? Criminally fast. All the time. Members of Park Slope Neighbors clocked cars routinely exceeding the 30 mph speed limit — including one sociopath racing at 65 mph — during a ten-minute stretch earlier this month. Prospect Park West and Eighth Avenue form a one-way pair funneling […]

A Park Circle Where Walkers Feel Welcome

By Ben Fried | Mar 3, 2009 | 14 Comments

This proposal for Brooklyn’s Park Circle — Grand Army Plaza’s twin traffic disaster at the opposite end of Prospect Park — comes from Streetsblog Flickr pool contributor Sean Kenney. Currently, extraneous asphalt and accelerating vehicles abound here (check after the jump for a shot of existing conditions). Says Sean about his re-design: With this concept, […]

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