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DOT Has Ruled Out a Crosstown Bike Lane on 72nd Street [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Dec 17, 2015 | 55 Comments

DOT is studying routes for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side, but it looks like 72nd Street, which could provide a seamless route across Central Park, won’t be one of them. With the arrival of Citi Bike, neighborhood advocates have been pressing DOT to add more crosstown bike connections on the Upper East Side, which […]

De Blasio Gives DOT Permission to Put Safety Above Community Board Whims

By Brad Aaron | Dec 16, 2015 | 87 Comments

When DOT allows community boards to veto street safety projects, streets aren’t as safe for walking and biking as they could be. This year, for instance, when facing opposition or anticipating blowback from community boards, DOT watered down a road diet and other safety measures planned for Riverside Drive; proposed disjointed bike lanes for Kingston and Brooklyn […]

DOT, Chaim Deutsch, and CB 15 Set Stage for Latest MTA Pedestrian Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 15, 2015 | 10 Comments

An MTA bus driver killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Sheepshead Bay Monday. The crash happened at an intersection where DOT planned to eliminate bus turns, but the project was shelved in response to opposition from City Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Brooklyn Community Board 15. Eleonora Shulkin, 62, was crossing E. 17th Street at around 6 […]

DOT Weakened Riverside Drive Plan to Appease Manhattan CB 9 [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2015 | 53 Comments

DOT watered down and delayed an already half-hearted plan to make Riverside Drive safer for walking in deference to opposition from Manhattan Community Board 9. Riverside is a neighborhood street, lined by apartment buildings and parks. It also ranks in the top third of Manhattan streets in terms of the number of collisions, which is supposed to mean […]

CB 5 Committee to DOT: You Oughta Take a Traffic Lane Outta Sixth Avenue

By David Meyer | Nov 24, 2015 | 23 Comments

Like their counterparts at Community Board 4, members of the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee think DOT’s proposed redesign of Sixth Avenue isn’t bold enough. Unlike CB 4, the committee voted for the plan anyway in a unanimous decision last night. The proposal would add a protected bike lane from 14th Street to 33rd Street, narrowing […]

Upper East Side Community Board Asks DOT for Crosstown Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Nov 20, 2015 | 18 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 8 passed a resolution Wednesday night asking DOT for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. Currently the only east-west pair in the neighborhood is on 90th Street and 91st Street. With biking in the neighborhood on the rise and the recent arrival of Citi Bike, it’s increasingly obvious that’s not enough. […]

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