response to Josh Jackson, Morgan Currie, Jon Beanlands, Lou Thomas, Ralf Youtz, and Melissa Tvetan's post Decongestion
Streets for People
Commented on June 4, 2007 by - AndreasNYC
MY PROFILE
About AndreasNYC
AndreasNYC
My ride gets ~633 mpg (my bike that is) [stat from Bicycling Mag]
- Location:
- New York, NY (USA)
- Joined on:
- 06/03/07
The story thus far:
Along with GOOD, I've given a damn since birth - being vegetarian for the animals (including us Human, we animals like to breath clean cool air, swim in unpolluted waters, & live joyful healthy lives until we die naturally), giving back to society & the world (growing-up my "sibling" was a growing non-profit youth center), enjoying human-powered & mass transportation, being conscious of my footprints, and ... well ... giving a damn and doing something about it.
My Blog
My interests
- Politics — 100%
- Health — 100%
- Technology — 100%
- Buying — 75%
- Environment — 100%
- Science — 100%
- Mobility — 75%
- Culture — 75%
- Education — 75%
- Living — 100%
- Magazine — 25%
Websites
- Turanski.com - Compassion, health, bicycling, & life
www.turanski.com
Many have difficulty seeing the solutions for the old problems. Here in NYC, much of the government is still stuck in the auto-centric thinking as illustrated by the previous poster. The shared street model or "Naked Streets" are gaining supporters and showing results. In NYC, we've basically been working with "Half-Naked Streets" for some time as any driver will tell you. Cars do slow down (most of the time) when approaching an intersection with people partially in the cross-walk. Perhaps formaizing it gives it more power and safety.
NYC's Transportation Alternatives non-profit advocacy group does much research and gets results. Their publication Streets for People: A Primer for People Who Want Quieter, Safer, Friendlier Neighborhood Streets (2004) is a good guide and they have updated information elsewhere on their site.