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Eyes On The Street: Westside Greenway Bollards Still Causing Injuries And Mayhem To Cyclists They Are Supposed to Protect
Lots of cyclists + narrow spaces between security bollards = mayhem.
August 12, 2018
State DOT’s New Security Bollards Squeeze the Hudson River Greenway
"It’s a hastily-thrown together solution, and we deserve better from our city and state officials," said TransAlt Executive Director Paul Steely White.
July 2, 2018
While Young People Desperately Fight a Cuomo Highway Project in Hunts Point, NYC Electeds Do Nothing
The NYS DOT plan will exacerbate air pollution in a neighborhood where asthma rates are already sky high.
June 28, 2018
The Hudson River Greenway Needs Great Design, Not Knee-Jerk Security Fixes
The greenway is bursting at the seams during warmer months and needs to be widened to handle the peak volume of bike and pedestrian traffic it carries.
June 22, 2018
NYS DOT and NYPD Security Overkill Could Destroy the Hudson River Greenway
The space between anti-vehicle bollards must be wide enough to accommodate greenway crowds, but the state DOT and NYPD appear to be making other plans without public input.
May 9, 2018
South Bronx to Cuomo: Don’t Cut Off Hunts Point From the Bronx River With Another Highway
State DOT nixed neighborhood advocates' preferred plan, which would have routed trucks bound for the Hunts Point Market away from the residential part of the neighborhood.
March 29, 2018
State DOT Prepping Permanent Measures to Replace Temporary Barriers on West Side Greenway
State DOT is "designing a permanent solution to replace the temporary security measures on the Route 9A bikeway." Construction will begin in the summer and wrap up sometime in 2019.
March 16, 2018
Phil Monfoletto Had Nine License Suspensions Before He Killed Kevin Flores. Why Did State DOT Let Him Drive an Oil Truck?
Neither state nor federal regulators have explained how Monfoletto's truck business remained in good standing despite his history of dangerous driving.
February 8, 2018
Buffalo Advocates Convince New York DOT to Rethink a Half-Baked Highway Removal
The state had pushed a "boulevard" design that was too much like the highway it was supposed to replace.
January 9, 2018
West Side Greenway Barriers Fail First Test of Winter
Snow and ice made parts of the greenway nearly impassable during the morning rush. It appears the state DOT and Hudson River Park Trust still haven't figured out how to work around barriers put in place to keep motorists out.
December 14, 2017
