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Car Crash in Harlem Kills Pedestrian, Hospitalizes Five Others
One person is dead and at least five others have been hurt after a pick-up truck and livery cab collided at 145th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard in Harlem this afternoon. After impact, the truck driver jumped a curb and careened into an elderly woman and the man she was pushing in a wheelchair, according to a report on DNAinfo. The woman did not survive:
June 2, 2011
CB 11 Committee Approves Safety Fixes for Harlem River Park Access
Manhattan Community Board 11's transportation committee voted in favor of a slate of safety improvements along the Harlem River waterfront last night, a project that will give New Yorkers better access to the underutilized Harlem River Park. Changes like pedestrian refuge islands, sidewalk extensions, and leading pedestrian intervals got a thumbs up from committee members, but they put on hold a plan to reverse the direction of a service road along 135th Street. DOT's full plan is available for download in this PDF.
October 6, 2010
DOT Proposes Safety Fixes to Help People Reach Harlem River Park
One of the biggest planning stories of the last decade is undoubtedly the opening of the New York City waterfront to the public. Across much of the city, however, the automobile still occupies the prime waterfront spaces.
August 20, 2010
Big Box Mall’s Giant Parking Garage a Predictable, Preventable Waste
In a surprise to few, the wannabe-suburban East River Plaza big box mall can't fill its 1,428 space parking lot.
July 8, 2010
East Harlem to Bloomberg: Protected Bike Lanes Must Extend Uptown
East Harlem residents are outraged by the city's backtracking on plans to bring protected bike lanes to their neighborhood.
June 10, 2010
East Side Re-Design Moves Ahead, But Full Bike Corridor Is on Hold
The re-design of First and Second Avenues has been a complex project to judge since the initial plans were unveiled earlier this year. From the beginning, it's been the most ambitious re-envisioning of a major corridor we've seen in New York City to date: 250 blocks of faster bus service and safer traveling for cyclists and pedestrians. But it has not met the high expectations of New Yorkers who held out hope for a truly high-performance busway and a continuous, protected bicycle corridor.
June 7, 2010
Two 125th Street Intersections Slated for Ped Safety Fixes
Harlem's Main Street is slated to receive some pedestrian safety improvements at two dangerous intersections. Where 125th Street meets Lenox and St. Nicholas Avenues, NYCDOT safety plans call for a package of enhancements to make walking less harrowing.
April 15, 2010
Upper East Side Workshop Kicks Off New Street Safety Campaign
"You can't control what you can't measure," the saying goes. So to get a better grip on street safety on Manhattan's East Side, Transportation Alternatives started by collecting better data about local traffic collisions and injuries. Last night, a group of Upper East Siders used that information to begin imagining what a safer neighborhood might look like.
March 17, 2010
The Next New York: How the Planning Department Sabotages Sustainability
This is the second installment in a three-part series on the
reshaping of New York City and its consequences for sustainability and
livable streets. Read the first part here.
February 19, 2010