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CB4 Backs Eighth Avenue Cycle Track
From Caroline Samponaro, Director of Bicycle Advocacy for Transportation Alternatives:
December 4, 2008
Turnout Needed Tonight for CB4 Eighth Ave Cycle Track Vote
Manhattan Community Board 4 will vote tonight on whether to recommend extending the protected bike lane on Eighth Avenue, now under construction below W. 14th Street, north to W. 23rd.
December 3, 2008
CB4 Committee Supports Eighth Avenue Cycle Track
Last night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 4 voted 8-2 in support of extending the protected bike lane on Eighth Avenue, now under construction below W. 14th Street, north to 23rd. Wiley Norvell of Transportation Alternatives sends this account.
November 20, 2008
Reminder: CB4 Eighth Avenue Bike Path Meeting Tonight
Don't forget tonight's Manhattan CB4 hearing on the Eighth Avenue cycle track, where DOT will present plans to extend the protected lane next year from 14th to 23rd Street. With opponents expected to weigh in, pro-livable streets turnout is key. Here again are the specifics:
November 19, 2008
Grand Street Cycle Track: The Hysteria Continues
Step aside Steve Cuozzo, the team at Fox 5 (yeah, them again) has scapegoated the Grand Street bike lane in even more outlandish fashion. This "report" manages to blame the brand new cycle track for traffic congestion, slumping dumpling sales, and a disabled man getting hit by a car. We kid you not. Needless to say, the distortions go above and beyond the usual windshield perspective quotes.
November 19, 2008
Wednesday: CB4 Needs to Hear From Eighth Avenue Cycle Track Supporters
The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 4 will host a public meeting Wednesday night regarding DOT plans for a
protected bike lane on Eighth Avenue from W. 14th to W.
23rd Street.
November 18, 2008
CB12 Committee Asks DOT for Dyckman Greenway Connector Study
Nine months after Inwood residents first proposed a physically separated bike lane for Dyckman/200th Street, connecting the east- and west-side Greenways, this week the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee approved a resolution calling for DOT to "test the feasibility" of such a project. CB12 action was considered necessary to gain the involvement of Borough President Scott Stringer's office, which, it is hoped, will also carry weight with DOT. Streetsblog reader and Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets member Daniel O’Neil attended the committee meeting and files this report.
November 6, 2008
Drivers Respect Grand Street Parking-Protected Cycle Track
Though modest by comparison, here's another first for this historic day. Manhattan Community Board 2's Ian Dutton sent over photos of the new Grand Street cycle track, the city's initial attempt at a parking-protected design.
November 5, 2008