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Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Islands on College Point Boulevard in Flushing
Clarence took these shots of new pedestrian islands going in on College Point Boulevard in Flushing. "I counted seven or eight between between 33rd and Maple Avenues," he says.
September 17, 2013
Eyes on the Street: The Everyday Perils of Being an NYC Pedestrian
Yesterday I observed the driver of this tanker truck do a U-turn at Broadway and 204th Street in order to pull up to a gas station.
September 11, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Island Construction on Columbus Avenue
DOT continues to make progress with the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane. Doug Gordon sent us these shots, taken this morning, of pedestrian island construction at 75th and 73rd Streets.
September 5, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Traffic Calming, 20 MPH Zone at Williamsbridge Oval
Marcus Garvey Park in Harlem isn't the only green space receiving traffic calming improvements this summer. In the Bronx, Friends of the Williamsbridge Oval waged a fight with DOT to get crosswalks and pedestrian space near their park in the Norwood neighborhood. Now, a plan [PDF] presented to Community Board 7 this spring has been implemented.
August 23, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Safer Streets Around Marcus Garvey Park
In January, the Mount Morris Park Community Improvement Association was working with DOT to calm the streets around Marcus Garvey Park. Now, those changes are being implemented.
August 21, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Who Will Protect the Protected Bike Lane From NYPD?
Reader David Holowka sent these photos of NYPD breaking the law and putting cyclists' lives at risk on Eighth Avenue, across from Madison Square Garden near a massive Citi Bike station.
August 9, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Inaugural Ride on Co-Op City’s First Bike Lanes
On Sunday, a group of about 30 cyclists, organized by the Bronx Activist Committee of Transportation Alternatives, rode on the Bronx's newest bicycle lanes in Co-Op City. The lanes, which run on 222nd Street, Co-Op City Boulevard, and soon Bartow Avenue, provide connections within Co-Op City and to the Bronx River Greenway.
August 6, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Brownsville Celebrates Its New Bike Lanes
They may be just paint, but bike lanes and sharrows on New Lots Avenue, Pitkin Avenue, Mother Gaston Boulevard, Hendrix Street, and Schenck Avenue are the first step toward implementing a community-based plan for better bicycling in Brownsville. This morning, about 35 people took part in a celebratory ride of the neighborhood's first bike lanes organized by the Brownsville Partnership.
July 23, 2013
Eyes on the Street: The Columbus Avenue Bike Lane, Part Two
The Columbus Avenue protected bike lane won't be a disconnected stub much longer. DOT is striping extensions of the bike lane south from 77th Street and north from 96th Street this summer, following a supportive vote from Manhattan Community Board 7 in February. Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton sent in this shot looking south from 76th Street this morning.
July 22, 2013
Eyes on the Street: Adam Clayton Powell Now Safer, With or Without CB 10
Harlem's Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, connecting Macombs Dam Bridge to Central Park, has long been a dangerous speedway. DOT clocked drivers traveling as fast as 52 mph on the six-lane divided road, with up to two-thirds of evening drivers going above the 30 mph speed limit. Between 2006 and 2012, twelve pedestrians were killed on the boulevard, which sees more serious injuries and fatalities than 88 percent of Manhattan streets.
July 16, 2013