Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

CB 1 Stalls Bike Lane Because of “Left Turn of Death” Where No One Has Died

By David Meyer | Oct 13, 2016 | 6 Comments

The leadership at Brooklyn Community Board 1 is pulling out all the stops to delay or block DOT’s plan for safer bike infrastructure on the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. After a meeting last month, CB 1 leadership sent a packet to all board members arguing that the project should not move forward until DOT makes changes at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and […]

Brooklyn CB 1 Wants to Delay Metropolitan Ave Bridge Bike Lane Some More

By David Meyer | Sep 16, 2016 | 13 Comments

On Wednesday night, Brooklyn Community Board 1 voted 18 to 8 against a DOT plan to add a bike lane connecting Bushwick and Ridgewood via the Metropolitan Avenue Bridge. Technically, the board voted against making a recommendation on the project, but after two years of deliberation already, the decision to withhold an endorsement is tantamount to opposition. The Metropolitan […]

Bronx CB 8 Delays Vote on Play Street Where Driver Killed 8-Year-Old

By Brad Aaron | Aug 10, 2016 | 5 Comments

Bronx Community Board 8 delayed a decision on whether to approve a play street application from the school where a motorist killed 8-year-old Rylee Ramos, when people complained that a play street at a different school would interfere with their driving. The Riverdale Press reports that the 50th Precinct has joined P.S. 307, Horace Mann School, and St. Margaret’s […]

Matt von Ohlen’s Friends and Family Call for Grand Street Protected Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 10, 2016 | 17 Comments

The family and friends of Matthew von Ohlen pleaded with Brooklyn Community Board 1 to support a protected bike lane on Williamsburg’s Grand Street, where the 35-year-old was killed while biking by a hit-and-run driver on July 3. Matthew’s father Bernt von Ohlen and other friends and supporters were joined by Council Member Antonio Reynoso, but the board did […]

Vacca Blames Bronx CB for Deadly Street Design, But He’s Culpable Too

By Brad Aaron | Jul 12, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT failed to make safety improvements to the deadly stretch of East Tremont Avenue where a driver struck and killed cyclist Giovanni Nin last month, and City Council Member James Vacca says Bronx Community Board 10 is to blame. In the spring of 2015 DOT put forward a road diet plan for East Tremont between Williamsbridge Road and […]

Tonight: See DOT’s Plan for 16 More Blocks of 2nd Avenue Protected Bikeway

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2016 | 10 Comments

Later today, NYC DOT will present its plan to install a protected bike lane on Second Avenue between the Queensboro Bridge/59th Street and 43rd Street to the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee. The project would significantly shrink the gaps in the southbound protected bike lane but still leave cyclists exposed for several blocks approaching both the […]

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