Midtown
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Eyes on the Street: Breathing Room for Pedestrians on Eighth Avenue in Midtown
The city added nine feet of walking space (a 40 percent increase) to the west side of Eighth Avenue between 42nd and 43rd streets, north of the bus terminal. Planters line what used to be a parking lane next to a buffered bike lane, which remains intact.
June 27, 2017
Michael Mamoukakis, 80, Second Cyclist Killed by Charter Bus Driver in Chelsea in One Week
The driver hit Mamoukakis while turning onto W. 29th Street, where buses are prohibited by city traffic rules. No charges have been filed by NYPD or Manhattan DA Cy Vance.
June 19, 2017
TransAlt Calls for Protected Crosstown Bike Routes After Bus Driver Kills Dan Hanegby
Safe streets advocates have for years implored DOT to add east-west Manhattan bike lanes in the area where Hanegby was killed, but the city has failed to act.
June 13, 2017
Eyes on the Street: The Shrinking Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap
From 59th Street to 43rd Street there's now a green curbside bike lane on Second Avenue (tuff curbs to come). The remaining gaps in the bike lane are near the Queensboro Bridge and Queens-Midtown Tunnel.
June 7, 2017
DOT to Widen Sidewalks on 7th Avenue Between Penn Station and Times Square
Midtown sidewalks are notoriously too skinny to handle the huge numbers of people on foot near Penn Station. The pedestrian crush around the nation's busiest transit hub routinely flows beyond the boundaries of the curb, and people are forced to walk in car lanes. It's uncomfortable, stressful, and dangerous. But people on foot will soon have some breathing room.
May 23, 2017
Driver Hits Multiple People on Times Square Sidewalk: 1 Dead, 22 Injured
Late this morning, a motorist drove onto a Times Square sidewalk and hit multiple people. The deceased victim was an 18-year-old woman. She was walking with her 13-year-old sister, who was also struck.
May 18, 2017
DOT Plans to Turn Broadway by Madison Square Into a “Shared Space”
DOT is set to redesign a block of Broadway by Madison Square Park as a permanent "shared space," where motor vehicles are allowed but pedestrians take priority.
March 29, 2017
Coming Soon, Maybe: The Return of Pedestrian-Friendly 32nd Street
In 2015, a temporary sidewalk expansion relieved crowding on a block of 32nd Street with heavy foot traffic between Penn Station and Herald Square, but the project was scrapped after a trial run. Now advocates are pushing to bring it back, and they recently won the support of Manhattan Community Board 5.
February 14, 2017
The Disappearing Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane
What could be a safe, direct connection to the Midtown core and Central Park instead deposits cyclists into five lanes of chaotic car traffic.
December 9, 2016
DOT and Citi Bike Celebrate Sixth Avenue Bikeway and #WomenWhoBike
DOT and Citi Bike marked the return of a protected bike lane to Sixth Avenue today with a ribbon-cutting and celebratory ride. The event also served to highlight Women's Bike Month and a Motivate campaign to encourage women in NYC to ride bikes.
October 19, 2016