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Downtown’s streets predate cars by centuries, but today they’re overrun by vehicles. Narrow, historic blocks are clogged with congestion, illegal parking, blocked sidewalks and general chaos. For the vast majority who travel through the neighborhood on foot, it's a big problem 1/
ALT A delivery truck parked on the sidewalk on a narrow downtown city street
ALT A black SUV parked half-up on the sidewalk, blocking pedestrians on a downtown NYC street
The streets of Downtown are where our city began. But we’ve let them become an unruly mess, w/ streets that don't work for anyone. It’s time to reimagine them, manage them more efficiently, and enforce existing rules to create a cleaner, safer, and more vibrant neighborhood.
ALT A delivery truck parked entirely on a sidewalk in Lower Manhattan
We envision a Downtown with more greenery, more residents, more retail and restaurants, with wider sidewalks and a better experience for pedestrians. Follow along as we explore how to make this vision a reality, and where the work needs to be done.
ALT Pedestrians cross a partially blocked crosswalk amid heavy congestion in the Financial District
Join us TOMORROW at 9 AM!! After the rally, the Council’s Transportation Committee will hear legislation to improve street safety, including Int 1070 to pilot a Low Traffic Neighborhood in communities across at least three boroughs.
Testimony toolkit: docs.google.com/document/d/1…
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Watch this be super successful, and then the general public wonder why it wasn’t done sooner.
London’s iconic Oxford Street will be pedestrianised between Orchard Street and Great Portland Street from today onwards.
(bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cmzx…)
So much of NYC life happens on our streets. Activating them for our communities is how we create fun, connected, and vibrant neighborhoods. But what makes a great block party? Join our very own @saraklind for an exciting panel on how NYC's best block party comes together!
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Join us and other transportation and safe streets advocates to rally for better streets and a more livable city!
After the rally, the Council's Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on legislation that will transform NYC, including the creation of our very first LTNs
Join us and other transportation and safe streets advocates to rally for better streets and a more livable city!
After the rally, the Council's Transportation Committee will hold a hearing on legislation that will transform NYC, including the creation of our very first LTNs
NYC Open Streets 2027 applications are now open! 🚸 Want to bring an Open Street to your neighborhood? We are here to support you through the application process!
Find application details here: nyc.gov/html/dot/html/pedest…
Reach out to us at [email protected] for help applying!
Detroit is turning I-375, a sunken highway that wiped out Black Bottom and Paradise Valley, into a surface boulevard. Cities are finally reckoning with what urban highways took from them. The BQE must be part of that conversation.
“I want there to be zero barriers to entry for a school to participate in this program, we can learn a lot from cities like Seattle, who have a really simple questionnaire.” - Sabina our Community Planner who helps schools with their applications. gothamist.com/news/nyc-looks…
Syracuse is tearing down the I-81 viaduct that split its city for decades and replacing it with a street grid that reconnects the neighborhoods the highway cut apart. If Syracuse can rethink its highways, so can NYC.
Providence moved I-195 off its downtown waterfront and got back roughly 40 acres of land for homes, jobs, and a new park, now linked by a walking bridge across the Providence River. Their downtown was reconnected to the water; Brooklyn neighborhoods deserve the same.
Milwaukee removed the Park East Freeway in the early 2000s and opened up land for new homes, jobs, and a reconnected downtown. Urban highways take up space our neighborhoods need. What could Brooklyn do with it?
After the 1989 earthquake, San Francisco replaced part of its Central Freeway with Octavia Boulevard, with trees, housing, local businesses, and a people-oriented design. Predictions of a traffic nightmare didn’t come true; NYC can learn the same lesson.
Portland tore out Harbor Drive in 1974 and built Tom McCall Waterfront Park in its place. Fifty years later, nobody's asking for the highway back. The BQE doesn't have to be permanent either.
NYC is about to spend billions on outdated, unnecessary car infrastructure. With the right vision, alternatives are possible. Speak up and tell local officials you want them to go back to the drawing board on the BQE at these events hosted by @NYC_DOT:
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Swinging into a new era of open streets for students ✨ We've officially installed New York City's first open street gate on Clarkson Street in the West Village!
This gate will give students car-free space when they need it during school activities and more.
“School Streets are essential for providing New York City students with a place to socialize and grow, especially at the over 370 city public schools without on-site recreation space,” amny.com/nyc-transit/nyc-sch…
