Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Urban Design

Inom Tullarna: The Ancient Roots of Congestion Pricing

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 7, 2007 | 18 Comments

If you’re a New York City transportation policy geek but you’ve had enough of congestion pricing realpolitik and can’t bear to sit through another Kathy Wylde vs. Walter McCaffrey slugfest, Monday evening’s New School panel may be just the ticket. Equal Tolls, Unequal Access? Congestion Pricing and Its Historical Antecedents brings together an unusual group […]

Replace Penn Station Rats’ Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2007 | 5 Comments

Penn Station concourse under West 33rd Street Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer wants to trade parking spots for wider sidewalks and bike infrastructure on West 33rd Street, moving more Moynihan Station commuters above-ground. AMNY has the story: Stringer will float the idea to widen sidewalks and create bike lanes at a public hearing [Thursday] on […]

New Bleecker Bike Lane Already Blocked by Parked Cars

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 28, 2007 | 35 Comments

Streetsblog reader Dave Goldberg sends along a camera phone photo of the freshly striped Bleecker Street bike lane, shot between LaGuardia Place and Mercer Street. Goldberg notes: I can’t say that the striping was universally respected. You can see from the background of the photo that there’s a car in the lane. Also, between Mercer […]

R-E-S-P-E-C-T: DOT to Install Sleek New Bike Parking Shelters

By Jason Varone | Nov 15, 2007 | 48 Comments

While the NYPD, Parks Department, MTA, unnamed authorities and, of course, bike thieves, busily clip locks and cart off New Yorkers’ bicycles in great number, the Department of Transportation is making sure that not only do bike commuters have a classy spot to park outdoors, but their tushies won’t get wet when it rains. Next […]

Prince Street Bike Lane Has Arrived

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 15, 2007 | 16 Comments

After months of debate including criticism from cyclists who want a physically-separated bike lane built on dangerous Houston Street and local car owners who want to protect their right to cheap on-street parking, a freshly painted green bike lane was spotted on Prince Street late last night at the corner of Mott. As Ariel Sharon […]

Crosstown Bike Lanes Remain in the Crosshairs

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2007 | 17 Comments

Opponents of the Department of Transportation’s plan for a new Lower Manhattan crosstown bike route are expected to make a show of force at tonight’s Community Board 2 Transportation Committee meeting in an effort to preserve a few dozen on-street parking spaces along Carmine and Bleecker Streets. Bicycling advocates are urging their supporters to show […]

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