Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Emergency Rally for Pedestrian Safety: Sunday, March 4, 3pm:

By Jason Varone | Mar 2, 2007 | 11 Comments

Demand that Mayor Bloomberg take action (or, at the very least, that he say something) before another New Yorker is unnecessarily run over and killed by a motor vehicle. Emergency Rally for Pedestrian Safety Sunday, March 4th 3 pm City Hall Steps Someone is killed by a vehicle almost every other day in New York […]

Quick, Someone Get Me a Shovel

By Biker H | Feb 20, 2007 | 8 Comments

Last week, we saw the sorry condition of the new on-street bike route in Times Square and thought to ourselves how much better things would be if only bikes had some truly protected turf in the Crossroads of the World. Alas, just a half-mile south, our idealistic thoughts were quashed by this depressing visage: Here […]

The Case of the Disappearing Sharrows

By Biker H | Feb 13, 2007 | 5 Comments

Less than three months after they appeared on Seventh Avenue in Times Square, some of New York City’s first sharrows are well on their way to disappearing. And so you have to wonder: Can the city’s commitment to 200 miles of new bike lanes in three years be meaningful if this is their condition […]

Eyes on the Street: Grim, Immovable

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 2, 2007 | 9 Comments

The BQE, as seen from Lorimer Street. All this talk about Robert Moses lately leads one to think about the Freeway Revolt.

Calming Traffic in Chinatown

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 1, 2007 | 20 Comments

With all the talk about high level personnel changes at the DOT, let’s take it back to the streets for a minute, shall we? As we have already noted, Chinatown has gotten a buffered bike lane on Grand Street, which is fantastic, and would be even more fantastic if it wasn’t treated as a car parking lane. […]

Eyes on the Street: Triborough in the Fog

By Aaron Donovan | Jan 19, 2007 | 1 Comment

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