As part of the work of New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to retake city streets as public space, parts of Time and Herald Squares were closed in the last week to all automobile traffic indefinitely. This is part of an overall plan to reduce traffic by removing cars from Broadway between 42nd [...]
Posts Tagged ‘public space’
NYC DOT Commissioner makes space for people, not cars
I just finished watching this video at Bike Portland and was completely blown away with what New York City has accomplished in a very short time under their new DOT Commissioner, Janette Sadik-Khan. She’s only been at work as the Commissioner for about a year and a half, but look at what has been accomplished! [...]
NO CARS?!
According to this story in the Irish Times, Dublin is considering banning cars from driving into the city center, mostly because they just flat out can’t build any more roads to accommodate the increase in drivers.
Instead of doing something like bulldozing their classic downtown buildings or building multi-level superhighways, Dublin is considering something much more [...]
