Helen Rosenthal Asks DOT to Install Protected Bike Lane on Amsterdam Ave
Council Member Helen Rosenthal has come out strongly for a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue, sending a letter to DOT this week asking for a plan to calm traffic and provide a northbound complement to the Columbus Avenue bike lane.
April 10, 2015
Eyes on the Street: WABC News SUV *PWNS* This Sidewalk Extension
New York City's placard class -- the elite few who park wherever they want, without consequence -- obviously includes police and other public servants. But don't forget the press.
April 9, 2015
Cuomo Taps Syracuse Ex-Mayor Matt Driscoll, His “Go-To Guy,” for State DOT
News came yesterday afternoon that Governor Andrew Cuomo is changing leadership at the state Department of Transportation, replacing Joan McDonald with former Syracuse Mayor Matt Driscoll. Cuomo canned McDonald, who's been on the job since 2011, over a dispute about snow removal in Buffalo, according to Jimmy Vielkind of Capital New York.
April 9, 2015
Neighborhood Residents Ask DOT to Tame Deadly Mosholu Parkway
With its rolling curves and park-like setting, Mosholu Parkway might look pretty to people sitting behind a windshield. But for people on foot, it's a roaring Robert Moses-era surface highway, up to eight lanes wide, running between Norwood and Bedford Park in the Bronx. The road divides the park and provides few places to safely cross. Now, residents are asking DOT to make some changes.
April 8, 2015
Bed-Stuy CB Freaks Out Over Adding Pedestrian Space to Fulton and Utica
Creating more space for pedestrians at a dangerous, crowded transfer point between bus lines and the subway -- sounds like a no-brainer, right? Not at Brooklyn Community Board 3, where the default position is to reflexively reject even the smallest street safety change.
April 8, 2015
Expecting DOT Street Safety Projects to Deliver More Than the Minimum
A DOT plan to add painted bike lanes and sharrows to Spring Street [PDF] doesn't go far enough to prioritize walking and biking, says Community Board 2 transportation vice-chair Maury Schott.
April 7, 2015