Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Tonight: Support Major Ped and Bike Improvements at CB3 Meeting

By Ben Fried | Feb 11, 2009 | 5 Comments

Pedestrian plazas would reclaim six intersections connecting the Allen and Pike Street malls. Apologies for the last-minute heads up, but livable streets supporters in Chinatown and the Lower East Side won’t want to miss this action at Community Board 3 tonight. A DOT project to expand pedestrian space and add center median protected bike paths […]

Brooklyn CBs Open to Prospect Park Road Diet

By Ben Fried | Dec 5, 2008 | 15 Comments

This summer volunteers clocked 90 percent of cars in Prospect Park exceeding the speed limit. Photo: Prospect Park Youth Advocates. On Tuesday, Transportation Alternatives made the case for a car-free Prospect Park to the transpo committee of Brooklyn Community Board 7. Reactions ran the gamut from wholehearted support to outright opposition, reports T.A.’s Lindsey Lusher-Shute. […]

Tuesday: Oppo Expected to Improvements for Chatham Square, Park Row

By Brad Aaron | Dec 1, 2008 | 15 Comments

The "Park Row Promenade" would dedicate close to 50 percent of existing asphalt to peds and cyclists. A proposal to add pedestrian and cyclist space to a redesigned Chatham Square in Lower Manhattan will be the subject of a Tuesday public hearing co-hosted by Community Boards 1, 2 and 3. Since streets in the area […]

Shocker: Speed Limits Are Useless Without Enforcement

By Ben Fried | Nov 11, 2008 | 8 Comments

If drivers don’t acknowledge the risk of speeding, street designs and enforcement practices have to do it for them. New research from Purdue University highlights the futility of controlling drivers’ speed with signs. The Times’ health blog has the story: When it comes to speeding, many American motorists don’t worry about safety. They just worry […]

CB12 Committee Asks DOT for Dyckman Greenway Connector Study

By Streetsblog | Nov 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Nine months after Inwood residents first proposed a physically separated bike lane for Dyckman/200th Street, connecting the east- and west-side Greenways, this week the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee approved a resolution calling for DOT to "test the feasibility" of such a project. CB12 action was considered necessary to gain the involvement of […]

Brooklyn Bridge to Be Closed to Cyclists for Bike Traffic Calming

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2008 | 47 Comments

The Brooklyn Bridge will be closed to cyclists this Saturday and Sunday, November 1 and 2, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. for what DOT describes as measures to calm bike traffic on the promenade. From an e-mail issued by the Brooklyn borough commissioner’s office earlier this week: NYCDOT will be implementing enhanced markings and […]

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