Streetsblog stories from Quality of Life

July 2008

Thu 31: Measuring the Value of Livable Streets 2

Wed 30: Want a Park(ing) Day Spot? 50 Spaces Now Available. 5

Fri 25: Streetfilms: A New Play Street for Jackson Heights 2

Tue 22: Evaluating Summer Streets 29

Fri 18: Tom Vanderbilt Ponders Motorist Sociopathy 14

Fri 11: Times Shows Little Love for Livable Streets 19

Wed 9: DC Defends Livable Streets Improvements as WaPo Declares "War" 10

Wed 2: Contented Streets: Why Copenhagen Is the World's Happiest Capital 12

June 2008

Wed 25: Want a New Public Plaza in Your Neighborhood? Apply Now. 0

Mon 23: "Don't Block the Box" Bill Clears Albany 20

Mon 9: Feed the Meters, Feed the Homeless 8

May 2008

Fri 30: Hell's Parking Lot 7

Thu 15: It's Man Vs. Car in NYC and Tim Robbins is "The Rectifier" 16

Wed 7: Atlantic Yards or Atlantic Lots? 0

Tue 6: Streetfilm: A Pedestrian Paradise in Melbourne 16

April 2008

Tue 15: Après Congestion Pricing, It's Time to Look at the Paris Model 19

March 2008

Wed 26: Streetfilms: "Lounging on High" in Wodonga, Australia 2

Tue 25: Citizens Hammer NYPD Commissioner Kelly on Street Safety 13

Tue 18: Envisioning a More Livable Columbus Avenue 8

Thu 13: Could "Open Sundays" Help Solve Prince Problems? 10

Wed 12: DOT Details Prince Street "Open Sundays" Project 24

Fri 7: Mime Threat Overshadows Car-Free Prince Street Proposal 79

February 2008

Tue 26: StreetFilm: The Street Life of Havana 40

Wed 20: Peñalosa to New York Pols: BRT & Pricing Benefit Working Class 11

January 2008

Tue 29: City Numbers Show Highest Cyclist Death Toll in Eight Years 28

Fri 18: Are Bikes the Secret to Danish Bliss? 4

Fri 4: Half Moon Over the Brooklyn Bridge 12

December 2007

Fri 21: Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life 6

Fri 14: Congestion Pricing: Bloomberg Needs to Sweeten the Deal 34

Fri 14: Running the Christmas Tree Gauntlet 19

Fri 14: What Makes a Place Walkable? 10

Mon 10: This Holiday Season London's Streets Are "Absolutely Jammed" 26

Tue 4: Good Streets Include Streetcars 49

Mon 3: Houston Street Gets Tree-mendous New Sidewalks 15

Mon 3: Ciclovía: A Moving Experience in Bogotá, Colombia 35

November 2007

Thu 29: Carrion Gets $30K Donation Following Yanks Walkway Deal 1

Tue 27: The Trafficist: An Interview With Randy Cohen 12

Mon 12: DOT Rolls Out Fort Greene Bike Lanes & Traffic-Calming 12

Mon 12: Congestion Pricing Will Make You Happy 14

Mon 12: Nasty Newsrack Photo Contest Finalists 18

October 2007

Mon 29: The Bogotá Transformation: Vision and Political Will 33

Thu 25: Bike Snob NYC Shows You How It's Done 15

Mon 22: Bogotá's Peñalosa Talks Up Livable Streets, Sans Spandex 3

Thu 18: Tykes on Bikes 1

Wed 17: Illinois Adopts "Complete Streets" Into Law 8

Mon 8: The World's Greenest, Most Livable Cities 9

Wed 3: Doubts About DOT Congestion Prescription in Jax Heights 1

Tue 2: DOT Minds the GAP 9

Tue 2: Fresh Direct Responds to Environmental Critics 35

September 2007

Thu 27: Meat Market Plaza is Open for Business 7

Tue 25: DOT Asks, and Gets an Earful from West Siders 3

Mon 24: StreetFilms: Park(ing) Day 2007 8

Fri 21: Upper West Side Livable Streets Advocates: Mark Your Calendar 18

Fri 14: German Town Chooses Human Interaction Over Traffic Signals 8

Thu 13: A Gehl Dispatch From Down Under 2

Wed 12: A Streets Renaissance in Lower Manhattan 10

Tue 4: Take the NYC Neighborhood Quality of Life Survey 0

Tue 4: Queens Pedestrian Safety Fixes Move Ahead Despite Opposition 0

August 2007

Fri 31: City Promises $5M in Ped Safety Improvements at Mural Opening 13

Mon 27: New "People's 311" Site Maps Street Hazards 5

Mon 20: The Urban Transportation Report Card 7

Fri 17: For Your Weekend Viewing Pleasure: Portland! 11

Wed 15: A Brooklyn Parking Lot Becomes a Neighborhood "Living Room" 5

Tue 14: The Cars That Ate New York 0

Mon 13: Tonight: Traffic-Calming Mural Preview & Fundraiser 3

Fri 10: In the Shadow of the Queensboro Bridge 10

Fri 10: City Launches "Public Plaza Initiative" at DUMBO Pocket Park 21

Thu 9: Paint a Parking Lot, Put up a Paradise 1

Mon 6: New Blog Focuses on Tearing Down the "Highway to Nowhere" 7

Fri 3: Saturday Evening in Jackson Heights, Queens: Feel the Pain 44

Thu 2: Melbourne, Australia After a Decade of Focus on Public Spaces 12

Thu 2: Famed Danish Urbanist Jan Gehl in Town to Consult on PlaNYC 8

Thu 2: Tonight: Park(ing) Day Planning Meeting 0

Thu 2: Cool New Thing: What's Your Walk Score? 30

Wed 1: Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side 17

Wed 1: Meatpacking Plaza Update 3

July 2007

Tue 31: A Solution to Stroller Rage 48

Wed 25: Accidents Halved As Street is Stripped of 'Safety' Features 13

Tue 24: Microbuses and Bike Sharing: The New Parisian Street Scene 11

Thu 19: CB8 Shoots Down Upper East Side Crosstown Bike Route Plan 38

Fri 13: More Meatpacking Plaza Construction Photos 1

Thu 12: Construction of Piazza de Meatpacking is Underway 3

Tue 10: Brooklyn Merchants Fight for Parking Over Affordable Housing 1

Fri 6: Mayor Speaks at Times Square Pricing Rally 4

Thu 5: Bike-Sharing in New York: Could It Happen Here? 6

Tue 3: One's Inner SUV Driver 24

Mon 2: Take Back the Streets, for the Kids 1

June 2007

Fri 29: No Love for One-Way Proposal in Jackson Heights 7

Mon 25: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative Benefit This Thursday 1

Fri 22: Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover 9

Wed 20: Leave Your iPod at Home Tomorrow 1

Tue 19: Jackson Heights: New Front in One-Way Battle 9

Thu 14: Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

Wed 13: Brainstorming a New Vision for Midtown's East River Waterfront 13

Mon 11: Call for Ped Safety Measures on Third and Fourth Avenues 1

Thu 7: Chicago Alley Initiative Shows How to Make Streets Greener 0

Thu 7: Car-Free Sundays Return to the Bronx 4

Wed 6: Eyes on the Street: A Special Lane for Parking Cars 11

Wed 6: Ciclovia: Is NYC Ready? 15

Wed 6: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell's Kitchen 4

Mon 4: Seventeen Elected Officials Endorse PlaNYC Initiatives 1

Fri 1: City Wants 20,000 New Parking Spaces in Hell's Kitchen 26

May 2007

Wed 30: StreetFilms: Turning Streets Into Community Spaces 11

Wed 30: Motor Vehicles Leading Cause of NYC Child Injury Deaths 0

Tue 29: 86th Street: The Congestion Pricing Battle Line 10

Fri 25: A Portland Neighborhood Reclaims its Streets 2

Wed 23: In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza 2

Fri 18: T.A. Rides with the Mayors of Sydney & Copenhagen 2

Fri 18: Battery Park City: An Opportunity for Innovative Street Design 6

Thu 17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2

Wed 16: Aug. '05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street 5

Mon 14: PlanNYC's Public Political Push Starts Today 1

Fri 11: Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn't Even a Check Box. 4

Fri 11: PlaNYC Quietly Introduces "Safe Routes to Transit" 3

Thu 10: There Are Certain Facts That We've All Got to Face Up To 4

Wed 9: Biofuels, Bus Lanes and Beer 7

Mon 7: Choose Your Own Hells Kitchen 4

Mon 7: StreetFilms: Touring Brooklyn's Future Waterfront Greenway 0

Mon 7: Another Look at the WSJ Article on European Cycling 1

Fri 4: Building a Better Bike Lane 30

Thu 3: Are "Directional Miles of Bike Lanes" a Good Metric? 32

Wed 2: This is How State Senator Eric Adams Celebrates Bike Month? 29

Wed 2: When Streets Are for People 7

April 2007

Fri 27: Eyes on the Street: Parking it for Lunch in London 1

Fri 27: Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT's 9th Street Plan 6

Thu 26: Is Walking PlaNYC's Missing Mode? 3

Thu 26: Fun With Numbers (Or: The PlaNYC Index) 1

Wed 25: Media (Mostly) Give PlaNYC Its Due 8

Wed 25: Streetfilms: Little Legs for Green Streets 0

Tue 24: Electeds React to Congestion Pricing 19

Mon 23: How Green Is Our Mayor 44

Sat 21: StreetFilm: Talking Transportation with Bob Kiley 0

Fri 20: Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB 4

Fri 20: The Ultimate System: Free Mass Transit and Congestion Pricing 15

Thu 19: Visions of a Grander Grand Army Plaza 1

Thu 19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn's Iconic Public Space 7

Wed 18: Bicycle Advocacy TV Ads from the Netherlands 11

Wed 18: SoHo Car Owners Mobilizing to Save Parking, Fight Bike Lanes 19

Tue 17: Bus Depots a Symptom of Environmental Injustice 3

Thu 12: CB2 Committee Approves "Additional" Prince/Bleecker Routes 3

Wed 11: Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why? 9

Tue 10: The Plan: Making Brooklyn's 9th Street Safer for Everyone 0

Tue 10: Updated Version of DOT's 9th Street Plan 9

Tue 10: Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

Mon 9: Pedestrian Safety: London Shows How NYC Can Do Better 8

Mon 9: City Pitches in for Yankee Stadium Parking 16

Mon 9: Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan 27

Fri 6: Primeggia's One-Way Safety Claims Are Based on 1970s Studies 3

Wed 4: Auto Worship Still a Sign of the Times 14

Mon 2: Congestion Relief: It's About Your Health 1

Sun 1: Breaking News: Frieden Tapped as DOT Commish 14

March 2007

Thu 29: A Tale of Two DOT Plans 2

Thu 29: Opposition Brewing to DOT's Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes 15

Thu 29: A Community Workshop to Re-envision Grand Army Plaza 0

Fri 16: DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St. 29

Wed 14: StreetFilms: One Way is the Wrong Way 10

Tue 13: DOT's Park Slope Proposal: Is this Atlantic Yards Planning? 6

Fri 9: City Finally Finishes Eight-Year-Long Truck Study 5

Fri 9: Report from Atlanta: Don't Walk This Way 23

Thu 8: Brooklyn to Bloomberg: Include Local Stakeholders in Planning 22

Wed 7: DOT's Park Slope Plan Requires Community Board Support 12

Mon 5: Old Gray Lady Gets on the Bandwagon 5

Fri 2: The Iris Weinshall Legacy: Queens Boulevard 6

February 2007

Wed 28: DOT to Propose Radical New Traffic Plan for Park Slope 105

Tue 27: No Parking Slope 27

Mon 26: 3 Peds Hit on 9th Ave. 2 Dead. Mayor Mike: Where Are You? 5

Fri 23: Streetfilms: Intersection Intervention 1

Thu 22: How to Improve Travel Times and Transit Capacity? 31

Wed 21: Eyes on the Street: Snow Days 6

Thu 15: Living Near Shops and Transit Makes New Yorkers Less Fat 12

Mon 12: The Seed of a Revolution in Red Hook 6

Fri 9: Streetfilms: "A City Is a Means to a Way of Life" 0

Tue 6: New York New Visions Tackles "Sustainable" New York Future 2

January 2007

Tue 30: Study: Kids Who Live Near Freeways Have Trouble Breathing 9

Mon 29: New York City 2030. London Today. 2

Thu 25: Are Port Authority's Airport Expansionists Flying Blind? 36

Tue 23: The Known Unknowns of New York City's Streets 4

Mon 15: Celerant CEO Ian Goldman Celebrated in the Wall Street Journal 19

Mon 15: Does Vehicular Chaos Push Families Out of NYC? 10

Thu 11: Public Health and Livable Streets: Making the Connection 5

Thu 11: Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices 11

Wed 10: Making Hell's Kitchen Less Hellish 20

Wed 10: Playable Streets 3

Thu 4: Streetscape Aesthetics vs. Pedestrian Safety 32

December 2006

Fri 22: Small Step for Pedestrians & Cyclists; Giant Leap for NYC 8

Fri 22: New German Community Models Car-Free Living 2

Tue 19: Chicago Cracks Down on Drivers Who Threaten Pedestrians 10

Mon 18: Holiday Book Recommendations Open Thread 14

Thu 14: Rethinking Soho 47

Tue 12: Futurama 2030: Bloomberg Outlines Ambitious 10-Point Agenda 37

Mon 11: Beijing Bike Bully Forced to Apologize on TV 3

Mon 11: Reader Contributions 9

Mon 11: Life at Streetsblog Headquarters 3

Fri 8: Seoul's New Heart 10

Tue 5: File Under: No Wonder New York City is Falling Behind London 7

November 2006

Thu 30: Safe Routes to Schools Study Complete 4

Wed 29: SUV Attack Update 2 10

Tue 28: Dutch Wheelchair 4

Tue 28: Curbside Space Wars 8

Tue 28: SUV Attack Update 8

Wed 22: Sacrificing Central Park to Appease the Traffic Gods 11

Wed 22: This Morning's Commute: The Ian Goldman Affair 55

Tue 21: Eyes on the Street: Occupied Territory 15

Mon 20: Speak Up to Keep the Willoughby Street Pedestrian Plaza 1

Mon 20: The Traffic is the Mitigation 10

Thu 16: A Streetsblog Reader Wins Traffic Calming Improvements 6

Wed 15: Straphangers' Russianoff Will be Named to Spitzer Team 13

Wed 15: Mayor Livingstone: $50 to Drive an SUV into Central London 18

Thu 9: DOT to Neighborhood: Your School's in the Way of Our Highway 7

Wed 8: Car-Free Manhattan: Just Wait 100 Years 1

Tue 7: Reverse Engineering Pedestrian Safety in Boerum Hill 16

Mon 6: Cyclists and Pedestrians: Fighting Over the Scraps 23

Mon 6: Queensboro Bridge Area Safety Under Scrutiny 0

Fri 3: Slow News Day? 4

Thu 2: London Calling. Are New York's Leaders Really Listening? 5

Wed 1: San Fran Mayor Sets Ambitious Transportation Targets 5

October 2006

Fri 27: Foreign Correspondent: Bogotá's Lack of "Vibrancy" 4

Fri 27: Life on Crutches in NYC 3

Thu 26: Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project: Ten Years On 5

Thu 26: Street Hockey: The New Stickball? 3

Wed 25: Pedestrian-Friendly Changes for Grand Army Plaza 11

Wed 25: MTA Response to Pokey: Traffic Congestion = "Vibrancy" 10

Wed 11: Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden 5

Tue 10: Important Manhattan Transportation Forum on Thursday 4

Mon 9: NYC Finally Cracking Down on Security Barriers 1

Fri 6: Creating Great Public Spaces in New York City 0

Fri 6: International Walk and Bike to School Day: Portland 1

Fri 6: Traffic's Human Toll 0

Wed 4: Tomorrow, Special Event: What is Traffic's Human Toll? 1

Wed 4: Notes on Bicycling in Copenhagen 18

Tue 3: Traffic's Human Toll 0

Tue 3: Danish Bike Cargo 12

September 2006

Fri 29: Blogging From Copenhagen 3

Thu 28: Learning From a Streets Renaissance in Hong Kong 9

Wed 27: Another Model: Berkeley's Bicycle Boulevard Network 12

Tue 26: Urban Density and a Pocketbook Plea for Congestion Pricing 17

Mon 25: Streetfilms: Park(ing) Day San Francisco 0

Thu 21: Bloomberg Sustainability Announcement 8

Mon 11: Binghamton Revitalizing Around Livable Downtown 0

Fri 8: Midtown's Mini-Plaza 13

Tue 5: Street Quotes: Post-Labor Day Re-Acclimation 2

Fri 1: Car Alarm Ruins Otherwise Excellent Meal 8

August 2006

Tue 29: Dead Ball 4

Mon 28: The Suburbanization of NYC's Waterfront 12

Mon 21: Where in the City is this? 13

Fri 18: Streetfilms: Car-Free Sunday on the Grand Concourse 0

Tue 15: Travel Tips for the Plutocracy 0

Mon 14: Brooklyn's Fort Greene Fights for Livable Streets 3

Mon 14: Hillary Feels Staten Island's Pain on Traffic 3

Sat 12: The Post 'Drops the Ball' on Yankee Stadium Story 3

Thu 10: Mist-Cooled Bike Paths Being Built in Qatar 4

Wed 9: Report Calls for Radical Rethink of New York Area Planning 6

Wed 9: Can You Name the Town? 18

Tue 8: Eyes On the Dog Run 3

Tue 1: No Thongs on the Pompidou Expressway! Tomorrow the F.D.R.? 3

Tue 1: Eyes on the Street: Above the Cross Bronx 'Expressway' 4

July 2006

Tue 18: London Mayor Wants $45 Fee From Pollution-Making SUV's 5

Tue 18: Park Slope Parent Ped Rage 5

Mon 17: Do-It-Yourself Air Quality Monitoring 0

Mon 17: What's Wrong With This Picture? 6

Mon 17: Traffic Engineering by Body Count 2

Sun 16: Vehicle City 0

Thu 13: Noise: NYC's Top Neighborhood Quality of Life Problem 6

June 2006

Wed 14: Why Only One Museum Mile? 1

Tue 13: Pedestrian-Only Fifth Avenue: Tonight, a Three Hour Test 0

Thu 8: The 96th Street Sidewalk Nibblers 0

April 2006

Fri 28: Car Fight 8

Thu 27: 555 Hudson Street 7