In fact, wrote my college thesis on Riis, inspired by my familial relationship to the neighborhood where he "muckraked"...

A Modest Proposal: Ban Cars on Mulberry Street - Streetsblog New York City On Sundays, Mulberry gets some relief as an open street, but it’s only for two blocks. This needs to be permanent.

Great post. re-posting my piece for @nyc.streetsblog.org calling for the pedestrianization of Mulberry Street nyc.streetsblog.org/2024/04/03/a...

West side of Broadway - sidewalk; East side of Broadway - no sidewalk. It’s getting more and more ridiculous each day. @streetspac.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

West side of Broadway - sidewalk; East side of Broadway - no sidewalk. It’s getting more and more ridiculous each day. @streetspac.org @nyc.streetsblog.org

Yes. Riding bikes (incl. e-bikes) is a safe activity made dangerous by cars. Walking too!

Helsinki Goes a Full Year Without a Traffic Death Thanks to Better Planned Streets, Lower Speed Limits Over time, a focus on street safety led to lower speed limits along more and more city lanes, from 30 mph to 18 mph.

This success is credited to lower speed limits, improved public transport, and thoughtful street planning. Decades ago, the city saw dozens of fatalities each year. Now, safer roads and better infrastructure have made a real difference.

Maybe the city should give the vendors parking spaces so we can have the sidewalks? A disabled person, the elderly are basically denied sidewalks in and around Canal Street. It’s a joke. @nyc.streetsblog.org @streetspac.org

YouTube video by Charles Mingus Don't Let It Happen Here – Charles Mingus

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All Hail the Humble Speed Hump These simple, cheap traffic-calming devices are both effective and wildly popular with (most) residents. Here’s why more cities are going all-in on speed humps.

In every known universe drivers care more about cars than pedestrians. YES!
Ithttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-08-05/all-hail-the-humble-speed-hump-the-best-cheap-traffic-safety-fixcmpid=BBD080525_CITYLAB&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&utm_term=250805&utm_campaign=citylabdaily

Annual reminder that Open Streets is awesome. Also there is No bIKe LAnE on Lower Broadway. None. @nyc.streetsblog.org @streetspac.org

colossal...

The Perfect Beast: Even Google’s AI Thinks Streets Are for Cars - Streetsblog New York City Artificial intelligence is completely naturally addicted to promoting cars.

Artificial intelligence is completely naturally addicted to promoting cars. buff.ly/jQk8rvr

There needs to be a clear "desire line" bike path from the bridge and into Manhattan. To dream big, the path should flow directly onto Canal and connect to the West Side Greenway. It's time to re-imagine and re-design Canal Street. @transalt.org @streetspac.org

Also, the bike exit is poorly designed and dangerous. With a gradient of 3.5% bikes accelerate towards exit into a a sweeping left turn with a short stop at the bottom, then a left (across a street), then a right to find the bike lane. The " design"of someone who has never ridden a bike.

Fixing Canal Street Means Rethinking the Manhattan Bridge Itself: Experts - Streetsblog New York City Canal Street needs a fix, but the city must go straight to the source.

More exceptional reporting on the need for a complete re-design of Canal Street, beginning with its iconic and unimaginably awful Manhattan Bridge entrance. @kevinduggan.bsky.social @nyc.streetsblog.org nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/24/f...

Important.

#StuckAtDOT: Canal Street Carnage Continues As Fixes Flounder - Streetsblog New York City How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?

@kevinduggan.bsky.social on the recent fatal "accidents" on Canal street. These tragedies are borne of decades of inaction to fix, or even to ameliorate the traffic conditions on Canal street. nyc.streetsblog.org/2025/07/21/s... @streetspac.org @transalt.org

e-bike hallucinations on Chat GPT:

What I just mentioned as better was:
🔁 The CGO600 Pro-C — which does not exist
That was my error — I mistakenly referenced a non-existent "Pro-C" version with gears. There is no CGO600 Pro-C with a geared drivetrain from Tenways @nyc.streetsblog.org

Air quality has improved or remained steady across New York City since congestion pricing launched, city health department data showed. buff.ly/kSfu8FF

Actual New Yorker as Mayor…

I guess it is advisable to dash across this street in Italy, especially if children in tow. @nyc.streetsblog.org

Curious how the town of PietraSanta survives without the benefit of cars in the entire city center…@streetsblog

Congestion pricing by the # ‘s 6 months in:
* 67k fewer drivers entering zone daily
* Delays in Holland Tunnel down 65%
* Traffic deaths down 32% so far in 2025
* $500m projected this year for MTA capital improvements
* B’way attendance +12%
* Subway ridership +7%

So yes this program is a SUCCESS.

Quietly?

I’ll just park here. Here is good. (City of Lucca). @nyc.streetsblog.org

They are clamoring for SUVs apparently

Parking one’s car impossibly close to walls is an art form in Italy. (Florence in this case)… @nyc.streetsblog.org

A brilliant explanation of how cars ruin everything.

No one better reflects the bandwagon of awful takes than Brooks. Might be slightly less cringe if he had an original thought but mostly a scrivener of others’ cringe.

A consistent thread in @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social coverage is that he attracted “disaffected” New Yorkers. True. But he also energized and attracted “affected” and young and optimistic and un-cynical New Yorkers too. That is the coalition. @streetspac.org