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John Surico

8 days

Very excited to be in @VitalCityNYC this month, talking about how we arrived at this moment of congestion pricing in New York City (here for the Beame and Bloomberg talk, folks) — and what a political puzzle it has always been.

Vital City | The Long and Winding Road

How we got to this turning point, and where we’re headed

www.vitalcitynyc.org

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3 years

One crazy paradigm I think about a lot is the one where older people constantly talk about how they used to play in the street all the time, but then are unable to connect the dots as to why that's not a thing anymore.

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This is particularly significant b/c that street play is inexplicably connected to generational nostalgia, and, ultimately, happiness. They're always positive memories, and not having them now is casted off as this modern error. Which it is—but not for the reasons they think.

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Chef's kiss sentence right here.

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EVERY CONVERSATION ABOUT CONGESTION PRICING I'VE HAD ON LONG ISLAND: Person: Did you hear they're going to start charging people to enter Manhattan? Me: Yes, it's called congestion pricing. Person: That's unbelievable! Me: Do you drive into Manhattan? Person: Oh, never!

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1 year

Some street safety news for western Queens: one of the worst intersections in Astoria, at the entrance of the RFK/Triboro, will get a redesign (curb extensions, crosswalks, new bus stops) with new funds allocated by @AOC to @NYC_DOT .

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Secures Millions for Queens Community Projects - Astoria Post

Jan. 10, 2023 By Christian Murray Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez announced Tuesday that she has secured $15 million in federal funds that will be going

astoriapost.com

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1 year

Folks, Fifth Ave in Manhattan shut down to traffic for the holidays is *such* a sight.

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2 years

A very American phenomenon: restaurants that put up photos like this of pedestrianized streets in Europe, even though they’re fought tooth and nail when suggested here.

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4 years

So out of *everything* in NYC's budget, you had to cut the program that gives low-income New Yorkers the opportunity to ride public transit at half cost, in the middle of a severe recession? Really? There was nothing else? Honestly just curious.

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2 years

There’s this insane phenomenon happening on New York’s streets right now where loads and loads of more people are cycling and walking, but the cars are getting bigger and more reckless, and those two patterns are colliding in just jaw-dropping ways.

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Libraries should be open every day of the week. There should be one in each borough that's open 24/7. There should be an expansion of educational programs, especially ESL and tech training. And there should be more—not less—branches, and every one should be ADA-accessible.

New York Daily News

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NYC's public libraries will face Saturday closures, restricted weekday hours, cuts to educational programs and a freeze on new branch openings under cuts proposed by Mayor Adams.

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The greenway from 21st St. to Vernon Blvd in Queens used to be one of my favorite bike paths in the city. Here's a photo I took riding it in 2018. Now it looks like this. @CMJulieWon , @NYC_DOT , @NYCParks and @NYPD114Pct - how did it get to this?

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6 months

New York City has a successful pedestrianized street that can still get deliveries during AM hours and can still have emergency access. And instead of scaling it, it’s a one-off affair in the Financial District.

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2 years

The speed cameras in NYC turning off at nights and weekends was something I literally didn’t believe when my friend told me for the first time. I then went and verified it, and then still didn’t believe it. And most people don’t when you tell them.

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2 years

Now this is a quote from an elected official.

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8 months

“Speeding dropped 96 percent on Houston Street in Manhattan.”

Nick Benson

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THE RESULTS ARE IN: First year of 24/7 speed cameras leads to declines in speeding, injuries, and fatalities during expanded hours: ⬇️ Speeding down average of 30% ⬇️ Fatalities down 25%

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1 year

Sort of stunned by how much this tweet has taken off. I'm getting replies with calls to pedestrianize main strips in places like Ireland, Trinidad & Tobago, and Germany. If New York leads like this, people take notice.

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1 year

Folks, Fifth Ave in Manhattan shut down to traffic for the holidays is *such* a sight.

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8 months

Folks starting to realize that one of the biggest culture wars these next 10-20 years will be about cars.

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3 years

You heard a lot about how crime was ravaging NYC. But you hear a lot less about how it's dropping. Which is really how it always goes, right?

NYC summer less bloody than experts predicted as shootings decline

Shooting incidents from May 25 through Sept. 1 plunged 27 percent compared with the same period in 2020, to 529 from 723, stats show.

nypost.com

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1 year

@notjacktwist I'd also add Kate Berlant to this!

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3 years

Drivers see car traffic, they get angry. Cyclists see bike traffic, they see progress!

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3 years

Any infrastructure bill that maintains the 80-20 divide in transit funding (80% for highways; 20% for public transit) is not an infrastructure bill befit for this age.

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1 year

Here's where Naadhun Dolma, 7, was killed by an SUV that didn't see her, less than a day later. Still a car parked passed the stop line, blocking the line of sight. Still an unfinished crosswalk, because this is so common. Her death wasn't an accident; it's a product of design.

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7 years

The sidewalk march to the Intrepid has begun.

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5 months

Most Long Islanders I know from my 18 years of living there haven't driven into Manhattan in years—and it's largely due to the high stress and cost of parking. Most take the train. And most will only benefit, not suffer, from congestion pricing.

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2 years

This is a Trader Joe’s. (Bonus points if you can guess what this architect also designed.)

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9 months

Spent the evening in Hoboken. What a masterclass in daylighting. Everywhere you look: bollards, bulb-outs or full extensions. It’s such a normal part of the streetscape here, it’s almost hard to imagine streets without it by the end of the night.

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8 months

Lemme make sure I've got this right: this business owner's concern is that *too many people* are going to Vanderbilt Ave Open Street on weekends, and not enough people are going to Washington Ave?

Open Streets 'Cannibalizing' These Brooklyn Businesses: Locals

Washington Avenue business owners are joining a growing contingency of Brooklyn locals who say Open Streets are doing more harm than good.

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John Surico

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3 years

No wonder roads and subway tunnels are flooded. NYC is currently experiencing exactly the sort of storms that the climate crisis will exacerbate — fast-moving, rapid pours that totally shock the system. And they'll get worse and more frequent as the years go on.

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2 years

A tweet about traffic safety featuring a cop car parked illegally on the sidewalk is almost like performance art at this point.

NYPD 114th Precinct

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Speeding endangers the lives of everyone around you. Your 114 Precinct Traffic Safety Officers are out holding aggressive drivers accountable for their actions in order to make the community safer.

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Hochul is speaking more vocally than normal about transit-oriented development in her budget speech right now. "We spent all of this $ on these stations and trains... and what's next to the station? A parking lot? Rundown factories? Abandoned shops? We can do better than that."

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3 years

This is the best cycle path in New York City.

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2 years

If we’re really taking subway crime seriously, then there should be a concerted effort to reopen every single storefront in the NYC subway system. Most are shuttered or abandoned, largely due to high rents, when they could help drive foot traffic and keep a friendly presence.

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3 years

Going out on a limb here, but I think the architecture in Albany is super overlooked.

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2 years

Every metro station I visited in Berlin had a public bathroom outside. It was 0.50 euros to use it, and accepted contactless/cash. Even if the price is an equity piece, just saying we can’t do it because of funds is telling of our priorities.

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3 years

Articles about e-bikes often cite their no-sweat appeal and thrill. Great! But I think that overlooks what, to me, is their most important aspect: that they challenge the fact that nearly half of all car trips are under 3 miles. In the @nytimes today:

Motorized bicycles are outselling all-electric cars and have the potential to transform urban transit.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

It's sometime difficult to translate what 'car culture' means, when I'm writing about—or teaching—it. But I just witnessed a horde of SUVs beep a disabled man for not crossing the stoplight at 23rd Street and 1st Avenue fast enough. And that, I believe, is car culture.

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1 year

This is low-key one of my favorite designs I’ve seen for a bike lane in New York City, in Sunnyside. And what I like most about it is that it could be in every strip mall and office parking lot across America tomorrow.

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1 year

So I did the math. The @MTA says it's losing $500 million a year from fare evasion. That's around $1.4M a day. Or ~500,000 swipes, at $2.75. If we just apply that to the subway, we're really closer to 4.2 million riders a day, or 75% of pre-pandemic ridership. Who knew!

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2 years

Stumbled upon the new Clean Curbs pilot yesterday in Brooklyn Heights. Nice unintended side effect is that it acts as a traffic safety measure, making it easier to see if cars are coming. 💯 should be everywhere.

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John Surico

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3 years

In Paris, the city has decided to keep parks open at night so people can cool off from the increasing temps. In NYC, we do this.

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3 years

Cops are once again parked at Tompkins running their lights extra bright, efficiently clearing out the few dozen people milling around under this tree. One officer says it’s “an order” from the precinct “to let the community know we’re here” (then rolls the window up)

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There is one NYC transit system that has surpassed pre-pandemic ridership: The ferry system.

NYC Ferry surpasses pre-pandemic ridership, per city data

The NYC Ferry has continued its pandemic-era rebound, according to the city’s Economic Development Corporation.

www.nydailynews.com

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9 months

Lol what?

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2 years

Wait, so the big car is ticketing the small scooter? In a park?

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2 years

The NYPD are pulling over escooter and ebike riders in Prospect Park this morning because it’s now illegal to ride any device with e-assistance. How does this make any sense? @prospect_park @BKBPReynoso @ShahanaFromBK @NYCParks

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1 year

There should be a disclaimer attached to all articles written like this, as good journalistic practice: "Street parking is publicly owned, and does not belong to anyone."

Stop Giving Car-Share Companies Our Parking Spots, Bronx Board Tells DOT

DOT is expanding car-share spots in the northeast Bronx. Locals say the agency has ignored calls to place the spots on private property instead of city streets.

www.thecity.nyc

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John Surico

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3 years

Oxford took one of their most historic streets — Broad — and turned into the “Broad Meadow,” a green plaza with no traffic or parking.

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THIS.. THIS IS WHAT I WANT.

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2 years

News alert: Long Islanders have been saying this since I was born.

'Getting nasty looking': Long Islanders bleak about NYC's future

A survey of private-sector workers cited rising crime, conspicuous homelessness, unsafe subways, government incompetence and the commute to explain why they're pessimistic about New York City's...

www.newsday.com

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1 year

We took my dad to this, because he said one of his biggest complaints when we were growing up is how much the honking took away from the holiday spirit. This blew my mind.

John Surico

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1 year

Folks, Fifth Ave in Manhattan shut down to traffic for the holidays is *such* a sight.

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11 months

"This is a toxic airborne event!" - says city that routinely allows thousands of cars to sit and idle for an hour and a half so a little brush boat can come waddling down the street

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4 months

Do we have a figure on the # of teachers who drive into Manhattan's Central Business District (59th St and below) each day?

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Today, our union, along with teachers who work at schools in Manhattan and the Bronx as well as Staten Island Borough President @SIBPVito , filed a federal lawsuit asking the court to halt the implementation of congestion pricing in Manhattan.

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5 months

Most companies bake in the cost of parking tickets into project costs. This will be no different—and they may even incur less parking tickets, since there will be less cars. (And hopefully more loading zones.) But worth noting: biz didn't stop in London, Stockholm and Singapore.

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7 months

It's like New York City needs at least one rainfall each year to remind us of how woefully behind we are in facing down the climate crisis.

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4 years

Just a reminder: Parks = <1% of New York's budget. Libraries = <1% of New York's budget. Cultural affairs = <1% of New York's budget. Youth & community dev = >1% of New York's budget. Vets' services = <1% of New York's budget. Aging = <1% of New York's budget.

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9 months

What kind of question is that? lol

Giant trash bins land in Harlem: Will they fight rats or just take up parking?

The installations, which aim to eliminate sidewalk trash mountains and rat populations, are part of a pilot program announced this May and are modeled after European-style shared street bins.

gothamist.com

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10 months

The more I reported on cities these last few years, the more it became obvious that business groups were leading some of the most ambitious public space redesigns in the U.S.—a major shift, to say the least. So I wrote about the phenomenon for @CityLab :

As Downtowns Struggle, Businesses Learn to Love Bike Lanes

From Manhattan to San Francisco, the need to rethink the urban core is encouraging business improvement districts to change their tune on prioritizing cars.

www.bloomberg.com

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2 years

New York City’s in this weird space rn where some folks are saying it’s going down the tubes, others are saying it’ll emerge a stronger city from COVID, and then every day you get an email that’s like, ‘Here are 25 Michelin-starred restaurants that just opened in Brooklyn.’

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7 years

Group at DeWitt Clinton Park said they'll start marching down 12th Avenue "as far as they can go." They're six blocks from the Intrepid.

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7 months

Opening day of new Wegmans in Manhattan felt like a real 2023 consumer moment. What I imagine first days at dept stores felt like: shoppers just in wonder, of products and prices. And here I am, asking the employee why they're not using the entrance to the Astor Place 6 train.

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I do have several friends who drive commercial vans/trucks asking me what to do. There will be a lot of that in the months to come. I told them to use that time to figure it out—or, like in London's case, start to think of the cost as the price of doing business in New York.

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Never seen this many parties in the street for Halloween in all of my years living in NYC. Trick-or-Streets = an instant tradition.

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3 years

Lots of folks at JFK who seemingly didn’t know you needed to be vaccinated to travel to Europe.

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1 year

No, I’m just visiting. Yes, I live in New York - the “city.” Yes, I know it’s expensive to live there. No, I don’t live in constant fear of crime. Yes, taxes are high. No, I don’t drive. Yes, let me know if you visit. No, I don’t see celebrities every day. ^ Thanksgiving break

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4 months

I love the fake cycling aesthetic of so many Long Island coffee shops, in towns where not one bike lane exists.

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3 years

Been published in @nytimes print countless times, but today, when I showed this to my partner at a bodega, an older woman looked over and said “Is that you?! How wonderful!” And that was a pretty special moment.

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1 year

For those keeping count, here is a running list of NY Democrats who have been criminally investigated by other NY Democrats: - Andrew Cuomo (Former gov) - Eliot Spitzer (Former gov) - Sheldon Silver (head of Assembly) - Eric Schneiderman (Former AG) Who else? I'm missing some.

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2 years

Tell me more about bike corrals.

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7 months

We don't talk enough about how a good chunk of the 1.5 million missing riders from the NYC subways in 2023 are people who flipped to cycling during the pandemic, and may never look back.

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"Out of the 100 largest US metropolitan statistical areas, New York City led the pack with 97% growth in bike trips from 2019 to 2022, reflecting a lasting shift towards cycling by commuters who previously relied on subways" via @citylab

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1 year

New TOD proposal from Gov. Hochul: all municipalities in New York with a train station will rezone the area within a half mile for more housing within the next three years.

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2 years

Gov. Phil Murphy saying it’s not the time for congestion pricing, but instead the time for widening highways, seems largely out of step with where his party and most climate experts are at right now.

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2 years

I ordered Instacart for the first time yesterday; I was wiped, and curious. Everything came in a plastic bag; even 1 tomato. And it was transported via an old SUV. Thought that this is happening at scale in cities right now is chilling from Earth's POV.

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4 years

Someone who promised to put a bike lane on *every* street in a major global capital by 2024 just won half of that city’s vote.

Feargus O'Sullivan

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Annne Hidalgo has been re-elected as mayor of Paris, with 50.2% of the vote in today's election. Her closest rival, the Republicans' Rachida Dati, got 32%

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When cranky trolls on Twitter complain about NYC and the good ol’ days, I just want to add: “you mean when the G ran all the way to Forest Hills???” (Seen at the Kingston Trolley Museum.)

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3 years

We’ve hit what we call the “community saturation” point with the 31st Ave Open Street. Neighbors expect it, regulars show up every weekend, and it gets busy like this the minute the barricades are set up.

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1 year

This entire op-ed fixates on a study of cities conducted during the first and second waves of a deadly pandemic (2020-2021). Oof.

Opinion | ‘The Era of Urban Supremacy Is Over’ (Published 2023)

Many of the nation’s major cities face a daunting future.

www.nytimes.com

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3 years

Still don't know if Eric Adams lives in NYC or not lol

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John Surico

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2 years

We still have no verifiable data/experts saying that outdoor dining led to more rats.

Olivia Nuzzi

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Instant classic @NYMag cover:

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John Surico

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A native resident of Mulberry Street from multiple generations of Italian-Americans calling for the pedestrianization of the block and getting business owners to agree is *Italian chef's kiss*.

A Modest Proposal: Ban Cars on Mulberry Street - Streetsblog New York City

On Sundays, Mulberry gets some relief as an open street, but it’s only for two blocks. This needs to be permanent.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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2 years

Everyone here ragging on the city’s tacky new smoke shops, but they’ve done more to activate my block than a real estate office or brunch spot.

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6 months

Whispers are now full-blown conversations I’m hearing amongst advocates and operators about when, not if, Adams will be indicted, and what to do on Day One of an Williams mayoralty.

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3 years

Another school year, another four-lane pile-up filled with honking and exhaust waiting for kids.

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1 year

Watched Fox 5 News this morning with my dad before work, and it's basically just Rosanna Scotto bad-mouthing congestion pricing every other segment. And tons of Long Islanders are watching this everyday. That's the correlation, folks.

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1 year

Long Island’s most read newspaper coming out in favor of denser development around transit hubs is a big deal.

MTA land at LIRR stations can be used to build more housing

Parking lots at LIRR stations can be used to help meet the region's need.

www.newsday.com

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2 years

A newsletter where I visit every park in New York City. Thoughts?

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2 years

This is what, like, half of the crosswalks look like in New York City — an insane thing I haven’t seen anywhere else in the world.

Choresh Wald

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2 years

⁦ @NYC_DOT ⁩ practice of painting half a crosswalk and creating more free car parking spots working as designed

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3 years

Can we just pedestrianize Broadway already? For god’s sake, there’s a trattoria on it now.

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5 years

As someone who works quite often in lower Manhattan, it's sort of incredible to me that a pedestrian-friendly design like doesn't already exist // is hard to swallow — esp. considering that this area was quite literally made for no cars at all.

Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan - Streetsblog New York City

Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.

nyc.streetsblog.org

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2 years

Lisbon’s Open Streets, stamped with the slogan “The street is yours.”

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2 years

“Paris now has more cycling trips in rush hour than car trips.”

Lena Huda

@LenaHudafor30

2 years

Interesting learnings "Cycling in Paris" yesterday. Paris now has more cycling trips in rush hour than car trips! Strategy: Every street provides for cycling: separated bike lanes on busy roads and low car traffic volume + 30km/h speed limit in all other streets. @sara_stace

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John Surico

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8 months

As a native New Yorker who studied transit planning in London, I've been thinking a lot about how congestion pricing will differ for NYC in 2024 vs. LDN in 2003, and what that means for the policies put into place between now and next year. A few thoughts:

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8 years

We're about an hour and 15 into this debate, and Trump has still not offered a specific and clear policy proposal.

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3 years

E-bike users everywhere: how has the new mode affected your daily routine? Has it replaced a short car trip? Have you started cycling more as a result? What are you doing now that you weren't before? (For a story obv.)

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1 year

Much love to Astorians for taking the new @NYC_DOT portal to report double-parked cars (for loading zone planning) and really running with it. This is just one avenue.

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4 years

I think this is the first time a presidential transition team has mentioned pedestrians and cyclists in their plans?

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11 months

“I’m just a mom and my son’s teacher was killed and I give a shit."

This Powerful Family Is Fighting Safety Measures for a Deadly Greenpoint Street

Dozens of companies supposedly are part of a grassroots effort to fight the plan, but almost two-thirds of them can be traced to the Argentos, who own the neighborhood’s big movie studio.

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Crazy how the NYC subway is so dangerous that more and more people seem just drawn to take it every day.

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@JohnSurico

3 years

Imagine this, but under every aboveground track in NYC.

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@BrentToderian

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@JohnSurico

2 years

Been in NYC for ~13 years, and still constantly in awe of how immediately quiet the city gets the minute you enter Central Park.

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@JohnSurico

2 years

This is simply untrue: “Few issues have raised as much ire among New Yorkers as the outdoor dining sheds that now line city streets.”

The Cantankerous Fight to Stop Outdoor Dining Rages On

Plus, Little Italy’s oldest cheese shop is in hot water — and more intel

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Folks, this isn’t just an inner city/public transit problem. This was on the NYT homepage this morning:

Angry Drivers, Lots of Guns: An Explosion in Road Rage Shootings (Published 2022)

Dozens have been reported in Texas alone amid a pandemic surge in gun purchases and a country increasingly on edge.

www.nytimes.com

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I don’t think I remember a time when the MTA has undertaken this many improvement projects at once. Practically every station I look, elevators are being installed, and signals modernized. It could be faster, it’s hell on nights/weekends, but wow, we’re witnessing an investment.

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I watched a huge truck blow down the W13th St bike lane yesterday, hitting dozens of flex posts along the way, and yet still there were more people than I'd ever seen cycling and scooting in the lane. These mobility shifts are crazy!

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