Recent Streetsblog SF posts about New York City

New Report Out of NYC: Protected Bike Lanes Improve Safety for Everyone

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2014 | No Comments

In sync with Bicycling Magazine naming New York America’s best biking city, the NYC Department of Transportation released a report this week full of stats on the safety impact of protected bike lanes. It’s the most robust data the city has released about this type of street design, and the results prove that protected bike lanes […]

Standing Up to the Naysayers: Tales of Livable Streets Leadership From NYC

By Aaron Bialick | May 2, 2014 | 22 Comments

Re-shaping city streets almost always runs up against some level of opposition — it’s part and parcel of physically changing what people often see as their territory. Whether residents get to have safer streets, however, often comes down to the elected leaders who stand up to the naysayers. In San Francisco lately, we’ve seen a […]

How to Measure the Economic Effect of Livable Streets

By Stephen Miller | Dec 20, 2013 | No Comments

When a street redesign to prioritize walking, biking, or transit is introduced, the headlines are predictable: A handful of business owners scream bloody murder. Anecdotes from grumpy merchants tend to dominate the news coverage, but what’s the real economic impact of projects like Select Bus Service, pedestrian plazas, road diets and protected bike lanes? How […]

NYC DOT Shares Its Five Principles for Designing Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Nov 21, 2013 | No Comments

Earlier this month, NYC DOT put out a major new report, Making Safer Streets [PDF], that collects before-and-after data from dozens of street redesigns and distills five key principles to reduce traffic injuries. The excitement of election week overshadowed the release, but this is an important document that livable streets supporters will want to bookmark. […]

After the Addition of Bike Lanes and Plazas, Manhattan Traffic Moves Faster

By Stephen Miller | Sep 9, 2013 | No Comments

After several blocks in the heart of Times Square were pedestrianized and protected bike lanes were added to five avenues in the middle of Manhattan, motor vehicle traffic is actually moving more smoothly than before, according to the latest release of NYC DOT’s annual Sustainable Streets Index [PDF]. The report, which gathers data from the […]

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