Tag: streets

March 15, 2017

Miami’s Biscayne Boulevard is eight roaring lanes of traffic cutting off downtown from the waterfront. But maybe not for long. In what could be a transformative project, Miami is looking to convert this surface speedway into a walkable boulevard, reports the Jacksonville-based blog Modern Cities. The […]

March 13, 2017

For the first time in a generation, cars account for most growth in travel in New York City instead of transit, as Uber and Lyft crowd the streets, according to a new report from Bruce Schaller. Growing congestion and declining transit ridership are symptoms of […]

March 6, 2017

Back in 2015, BikeDenver released this map of bike lanes to nowhere. Though Denver’s bike network has grown over the last couple of years, there’s still no safe, comfortable north-south bike connection through the heart of the city. That’s why the […]

February 16, 2017

In the summer of 2015, NYC DOT and real estate titan Vornado made two big changes to the streets around Penn Station, where sidewalk crowding is incredibly intense. One of those changes, Plaza 33, turned the western third of 33rd […]

October 26, 2016

As part of New York state’s efforts to boost energy efficiency, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Oct. 19 said that $790,000 would be made available for cities, towns and villages in the state’s Mid-Hudson Region through the New York […]

September 26, 2016

A contributor for The New Yorker has created an interactive periodic table of recognizable NYC trash. From playbills to broken umbrellas, this periodic table shows the reality of trash that floods the streets of New York City. The New Yorker […]

August 16, 2016

A bike lane that appears at an intersection to help guide bicyclists out of the way of turning drivers — in Washington, D.C., they call this a “pocket lane.” David Cranor writes at Greater Greater Washington that the District is looking to add […]