Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Manhattan

In New York, Business Groups — Not the City — Lead on People-Centered Streets

By Eve Kessler | Nov 29, 2021 | No Comments

Commercial interests have pushed pedestrianization in the city's core shopping areas — because it improves their bottom lines. That can be good for residents but it has downsides, too.

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Traders Aren’t Allowed to Take Public Transit to NYSE

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 25, 2020 | No Comments

The influx of car commuters that many experts believe will be a long-term affect of the coronavirus pandemic begins in earnest on Tuesday with the reopening of the NYSE trading floor — and its ban on public transit.

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Filming Manhattan Streets, Before and After COVID-19

By Streetsblog | May 5, 2020 | No Comments

"We can choose the next 'after,'" says activist Doug Gordon. These two films show why he's right.

Building busways shouldn't complicated and it can make a huge difference transforming a region's transit. Image: Aimee Curtis

NYC Banished Cars for Buses — You Can, Too!

By Aaron Short | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

Some great advice and lessons from TransitCenter Director of Research Steven Higashide, author of "Better Buses, Better Cities: How to Plan, Run, and Win the Fight for Effective Transit."

Transit ridership improved in the second quarter of the year thanks to passengers returning to the New York and DC subway systems. Image: Thomas Hawk

Urban Transit Systems are Adding Riders (Mostly)

By Aaron Short | Oct 15, 2019 | No Comments

You asked for a deep dive on transit ridership numbers — you got it!

Impromptu Shared Space Calms Soho Intersection

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2009 | 6 Comments

Reader Tim Koelle sends this report of a busted traffic signal gone terribly right at the intersection of West Broadway and Grand yesterday morning: I watched for an hour while cars, trucks and pedestrians shared this space quietly… with civility! Little honking, no aggressive driving, no traffic cop. Why? Because the light was out. No […]

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