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Three People Killed by Motorists in Manhattan and Brooklyn This Weekend
Three people were killed by motorists in separate crashes in Manhattan and Brooklyn over the weekend.
November 25, 2013
Tonight: Manhattan CB 9 Set to Vote on Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming
A plan to slow drivers and provide safer crossings for pedestrians along Morningside Avenue in Harlem is on the agenda for Manhattan Community Board 9's full board meeting tonight. A positive vote would set the stage for CB 10, which also covers the project area and has a history of stalling livable streets projects, to take action.
November 21, 2013
DOT Cuts Community-Endorsed Harlem Pedestrian Space for Double Parking
A big new pedestrian space next to a busy Harlem park, installed last summer as part of a community board-backed traffic calming plan, is being scaled down by the agency that created it. Why the change? DOT says it’s responding to complaints that the original design created too much space for pedestrians, and not enough for double-parked drivers.
November 21, 2013
Harlem CBs Mull Morningside Traffic Calming, Open Door to Bike Lane Plans
On Wednesday evening, Manhattan Community Boards 9 and 10 jointly hosted a public forum on traffic calming for Morningside Avenue, including a presentation by NYC DOT about its safety proposals. Board members were generally receptive to DOT's plan, which is expected to go back to each board for resolutions of support, while offering their own suggestions -- some reasonable, some not so much. DOT said at the meeting it would like positive votes before moving ahead with the plan.
October 25, 2013
Tonight: Tell Manhattan CBs That Harlem Needs a Safer Morningside Avenue
Community Boards 9 and 10 in Harlem will again hear from DOT tonight on a plan to calm traffic on Morningside Avenue [PDF]. The proposal was developed in response to a request from the North Star Neighborhood Association, and though there is general agreement that speeding drivers are a major problem on Morningside, the community boards have so far failed to endorse the city's plan to make the street safer.
October 23, 2013
The Abbreviated Plan for 125th Street Select Bus Service Is Back
State Senator Bill Perkins let it slip during a hearing yesterday, and today the MTA and DOT made it official [PDF]: Select Bus Service is back on track for M60 buses running along 125th Street, scheduled to launch in April 2014.
October 11, 2013
Harlem CBs Dither on Pedestrian Safety While SI Board Begs for Bike Lanes
Last week, Staten Island Community Board 1 passed a resolution asking DOT to install bike lanes, while in Manhattan, a community-requested plan for a road diet and pedestrian islands continues to be delayed by two Harlem community boards.
September 23, 2013
Tonight: Community Boards Weigh Harlem and Staten Island Traffic Calming
Last week, DOT presented a plan to calm traffic on Morningside Avenue in Harlem [PDF] with a road diet and pedestrian islands. Community Board 10's transportation committee, which has a track record of dithering on and opposing livable streets projects, asked DOT for more data. Tonight, the action shifts to adjacent Community Board 9, which also covers the project area and could be poised to pass a resolution in support of the project.
September 19, 2013
Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming Awaits Support From Two Harlem CBs
From 116th Street to 126th Street, Morningside Avenue is known as a speedway between Harlem's residential streets to the east and Morningside Park to the west. A traffic calming plan from DOT [PDF] now waits while Community Boards 9 and 10 weigh in. Transportation committees of both boards received presentations from DOT, followed by question-and-answer sessions, but so far, there have been no resolutions advanced from the boards and Council Member Inez Dickens remains supportive of traffic calming in concept but noncommittal about the proposal on the table.
September 13, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Safer Streets Around Marcus Garvey Park
In January, the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association was working with DOT to calm the streets around Marcus Garvey Park. Now, those changes are being implemented.
August 21, 2013