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Here’s Where Citi Bike Stations Will Go on the Upper East Side
At a meeting hosted by the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee last night, DOT unveiled a map showing 39 planned Citi Bike station locations on the Upper East Side [PDF]. The city said it expects service to be operating as far north as 86th Street by late summer or early fall, with further expansion next year.
May 7, 2015
DOT Agrees to Make Bike Crossing Over LIE in Long Island City Less Hairy
Biking over the Long Island Expressway on Greenpoint Avenue is set to get a little less nerve-wracking now that DOT has upgraded its plans for a key block. DOT agreed to add curbside bike lanes to the dangerous Queens crossing in response to local advocates and the community board. The plan comes up for a vote at the CB 2 full board tonight.
May 7, 2015
CB 6 Panel Unanimously Backs Plan to Fill Gap in 1st Ave Protected Bike Lane
DOT is set to fill a key 10-block gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane this summer, but cyclists might have to wait until the fall for the final piece of the missing link.
May 5, 2015
Can New York City Reform Its Dysfunctional Community Board System?
New York City's 59 community boards often serve as the sole venues where the public can assess and vet street design projects. But they are also structured in a way that inhibits any sort of change, giving de facto veto power over street improvements to a small clique who can serve for life.
May 1, 2015
Helen Rosenthal Won’t Say Why She Reappointed Street Safety Foe to CB 7
Members of Families For Safe Streets asked Council Member Helen Rosenthal at a town hall meeting last night why she reappointed street safety foe and longtime Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig. But Rosenthal refused to answer questions from Upper West Siders who have lost loved ones to traffic violence.
April 28, 2015
Bay Ridge CB Overwhelmingly Backs Bike Lanes, Pedestrian Safety Fixes
Bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements are coming to Bay Ridge after a pair of votes at Brooklyn Community Board 10 last week. It's a turnaround from just a few years ago, when the board gained a reputation as one of the most anti-bike in the city.
April 27, 2015
Bike Lanes on Track for Staten Island’s Clove Road Early This Summer
Clove Road is set to get bike lanes this summer, including a half-mile road diet, nearly two years after Staten Island Community Board 1 asked DOT for the street safety fixes.
April 23, 2015
Gale Brewer Reappoints Safe Streets Foes to Manhattan Community Boards
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has reappointed a slate of community board members with a long history of opposing safer streets and better transit.
April 21, 2015
Queens BP Melinda Katz Prioritizes Parking Over Affordable Housing
Few things set off alarm bells for car-owning New Yorkers more than the thought of having less parking. So when the Department of City Planning proposed a minor reduction in parking requirements, the community board chairs of Queens got a case of road rage, with Borough President Melinda Katz at the wheel.
April 17, 2015
Two Community Boards Sign Off on Greenpoint Avenue Bridge Bike Lanes
Four years ago, DOT shelved a plan that would have added bike lanes to the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge, also known as the J.J. Byrne Bridge, after a year of outcry from area businesses and residents. Now, a modified plan has cleared two community boards little more than a month after it was first proposed.
April 17, 2015