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Eyes on the Street: NYPD’s Traffic Enforcement Resources at Work
Here's another story of how Police Commissioner Ray Kelly allows his scarce traffic safety resources to be spent. Reader Marc Norman took this picture after an encounter at the base of the Williamsburg Bridge bike-ped path this morning. He writes:
April 21, 2011
Eyes on the Street: The Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge Bike Approach
Clarence sends along a few more shots from the beginning of construction season. These come from Queens Plaza, where the two-way bike approach to the Queensboro Bridge is extending eastward.
April 20, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Two Lanes of Ped Space Coming to Chelsea Subway Stop
Construction is underway at the intersection of 23rd Street and Seventh Avenue in Manhattan, where DOT is building new pedestrian refuge islands and a sidewalk extension to provide some extra space around a busy subway station. The intersection, currently in the 99th percentile for severity-weighted traffic injuries in the city, will also have its signals adjusted to give pedestrians more conflict-free time to cross the street. The new plaza extends across two of Seventh Avenue's six lanes on the southern side of the intersection.
April 12, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Gabbing on Garfield Street, After the Parade
Thought you might enjoy this street scene from Garfield Place yesterday afternoon, sent by reader Jeff Prant. The Park Slope St. Patrick's Day Parade had passed through earlier in the day, leaving in its wake some neighborly conversation. I'm guessing Donald Appleyard would have liked this picture.
March 21, 2011
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Cruiser Rammed in Park Slope
Courtesy of reader Joanna Oltman Smith, this was the scene in Park Slope this morning, hours after a collision between a speeding driver and NYPD officers on Fifth Avenue between Sixth and Seventh Streets. Details from the Brooklyn Paper:
March 15, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Media Envy in DC
In Washington for the National Bike Summit, Clarence Eckerson snapped a shot of this ad for the capital's NBC affiliate and its reporter Joe Krebs (described in his bio as "an avid swimmer and cyclist").
March 9, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Negotiating Lafayette and Broome Sans Traffic Controls
Some utility work apparently knocked out the traffic controls at the intersection of Lafayette and Broome this afternoon. No traffic signals, no pedestrian signals, no traffic agent telling people what to do. I had to stop and watch for a few minutes.
March 2, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Wrong Way
I'm really into this signage, spotted by Flickr user c34 on Broadway at 18th Street. I think the bike symbol should be bigger, but in general, NYC should have more of these. What's your take?
February 25, 2011
Eyes on the Street: Breakfast in the Bike Lane
The sun rose in the east today. In other news, a cycling Streetsblog reader found her path to work impeded by New York's Finest.
February 16, 2011