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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
Tonight: CB12 Committee to Consider Dyckman Greenway Connector Reso
Manhattan Community Board 12's Traffic and Transportation Committee will consider a resolution tonight requesting that DOT "test the feasibility of creating a greenway connector along Dyckman
Street," in Inwood.
November 3, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Dyckman Bike Shelter Hints at What Could Be
Inwood recently got its first city bike shelter, by the A train station at the corner of Broadway and Dyckman/200th Street. It wasn't getting a lot of use when I snapped this shot, probably because it was Sunday morning. Still, in the couple of minutes I was there quite a few cyclists passed by, most of them on the sidewalk -- as many, it seems, don't consider Dyckman a safe place to ride.
October 29, 2008
Eyes on the Street: MTA Trailer Planted on Broadway Sidewalk
For months, graffiti-laden MTA Capital Construction trailers have been parked curbside on Broadway north of Isham Street, in Inwood, presumably due to ongoing work on the A line. Yesterday we snapped this shot of one trailer's new position, on the sidewalk alongside Isham Park.
October 16, 2008
CB12 Transpo Committee Avoids Action on Dyckman, Everything Else
Proposed Dyckman Street redesign, presented by citizens to the CB12 Transpo Committee last February
October 7, 2008
Tonight: Dyckman Greenway Connector Presented to Stringer Staff
At tonight's Community Board 12 Transportation Committee meeting, Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets will present suggestions for a traffic-calmed Bennett Avenue, and are expected to discuss the proposed Dyckman Greenway Connector with Paimaan Lodhi, urban planner with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's office.
October 6, 2008
CB12 Derails Greenmarket, Approves Parking Request Unanimously
More parking means more cars, congestion and noise for Dyckman Street. Says CB12: "Bring it."
September 25, 2008
Eyes on the Street: Inwoodites Enjoy Closed Street, Until Workers Go Home
At this moment I hear two things through my apartment windows: a singer practicing his scales and the "beep beep beep" of construction equipment on nearby Isham Street at Park Terrace West, in Inwood.
September 18, 2008
CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets
To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street.
September 9, 2008
Livable Streets Group Makes Pitch to CB12 Tonight
A few weeks ago my colleague Brad Aaron wrote about the ways Inwood residents are making great use of the groups feature on the Livable Streets Network. Tonight, the group Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets is taking its ideas to the Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12. High on their agenda: creating protected bike paths along Dyckman Street and Broadway in Upper Manhattan, stepping up enforcement of Select Bus Service lanes, and improving pedestrian amenities (download the full list).
September 8, 2008