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CB 8 Committee Warms to Bike-Share, Sets Aside Bike Licenses
Manhattan Community Board 8 has a checkered history when it comes to bike-friendly policies. In the past few years, the Upper East Side CB voted repeatedly to support protected bike lanes, but also put out resolutions drenched with anti-bike vitriol on more than one occasion (most recently this June, when the subject was establishing shared bike-ped paths across Central Park).
November 3, 2011
West Side Protected Lanes Get Thumbs Up From CB 4
By a vote of 26 to 10 Wednesday night, Manhattan Community Board 4 endorsed DOT plans to extend the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenue from 34th Street to 59th Street. The bike lanes will improve safety for all users on some of Midtown's most chaotic streets, which pass by Penn Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and the Lincoln Tunnel entrance.
October 6, 2011
With CB 8 Vote, East Side Bikeway Ready to Run From Houston to 125th
Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 8 voted in favor of building a protected bike lane on First Avenue between 60th Street and 96th Street.
September 22, 2011
CB 8 Committee May Not Love Cyclists, But Still Votes for Safer First Avenue
On the Upper East Side, community board members are willing to vote for safer streets, so long as they can vent about cyclists beforehand.
September 8, 2011
Manhattan Borough Board Unanimously Endorses Car-Free Central Park Trial
Though Mayor Bloomberg has ruled out the possibility of implementing a car-free Central Park trial this year, opting for further data collection instead, public support for the proposal continues to grow. At a meeting of the Manhattan Borough Board yesterday, the car-free trial picked up support from still more community boards and new City Council members.
July 22, 2011
Plans For First Two Crosstown Central Park Bike-Ped Paths Take Shape
Details are emerging about the plan to create shared bike/pedestrian paths cutting east-west across Central Park. The first two paths are likely to officially open on a trial basis in September, cutting across the park at roughly 102nd Street and 96th Street, said Central Park Conservancy community relations manager Caroline Greenleaf at a Community Board 7 meeting last night.
July 13, 2011
Community Board 9 Endorses Car-Free Park Trial, Reverses Committee Vote
Manhattan Community Board 9 became the latest to endorse a car-free Central Park trial last night. By a vote of 32-9 with five abstentions, the board overwhelmingly overturned the 2-1 vote of its transportation committee, which had been the only committee in the borough not to endorse the plan thus far.
June 17, 2011
CB 8 Votes For Car-Free Park Trial, Declares All Cyclists Scofflaws
Manhattan Community Board 8 voted Wednesday night in favor of a car-free Central Park trial this summer, joining an increasingly long list of community boards in support of the proposal. My unofficial tally of the roll call had the final vote at 36-8 in favor.
June 17, 2011
Tonight: Upper Manhattanites Finally Get to Talk About Bike Lanes
After years of delays, a citizen-generated plan for a separated bike path in Upper Manhattan will get an audience tonight.
June 16, 2011