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155th Street Ped Safety Fixes Clear Three Uptown Community Board Votes
The Manhattan side of the 155th Street Bridge is a complex intersection where pedestrians are too often forgotten within a swirl of turning vehicles and impatient drivers. The intersection is also on the border of three community boards, adding extra layers of review for DOT efforts to improve safety. As of last night, transportation committees at all three boards have voted in support of the proposal, which will add pedestrian islands and turn restrictions while shortening crossing distances and calming traffic [PDF]. After it clears the full boards, the safety fixes are scheduled to be installed next year.
October 15, 2014
CBs Eye Safety Tweaks on 155th Street Through Denny Farrell’s Windshield
A dangerous Upper Manhattan intersection could get pedestrian safety upgrades [PDF], if three community boards can agree on a plan. Wednesday evening, DOT invited neighborhood residents and members of Community Boards 9, 10, and 12 to a meeting that resulted in some consensus, though implementation remains about a year away. As at last year's meeting, however, the show was stolen by local Assembly Member Herman “Denny” Farrell, the powerful chair of the Ways and Means Committee, who critiqued the project from a windshield perspective.
May 23, 2014
Parks Department Repairs Hudson River Greenway Sinkhole
Happy Bike to Work Day: The Parks Department has repaired the Hudson River Greenway sinkhole.
May 16, 2014
Parks Dept. Promises Fix After Year-Old Sinkhole Finally Swallows Greenway
It's been almost a year since we first reported on a sinkhole eating away at the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street. The Parks Department added barricades, an old board, and finally filled it with gravel last month while it figured out "a long-term solution."
May 7, 2014
Broadway Speed Limit to Drop to 25 MPH From Columbus Circle to Inwood
The speed limit will be lowered to 25 miles per hour on eight miles of upper Broadway this summer, DOT announced today.
May 1, 2014
Upper Manhattan Poised to Get Its First Protected Bike Lane
DOT will install Upper Manhattan's first protected bike lane this summer, pending an endorsement from Community Board 12.
April 8, 2014
Ten Months Later, Parks Department Fills in Hudson River Greenway Hole
Last June, we reported on a sinkhole in the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street in Washington Heights. The Parks Department, which manages the path, said it had cordoned off the hole and was assessing the situation. As of yesterday, nothing much had changed in ten months -- except the hole has filled with leaves and grown slightly larger, swallowing more of the greenway path along with it. Now, the Parks Department says it has filled in the hole as a temporary measure.
April 7, 2014
Parks Department: City Hopes to Complete High Bridge Rehab This Year
Last year Mayor Bloomberg announced that the long-awaited restoration of the car-free High Bridge would be completed "by 2014." Work began soon after, and the Parks Department tells Streetsblog the rehab is slated to wrap before the year is over.
March 26, 2014
CB 12 Committee Endorses Ped Improvements at Chaotic Inwood Intersection
Long-awaited improvements to a hazardous Broadway crossing in Inwood could be implemented next year, if Community Board 12 passes a resolution that cleared the board's transportation committee this week.
November 7, 2013
Three New Yorkers, Including Two Seniors, Killed by Drivers in the Past Week
Three people were killed by motorists in NYC since last Friday, including two hit-and-run victims. Two of the victims were also senior citizens.
October 24, 2013