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Seniors to City: Fix Canal Street Now!
WEB2 days ago · Canal Street is home to a higher percentage of residents aged 65 and older, as well as children, compared to citywide averages. The street lacks adequate shade, exacerbating the health risks posed by air pollution from increasing car traffic. Canal Street has been a DOT Vision Zero Priority Corridor since 2015, yet it …
City To Close Bike Lane Gap in Lower Sixth Ave.
WEB4 days ago · The agency first installed a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue between W. Eighth and 33rd streets in 2016, extending it north to Central Park in 2020, and filling in a portion south of Lispenard Street to Barclay Street in 2022. This gap of bike lane on Sixth Avenue will finally close. Map: DOT.
Opinion: Design EV Charging Around NYC Streets, Not the Other …
WEB6 days ago · The editors. Last month, Streetsblog ran a story on the NYC Department of Transportation’s new $15-million federal grant to install more curbside EV chargers on city streets. It was a skeptical read, with a harsh critique of dedicating precious street space to car infrastructure in perpetuity. As the founder and CEO of an EV infrastructure ...
Modified 'Jaywalking' Repeal Passes Council - Streetsblog New …
WEBSep 26, 2024 · The Council on Thursday passed a bill to legalize walking into the street outside of crosswalks, sometimes known as "jaywalking," two weeks after holding off on the legislation due to advocates raising concerns that it put too much blame on pedestrians.. The lawmaker behind the proposal said that the bill still addresses the racist policing of ticketing pedestrians in the street, which ...
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WEBSep 26, 2024 · Chris Hartmann. September 17, 2024. Congestion Pricing. Hamstrung! Congestion Pricing ‘Pause’ Screws Over the Next MTA Capital Plan: Report. Gov. Hochul’s congestion pricing pause will eat into the MTA’s execution of its next capital plan and push the start of work on that plan back by years, a new report argues.
'ALWAYS SCARED': Dangerous Streets Outside City Schools …
WEBMay 24, 2022 · A six-month Streetsblog investigation found that streets near schools are uniquely dangerous, with rates of crashes and injuries that exceed city averages — particularly near schools where most students are poor or children of color.
Streetsblog New York City – Covering the fight for sustainable cities
WEBJun 8, 2023 · Because people are dying and being maimed on New York's most-dangerous 25-mile-per-hour streets. The bill does not mandate lower speed limits, but would only allow New York City to reduce some — and the city Department of Transportation would likely start on the streets with the most crashes, many of …
Eyes on the Street: 'Daylighting' NYC Intersections Needs More …
WEBDec 5, 2023 · It's a concrete solution. Mayor Adams's announcement last week that he intended to eliminate parking spaces near 1,000 intersections a year to improve visibility and reduce crashes will fail unless his administration backs up the initiative with physical barriers to keep out cars, advocates and our own damn eyes say. “Driver’s know there’s almost no parking enforcement and they act ...
Mayor Adams Puts Nearly $1 Billion Into Street Safety
WEBApr 23, 2022 · Mayor Adams on Saturday announced an historic nearly $1 billion investment towards funding the long-awaited Streets Master Plan, just days after dozens of advocates and pols rallied on the steps of City Hall to demand he spend what’s needed to create a safer, and more bike-, bus-, and pedestrian-friendly New York.. The City Council’s specific $3.1-billion, five-year budget ask apparently ...