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Port Authority Decides Church and Vesey Doesn’t Need Safety Specialists
Church and Vesey is one of the most crowded and busy intersections in the city. With about 15,000 people walking across Church during peak weekday hours, the foot traffic is heavier there than anywhere in Times Square. A recent decision by the Port Authority could jeopardize those pedestrians starting this Friday.
August 24, 2010
Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Discovered on Columbus Ave
After a lot of great advocacy from the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance and a down-to-the-wire vote at Community Board 7 this spring, DOT crews are laying down the first on-street protected bikeway above 34th 59th Street, on Columbus Avenue between 96th and 77th. Streetsblog contributor Ken Coughlin sent in these pictures of the painting and striping in progress last Friday.
August 23, 2010
DCP Report Adds Another Wrinkle to Measurements of NYC Cycling
More New Yorkers are riding bikes than ever, but a new report from the Department of City Planning further complicates the effort to precisely determine how much cycling has taken off. The report, which looks only at cycling in Manhattan bike lanes from 2001 to 2008, shows a significantly slower rate of growth than estimates based on other measurements.
August 11, 2010
Manhattan CB4 Wants the Full Safety Treatment for Eighth Ave Bike Lane
Last night Manhattan Community Board 4 voted unanimously in favor of an 11-block extension for the Eighth Avenue bike lane, which would bring the protected bikeway up to 34th Street. In an interesting flourish, the board asked that the extension include separate left-turn phases for bikes and cars.
July 22, 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
Major Test for Parking Reform Shaping Up on Manhattan’s West Side
Are New York City's planning commissioners serious about parking reform? An important test case is shaping up on Manhattan's west side, where Extell Development is trying to build 1,800 parking
spaces in an area the size of two city blocks.
May 24, 2010
MTA Committed to October Launch Date for East Side Select Bus Service
Two months after the MTA and NYCDOT first presented East Side Select Bus Service to Manhattan Community Board 6, officials were back with a modified plan last night, hoping to get a vote from the transportation committee. After a combative couple of hours, they didn't get one. The committee chose to put off a vote until its next meeting rather than come to a decision. The big news to emerge was the announcement of a specific launch date for the first phase of Select Bus Service on the corridor.
April 6, 2010
CB 6 Committee Votes on East Side Bus+Bike Improvements Tonight
Sorry for the late notice folks, but there's one more public meeting on this week's busy schedule with big implications for street safety, and it's happening tonight. The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 is expected to draft and vote on a resolution regarding plans for Select Bus Service and protected bike lanes on the East Side. If you want to help support for safer biking and walking, you'll want to turn out for this one.
April 5, 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