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Denny Farrell at Uptown Ped Safety Meeting: “I Drive Everywhere”
The intersection of 155th Street, Edgecombe Avenue, St. Nicholas Place, and Harlem River Driveway is a busy, complex web where pedestrians jockey with turning drivers to cross wide expanses of asphalt. DOT began studying the location after a request from Council Member Robert Jackson. A final design and community board review is months away, but at a meeting two weeks ago, DOT outlined some suggested fixes. Another notable development at the meeting: The Assembly member representing the area -- Herman "Denny" Farrell, the powerful chair of the Ways and Means Committee -- declared that he drives everywhere in his transit-dependent district.
August 27, 2013
Jhonn Carlos Fernandez, 35, Killed by Motorcyclist in Washington Heights
For the second time in less than a week, a motorcyclist has struck and killed a NYC pedestrian.
August 19, 2013
City Lays an Old Board Over Upper Manhattan Greenway Pit
The Parks Department doesn't know when a hole that opened up two months ago on the Hudson River Greenway will be repaired.
August 7, 2013
West Harlem Council Candidates Want Bike-Share, Complete 125th Street SBS
Candidates for a City Council seat on the west side of Upper Manhattan expressed support for bike-share expansion and complete Select Bus Service on 125th Street at a campaign forum last night. Some candidates urged the city to restore the original SBS plan and extend the bus lane west, after DOT curtailed its proposal to the delight of State Senator Bill Perkins.
July 10, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Hole in the Hudson River Greenway in Washington Heights
A tipster sent us photos of what looks like a sinkhole in the Hudson River Greenway just north of 181st Street, in Washington Heights. These shots were taken Sunday morning.
June 17, 2013
At Long Last, DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan
Responding to years of citizen advocacy and a resolution from Manhattan Community Board 12, DOT has proposed bike lanes for a number of streets in Upper Manhattan.
June 6, 2013
Daily News Tries Race-Baiting to Gin Up Controversy Over Safer Streets
It's truly amazing how much work the tabloids put into opposing measures that save lives. Take today's Daily News, which resorted to race-baiting to gin up controversy over hard-won bike lanes in Upper Manhattan.
May 29, 2013
NYPD Rarely Enforces Speed Limit on Deadly Broadway in Upper Manhattan
In our Tuesday post on the Tri-State Transportation Campaign's latest "Most Dangerous Roads for Walking" report, we noted the concentration of pedestrian deaths on Broadway in Washington Heights, where pedestrian islands, protected bike lanes and other safety features are not present above 168th Street.
February 28, 2013
Ray Kelly’s NYC: No Charges for Driver Who Dragged Woman Under Cab
A reader has identified the woman wounded by a cab driver in Upper Manhattan Sunday evening as Amy Fass of Washington Heights. The crash occurred in the 34th Precinct, where officers issued two speeding tickets in the last three months of 2012.
February 27, 2013
Gas Station Gridlock Snares Buses, NYPD Resources in Washington Heights
If yellow cabs and livery cabs can't get gas, that's a problem, especially when train service is limited and buses are packed. But many of the cars in this line, which clogged one lane of Broadway from 168th to 174th Street in Washington Heights this afternoon, were private vehicles.
November 1, 2012