Recent Streetsblog SF posts about New York City

New York City Gets Its First “Pop-up Café,” Similar to SF’s Parklets

By Noah Kazis | Aug 12, 2010 | No Comments

Nicole Russo of the Downtown Alliance, David Byrne, and DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan enjoy coffee and mango lassis at Pearl Street’s new pop-up café. Photo: Noah Kazis The narrow streets of Lower Manhattan date back centuries and pose a set of challenges nearly unique in New York City. With the city’s first "pop-up café," DOT […]

John Leguizamo’s Green Limo

By Ben Fried | May 6, 2010 | No Comments

This is too fun not to post. John Leguizamo, who’s been biking in New York since before the actual Summer of Sam, takes a CNN crew on a ride through Midtown and shares some pointers on NYC cycling. (Sorry about the BASF commercial you’ll have to sit through before it gets started.) Leguizamo’s big pitch […]

Smart Parking Policy Makes a Difference, Even in Livable Streets Utopias

By Noah Kazis | Mar 24, 2010 | No Comments

The evidence keeps mounting that smart parking policy is an essential tool in the fight to curb traffic. A new study of two German neighborhoods indicates that managing the supply of parking can make streets more livable, even in places that already have great infrastructure for transit, walking, and biking. Eliminating mandatory parking minimums, the […]

Sadik-Khan Packs the House in LA, Then Brings It Down

By Damien Newton | Mar 19, 2010 | No Comments

Thanks to Clarence Eckerson for this Streetfilms Shortie. The L.A. StreetSummit kicked off last night with a rousing keynote address and slide show by the groundbreaking New York City DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Kahn. Three levels of an Occidental College auditorium were packed with students, bike advocates from around the county, and others interested in Livable […]

New York City’s Broadway Pedestrian Zone to Become Permanent

By Ben Fried | Feb 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Hopefully you don’t seethe too much about how many parsecs ahead of us New York City is in reclaiming space for people from cars, but we thought we’d share this momentous news from Streetsblog NY. Looks like Mayor Bloomberg has made a complete one-eighty from his position on traffic just a few years ago. The […]

Bicycling Up 8.5 Percent in SF Last Year, 53 Percent Increase from 2006

By Michael Rhodes | Jan 22, 2010 | 12 Comments

San Francisco Citywide Bicycle Counts (2006-09). Image courtesy SFMTA. The San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency has released its 2009 Bicycle Count Report (PDF), which shows an 8.5 percent increase in the number of cyclists on the streets last year compared to 2008, and a 53 percent increase since 2006. That marks the third consecutive year […]

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