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Jun 11
“The reopening of the Carroll Street Bridge marks the beginning of an exciting new chapter for Gowanus, creating a natural centerpiece for a low-traffic neighborhood... We urge DOT to seize this opportunity and launch a low-traffic neighborhood pilot in Gowanus.” - @saraklind
“Leaving [the Carroll Street Bridge] offline to cars, except for emergency vehicles, is just one step forward in the longer process of rethinking traffic in the neighborhood on a larger scale.” nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/…
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What does LTN mean to you? Liberating The Neighborhood? Lovely Transportation Networks? Let's Trim Noise?
Join us at The Laurels for a social hour with curious conversations and intriguing ideas about Low Traffic Neighborhoods.
📅 June 22, 6 PM
📍The Laurels, East Village
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Jun 1
What does LTN mean to you? Liberating The Neighborhood? Lovely Transportation Networks? Let's Trim Noise?
Join us at The Laurels for a social hour with curious conversations and intriguing ideas about Low Traffic Neighborhoods.
📅 June 22, 6 PM
📍The Laurels, East Village
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Jun 11
dedicated bus lanes = faster buses
faster buses = better commutes
better commutes = less car dependency
less car dependency = reduced VMT
reduced VMT = safer, quieter, more livable streets for all New Yorkers!!
Jun 10
The city’s Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed installing bus lanes along most of Brooklyn’s Bay Parkway, one of the borough’s busiest bus corridors, on Wednesday night.
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Jun 11
ALL people using the Broadway Corridor will benefit from its repair!! @NYC_DOT it's time to listen to the community and make it happen!
.@DOT_NYC, help us finish the job and repair the Broadway Corridor!
Feat. @JenGutierrezNYC @SandyforCouncil
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Congrats to the neighbors and livable streets advocates who’ve been asking for this bridge to be for pedestrians and cyclists only! And thank you @NYC_DOT for listening to the community!!
After a five-year reconstruction, Gowanus’s odd and charming Carroll Street retractile bridge reopens on June 15. It’s one of only a couple of retracting bridges left in the U.S., and this time, it will only be open to pedestrians and cyclists. curbed.com/article/carroll-s…
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“The most precious commodity and real estate is street space and curb space... We give it out for free, which makes absolutely no sense.” nytimes.com/interactive/2026…
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I'll be speaking at 5th International Placemaking Week on Jun 23 - 26, 2026. Check it out here: whova.com/portal/registratio…
#PlacemakingWeek @PPS_Placemaking @OpenPlans
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Please join me LIVE on the Active Towns Youtube channel at 3pm (EST) Friday where I will show a few clips from my 1 hour documentary on @34_ave open street and discuss the film with you and John! @StreetsblogNYC @OpenPlans
HERE IS THE LINK:
youtube.com/watch?v=KlrzZ-6o…
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"And now, in a redesign of New York City’s truck route network... the proposed truck route redesign will further mire Third Avenue with congestion, pollution, and dangerous truck traffic. And to add to that: a new truck route on Second Avenue." sunsetpost.org/en/stories/no…
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Jun 5
This goes to show that creating people-centered spaces can also be simple, we just need to think outside the box…
In a city where every improvement is met with bureaucracy and exorbitant price tags, it's refreshing to see @NYC_DOT do easy things to make life in New York a little better...
Like turning an extra lane of parking in Greenwich Village into a new seating area 🌊
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“The data shows that bike lanes make streets safer and more accessible for everyone who uses them... Safety upgrades like the one planned for West 72nd Street are not radical or untested. They are routine, basic infrastructure, and this one is long overdue.”
Community Board 7 Backs the West 72nd Street Bike Lane tinyurl.com/5deexvdx
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“If you can avoid driving into Midtown Manhattan on a match day, I am encouraging you to do so…”
AND if you can avoid driving into Midtown Manhattan or anywhere else in the city every other day of the year, we also encourage you to do so… nydailynews.com/2026/06/04/n…
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Jun 4
Just another example of why we need automated curb enforcement. These trucks shouldn’t be double parked, but their dedicated space is also being taken up illegally. With automated enforcement, we’ll be able to *enforce* the laws on our streets.
Double-parked trucks? Cars blocking the loading zone?? A bus stuck in traffic???
It's just another day on Broadway.
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Send a letter asking your representatives for automated enforcement: action.openplans.org/automat…
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Let’s make outdoor dining year-round!!!
.@BKBPReynoso helped save 100,000 hospitality jobs when he created outdoor dining during Covid. Mayor Adams ruined the program. Now it’s time to bring it back – better than ever.
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UWS Community Board Votes To Support New 72nd Street 2-Way Bike Lane at Lively Meeting
Read more: westsiderag.com/2026/06/03/u…
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“I’m not a delivery person, I’m not a tour group, I’m not in Spandex ... I am afraid to bike home on my own street, the double parking is difficult to navigate. I support this fully because it improves safety for all users,” said a W. 72nd St. resident. nyc.streetsblog.org/2026/06/…
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After six years of advocacy, it was gratifying to see CB7 back this important safety upgrade to W. 72nd St. Projects like this are the kind of basic infrastructure we need a lot more of, and this one is long overdue.
CB7 voted 26–19 last night to support DOT's two-way protected bike lane on W. 72nd St — the Upper West Side's first crosstown bike connection from Central Park to the Hudson.
Packed house, plus ~150 on Zoom. Watch the full meeting 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=idD7JIyP…
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