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Eyes on the Street: Cyclists Told to Walk Riverside-Hudson Greenway Link
We got a couple of e-mails this week about a new directive from the Parks Department ordering cyclists to dismount on the Riverside Park path that connects the Hudson River Greenway and Riverside Drive at W. 72nd Street. On his Flickr page, BicyclesOnly says he learned of the restriction from parks enforcement:
June 23, 2010
DOT Compromises, to a Point, on Union Square Plan
It took a few tries, but the Department of Transportation finally won the support of Manhattan Community Board 5's Transportation Committee for its Union Square bike-ped plan last night. While a few safety improvements were sacrificed to local objections, the community board rejected calls by a particularly aggressive minority to scrap the centerpieces of the plan, including an extension of Broadway's protected bike lane, a traffic-calming pedestrian plaza, and the conversion of 17th Street into a one-way with a contraflow bike lane.
June 22, 2010
Pedestrian Reclamation on Tap for Deadly Ozone Park Intersection
One of the most dangerous intersections in Queens is slated for a DOT safety makeover. At a meeting of Queens Community Board 10 last Thursday, DOT presented a plan [PDF] to rework the chaotic intersection of Crossbay Boulevard, Woodhaven Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard, and Liberty Avenue in Ozone Park by turning two full street blocks into pedestrian plazas and introducing a host of other safety improvements.
June 11, 2010
If Bus Stops Disappear, What Will Happen to All That Space?
Starting June 27, 570 bus stops across New York City could disappear. Unless Congress delivers an 11th hour reprieve -- still a distinct possibility -- service cuts will axe or reroute dozens of bus lines, raising the question of what to do with all the curbside real estate at these potentially defunct stops.
May 26, 2010
Transforming Pavement to Parks in San Francisco
In San Francisco, the Pavement to Parks
program has launched an initiative that may someday alter the way U.S. cities treat their commercial
strips.
May 18, 2010
Tonight: DOT to Reveal Plans for a Safer Union Square
Safer street conditions and more space for pedestrians and cyclists could soon be coming to Union Square under a plan to be unveiled by DOT today.
April 26, 2010
A More Democratic Use of Space on 34th Street
This graphic tells you all you need to know about the rationale behind DOT's plans for 34th Street, which are getting some play today in the Times and on Gothamist. DOT displayed it prominently at Wednesday's info session about the project.
April 23, 2010
Parks Department Vows to Save New Yorkers From Menacing Street Life
The parks department will hold a hearing Friday on plans to clamp down on what it sees as an unnecessary, untamed incursion into some of the city's most vaunted public spaces.
April 22, 2010
Do You Walk in NYC? Then You Don’t Matter to CBS2’s Marcia Kramer
No one warps a two-minute segment about New York City pedestrian improvements quite like CBS2 reporter Marcia Kramer.
April 7, 2010
Saturday: Input Wanted on Inwood Waterfront Esplanade
For years, the New York City Economic Development Corporation intended to have the Sherman Creek area in eastern Inwood rezoned for higher-density residential and commercial development. That effort was ultimately abandoned when stakeholders couldn't come to terms, but as the Manhattan Times reports, plans survive for a waterfront esplanade along the Harlem River between Academy and W. 208th Streets.
March 18, 2010