Recent Streetsblog SF posts about New York City

New York City Now Has Permanently Car-Free Roads in Two Major Parks

By Stephen Miller | Jul 7, 2015

A week after New York City’s Central Park went mostly car-free, today marked the beginning of the permanent car-free zone on the west side of Prospect Park [PDF]. Leading up to today, the traffic shortcuts through Prospect Park had been gradually winnowed down to one lane on the west side during the evening rush and one lane […]

How Does the Threat of Police Violence Affect How You Use the Street?

By Ben Fried | Dec 4, 2014

When the news came out yesterday that a Staten Island grand jury had failed to indict officer Daniel Pantaleo for killing Eric Garner with an illegal chokehold, like many people I found the outcome difficult to comprehend. With clear video evidence showing that Pantaleo broke NYPD protocol and a coroner’s report certifying that Garner’s death […]

Noah Budnick Named SF Bicycle Coalition’s New Executive Director

By Aaron Bialick | Dec 3, 2014 | 15 Comments

Noah Budnick, an accomplished advocate for safe streets and effective transit in New York City, has been named the San Francisco Bicycle Coalition’s new executive director and will succeed Leah Shahum, who will step down after 12 years leading the organization. Budnick has built a strong national reputation among livable streets advocates in his 14 […]

Halloween: A Lot Less Scary If Drivers and Roads Were Safer

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2014

ICYMI: We’re helping children be seen on #Halloween by lending them reflective vests! Details: http://t.co/FmEPHvc43G pic.twitter.com/AggiFilfDn — MD State Highway Adm (@MDSHA) October 22, 2014 Halloween is fun because we get to be afraid of things that we know aren’t really scary. But for little trick or treaters in the United States, the danger posed […]

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NYC’s Tom Maguire Expected to Lead at the SFMTA, if Mayor Lee Lets Him

By Aaron Bialick | Sep 9, 2014 | 3 Comments

Ever since we broke the news that New York City’s Tom Maguire would be hired as the new director of the SFMTA’s Sustainable Streets Division, we’ve heard only positive reactions. If nothing else, there’s a lot of hype building for this promising veteran of the livable streets renaissance seen under Janette Sadik-Khan‘s NYC Department of Transportation. […]

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