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3w ago

City Keeps Summer Streets Footprint the Same for Five Saturdays

Advocates say the DOT’s choice to hold roughly 21.8 miles on five weekends is a missed opportunity to create more frequent and connected car-free space.

Look, Summer Streets is great. But it remains stuck at five Saturdays and 22 miles.
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Overview

  • The New York City Department of Transportation confirmed the Summer Streets schedule for five Saturdays this summer with about 21.8 miles of car-free routes across all five boroughs.
  • DOT changed outer-borough hours to 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. while keeping Manhattan dates at 7 a.m. to 3 p.m., which the agency says will let more New Yorkers participate later in the day.
  • The announced dates and routes include Queens and Staten Island on the opening Saturday, three Manhattan Saturdays in early August, and Brooklyn and the Bronx on Aug. 22, with exact corridors published by DOT.
  • The agency partnered with Lyft/Citi Bike to offer a limited promo code 'SUMMER2WHEEL' for discounted rides and with New York Road Runners for free beginner running events to boost turnout.
  • Livable-streets groups and a coalition of elected officials renewed calls for expansion and launched a petition after the July 10 announcement, arguing New York should aim for more mileage and more frequent, better-connected car-free days similar to international models.