How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets
This town outside of NYC scored the biggest traffic safety success story of 2022. Street Plans helped the city write its ambitious bike master plan.
Traffic Engineers Blame YOU for THEIR Mistakes
Traffic engineers and transportation officials show a failure to take responsibility for how unsafe street design contributes to fatality rates – and instead place the blame wrongly on drivers.
DOT may eliminate cars from Prospect Park gateway in Grand Army revamp
The city DOT may soon ban cars from the entrance to Prospect Park, as part of a plan to boost biking and walking by radically reducing the number of vehicles passing through busy Grand Army Plaza.
Grant Kicks Off Planning For Long-Awaited Rail Trail
Street Plans Principal Mike Lydon said working on the conceptual plan was an “exciting opportunity.” The plan is not a “detailed master plan,” but rather a “first look at what the trail may look like.” The hope is that the conceptual plan will aid the town in seeking further grant funding. “This is how we go from ‘no trail’ to ‘trail.’ This is a small but critical step in the process.”
Housatonic Trail Extension | Newtown, CT
PROJECT STATUS: PLAN COMPLETE The proposed Housatonic Rail Trail Extension Plan is a vision to lengthen the Housatonic Rail Trail from Monroe to Newtown’s Fairfield Hills campus. This 3.5 mile extension will help connect Newtown residents to Fairfield Hills, a former psychiatric hospital that Newtown continues to redevelop into…
Park to Park 103 | New York, NY
Park To Park 103 is a community-driven project to redesign and create a permanent Open Street on W. 103rd Street in Manhattan’s Upper West Side.
Advocates Like (But Don’t Love) the DOT’s Third Ave. Redesign
An Upper East Side community panel applauded the city for redesigning deadly Third Avenue – but many lamented that the plan could still be more ”ambitious.”
NYC Will Unveil Long-Awaited Third Avenue Redesign
The Department of Transportation presents its plans for a redesign of Third Avenue in Manhattan, the Adams administration’s first major from-the-ground-up street project. Paris should be an inspiration.
Sunday Streetfilms: Paris Kicks New York’s Ass as a Biking Capital
Appearing in the film is like a Streetsblog Hall of Fame of talking heads: Mike Lydon of Street Plans, New Third Avenue advocate Paul Krikler, Queens bike advocate (and Queen of Twitter) CJ Wojtkowski, &, Streetsblog Editor Gersh Kuntzman.
Webinar: Tactical Urbanism – Lessons for Urban (re)Development, hosted by the Kyiv School of Economics
Mike Lydon delivering a Tactical Urbanism Talk hosted by the Kyiv School of Economics in Ukraine September 12th at 10:00am EDT.