Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

DOT Waffles on Bed-Stuy Ped Safety Project After Resistance From CB 3

By Stephen Miller | May 22, 2015 | 3 Comments

A plan to improve safety at a busy Bedford-Stuyvesant intersection [PDF] may not move forward after members of Brooklyn Community Board 3 opposed it, according to two CB 3 transportation committee members. DOT’s Claudette Workman revealed the news at the CB 3 transportation committee meeting on May 13, said Shawn Onsgard, a public member of the committee. “She just said […]

CB 7 Chair Says Its Street Safety Task Force Isn’t About Street Safety

By Stephen Miller | May 14, 2015 | 14 Comments

At the beginning of 2014, drivers killed three people — Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee — on the Upper West Side in a matter of days. Neighbors turned out by the hundreds at vigils for the victims, and came out again to pack meetings demanding action. In response, Community Board 7 formed a street safety task force. More […]

Why Is Queens BP Melinda Katz Refusing to Divulge 2015 CB Appointments?

By Brad Aaron | May 12, 2015 | 6 Comments

Streetsblog has filed a freedom of information request after Queens Borough President Melinda Katz refused to provide us a list of 2015 community board appointments. Community boards play an outsized role in determining how safe New York City streets are for walking, biking, and driving. Though their votes are supposed to be advisory, DOT rarely […]

Canarsie Set to Get On-Street Bike/Ped Connection to Jamaica Bay Greenway

By Stephen Miller | May 11, 2015 | 4 Comments

DOT has proposed a 1.75-mile on-street biking and walking path from Flatlands Avenue to the Jamaica Bay Greenway [PDF]. The plan received the support of Brooklyn Community Board 18, which had rejected bike lanes proposed for other streets in the neighborhood. The project route follows Shore Parkway, E. 102nd Street, Seaview Avenue, and E. 108th Street, which border Canarsie Park […]

DOT Proposes Road Diets for Two Uptown Avenues

By Stephen Miller | May 8, 2015 | 8 Comments

Two dangerous uptown avenues could get road diets and bike lanes this summer under a DOT plan presented to the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee on Monday [PDF]. A plan for Sherman Avenue received the committee’s support, while a design for St. Nicholas Avenue is headed for at least one more month of review. There were 25 serious […]

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