Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Traffic Calming

Detailed Reports on 135 Safe Routes to School Plans

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 30, 2006 | 8 Comments

The DOT has some traffic plan porn for you today. Starting with P.S. 1 in Manhattan on Catherine Street, where they found a school bus parking on the narrow sidewalk near the school, they have detailed reports including pictures and proposed re-designs of the streets for all 135 schools included in the initial wave of Safe Routes to […]

Safe Routes to Schools Study Complete

By Glenn McAnanama | Nov 30, 2006 | 4 Comments

Walking to school is a healthy way for many kids to get their daily dose of exercise. Unfortunately many parents are rightfully concerned about their children’s safety on the city’s streets because of aggressive driver and lack of good pedestrian safety infrastructure. Everyday in front of many city schools you see parents dropping kids off in […]

Speed Hump

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 21, 2006 | 1 Comment

Cutting-edge European traffic calming techniques seem to be having a bit of an American zeitgeist moment. Two pieces of evidence: A German newspaper story about Hans Monderman, the Dutch traffic engineer who is, with great success, banishing signs, signals, stripes and all other forms of traffic governance at busy, complicated intersections earned a prominent link on the Drudge Report this weekend. And […]

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 […]

Traffic Relief Rally at City Hall This Morning

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 14, 2006 | No Comments

Councilmember Gale Brewer joined Transportation Alternatives and representatives of community groups from all over the city at this morning’s Citywide Coalition for Traffic Relief rally on the steps of City Hall. The Coalition currently includes 129 community organizations. These organizations have signed on to a petition calling on the Bloomberg Administration to devlop "a comprehensive traffic […]

Traffic: A Social Problem Not a Design Problem

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 9, 2006 | 17 Comments

Before the commenters begin giving DOT its well-deserved pounding in response to my previous post, I offer this provocative excerpt from David Engwicht’s book, "Mental Speed Bumps: The Smarter Way to Tame Traffic." Let me be frank. Traffic is first and foremost a community problem and residents have no right expecting politicians, engineers and planning […]

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