Recent Streetsblog USA posts about Car-Free Streets

NYC ‘Open Streets’ Are In Wealthier Neighborhoods

By Julianne Cuba | Jul 27, 2020 | No Comments

Mayor de Blasio’s Open Streets program — meant to give New Yorkers socially distanced recreation space during the COVID-19 crisis — caters to the rich, a Streetsblog analysis shows.

NYC ‘Cool Streets’ Program Marred By Danger: Cars

By Adam Light | Jul 20, 2020 | No Comments

The city's “Cool Streets” program — which launched Monday with just 16 blocks as car-free play streets with open fire hydrants for kids — is functionally useless.

NY Times Starts Embracing ‘Future without Cars’

By Charles Komanoff | Jul 12, 2020 | No Comments

Times opinion writer Farhad Manjoo did more than just illustrate a vision for a car-free city that many of us have been championing, he did so in a way that clearly put the topic on the map for readers of the Gray Lady.

Op-Ed: ‘Open Streets’ Isn’t Working for Everyone

By Sasha Aickin | Jul 7, 2020 | No Comments

The program is flawed and structurally racist in its implementation.

Op-Ed: The Dangers of Privatizing Public Space

By Nicole A. Murray | Jul 5, 2020 | No Comments

As the city opens streets for restaurants, we must ensure that businesses' interests do not crowd out public needs.

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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