Summer Streets is back with closures for three weekends in Manhattan in August. ( Photo: DOT) Summer Streets 2024 Takes Manhattan Ring-a-ding-ding!! Ring-a-ding-ding!! That’s not the title—twice repeated— of the classic 1961 Frank Sinatra album but rather... News 05 Aug 2024 | 11:24
Improperly parked car. Photo: Kay Bontempo Bill Would Allow New Yorkers to Report Parking Violations City Council Member Lincoln Restler recently introduced a bill that would incentivize New Yorkers with cash rewards for providing... News 08 Oct 2022 | 11:31
CB8’s Congestion Pricing Task Force met via Zoom on Thursday night. Photo: Abigail Gruskin Qualms With Congestion Pricing New Yorkers have major qualms with congestion pricing. That much became overwhelmingly clear on Thursday evening during Community... News 07 Oct 2022 | 03:28
Rendering of what a “School Street” might look like. Photo via Streetopia Upper West Side Pedestrian-Friendly Streets for Kids What do Venice, Italy, Pontevedra, Spain and Stroget, Copenhagen have in common? They have all freed their city centers from... News 28 Jun 2022 | 01:13
Nighttime outdoor dining scene at Shaffer’s on Eighth Ave. and 18th Street. Photo: Zoey Lyttle Cyclists and Restaurants Clash Over Shared Bike Lane Space Tensions have been rising ever since New York City restaurants began offering outdoor seating in June 2020. Bicyclists and... News 25 Mar 2022 | 11:24
Curtis Phillip has been making deliveries for Breakaway Courier Systems for more than 20 years. Photo: Kay Bontempo A Changing Bike Messenger Business It’s a chilly Thursday morning, the New York metro area buzzing with commuters in SUVs and Subarus. Rob Kotch sits in the... News 18 Mar 2022 | 02:42
Delivery biker near East 77th Street. Photo: Gaby Messino Street Fatalities are Up, and Delivery People are the Ones in Danger In the first nine months of 2021, ten delivery cyclists have died. That is three more than all the delivery biker deaths... News 17 Oct 2021 | 09:57
Work crews excavate rubble from Upper East Side sinkhole Thursday afternoon. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Sinkhole on the Upper East Side Days after a sinkhole partially swallowed up two cars on the Upper West Side, a second crater opened up across town on East... News 16 Jul 2021 | 02:43
State Senator Brad Hoylman (at mic) speaks 64th Street and Amsterdam Ave., where actor Lisa Banes died. Photo: Aaron Ghitelman A Hit-and-Run Bill This week, actor Lisa Banes, who rose to prominence in the New York City theater scene in the 80s, died after being involved... News 18 Jun 2021 | 05:18
State Sen. Brad Hoylman, flanked by Sens. Andrew Gounardes and Robert Jackson and District 10 candidate Johanna Garcia. Photo: Emily Higginbotham Cracking Down on Drag Racing A trio of state lawmakers are pushing a pair of bills to crack down on drag racing and the noisy exhaust pipes of souped-up... News 28 May 2021 | 02:21
Deux Amis restaurant in Midtown was forced to close for months because DOT refused to move bike racks blocking access to table-friendly street space. Photo courtesy of Deux Amis Rewriting the Rules on Bike Racks Love ‘em or loathe, bikes and bike racks are here to stay. The first may be great for the environment and your body. The... News 14 May 2021 | 02:42
Flatiron 23rd Street Partnership Open Street. Photo: Karen Camela Watson Streets of the Future? Long before the City Council passed the recent bill making Open Streets a permanent fixture in New York City’s future, restaurant... News 10 May 2021 | 08:24
Image: Kohn Pedersen Fox / Urban Design Forum A Plan for Open Streets As NYC slowly recovers from the pandemic, a coalition of over 80 advocacy groups and nonprofit organizations recently laid... News 24 Mar 2021 | 10:37
City Council candidate Sara Lind. Photo courtesy of the Office of Sara Lind A Plan to Reinvent Broadway Vacancies on the Upper West Side were high before the pandemic wreaked havoc on NYC, but now due to COVID-19, parts of the... News 09 Feb 2021 | 02:26
Markings on street where protected bike lane would be established north of 77th Street. ( Photo: Alexis Gelber) CPW Bike Lane Nearing Completion After two years of discussions and tension-filled meetings, it appears that the plan to establish a northbound protected... News 15 Jul 2020 | 03:59
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