West Harlem
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DOT Is Finally Bringing Riverside Drive in Line With 25 MPH City Speed Limit
When the new citywide 25 miles per hour speed limit took effect a year ago, DOT carved out some exceptions, retaining speed limits of 30 or 35 mph on some surface streets.
December 4, 2015
West Harlemites Put Bike Lanes Back in the Picture for Broadway Redesign
West Harlem residents succeeded in getting NYC DOT to consider adding bike lanes to a road diet project for Broadway between W. 153rd and W. 135th. But they had to fight for it during Thursday night’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting.
November 6, 2015
Momentum Builds For Safety Improvements on Broadway in West Harlem
West Harlem residents are rallying support for safety improvements on Broadway between 135th Street and 153rd Street ahead of a vote on a DOT redesign proposal at tonight's Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting.
November 5, 2015
Construction Begins on New 151st Street Bridge to Hudson River Greenway
The state broke ground this month on a new pedestrian and bicycle bridge linking West Harlem with the Hudson River Greenway.
August 28, 2015
Eyes on the Street: West 125th Street Gets Its Bus Lanes
It's finally happening. More than a year after bus lanes were installed on 125th Street east of Lenox Avenue, the first signs have appeared that DOT will soon be painting red bus-only lanes in West Harlem.
August 19, 2015
Denny Farrell Says We Got His Street Safety Rant Wrong; Here’s the Audio
Assembly Member Denny Farrell, chairman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee, played a key role in the death of congestion pricing. More recently, he's been a regular at Upper Manhattan community board meetings, where he inveighs against traffic safety projects. Now, he's spending his time writing letters to bloggers.
August 12, 2015
Levine and Rodriguez Press DOT to Implement West Harlem Bus Lanes ASAP
Transit advocates and Upper Manhattan elected officials gathered this morning at the corner of Amsterdam Avenue and 125th Street to urge DOT to extend bus lanes on 125th Street to West Harlem as soon as possible.
July 16, 2015
Will CB 9 Take Its Cues From a Denny Farrell Rant Against a Safer Broadway?
Council Member Mark Levine and the local precinct commander spoke in support of a traffic safety plan [PDF] for a deadly stretch of Broadway last night at a Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. Then Denny Farrell, chair of the New York State Assembly's powerful ways and means committee, let loose with a nonsensical rant against the plan.
July 10, 2015
Tonight: Community Board 9 Weighs Fix for Dangerous Stretch of Broadway
A street safety plan [PDF] for Broadway in West Harlem is going before the Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee tonight. The redesign is a road diet similar to other DOT projects that have reduced deaths and injuries, but CB 9 members also have a track record of opposing attempts to improve safety by removing car lanes.
July 9, 2015
Bus Lanes Coming to 125th Street in West Harlem This Summer
Bus riders may not be stuck in crosstown traffic on 125th Street much longer. DOT plans to extend bus lanes from Lenox Avenue to Morningside Avenue this summer [PDF].
April 3, 2015