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Tag: Pedestrian safety


Infrastructure, Public Works

ANALYSIS: Mayor de Blasio Has Abandoned the Open Streets ‘Program’

April 12, 2021

Via: NYC Streets Blog

Open streets or open warfare? The mayor’s signature effort to bring car-free outdoor space to COVID-stricken neighborhoods last year is increasingly looking like it will collapse unless city officials do something to assert authority over a program that has left […]


Infrastructure, Public Works

DOT Rule Hampers Curb Extensions

August 12, 2020

Via: NYC Streets Blog

An influential Manhattan panel is asking the city to allow “quick-build” curb extensions, arguing that the current restrictions hurts pedestrian safety and disadvantages poor and residential areas. Manhattan Community Board 4 has asked the Department of Transportation that it “reexamine […]