Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Another UWS Pedestrian Killed as Safety Recommendations Sit on the Shelf

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2014 | 31 Comments

A proposal for safety improvements on the Upper West Side might have prevented the crash that killed a pedestrian Thursday, but the plan was not acted upon by Community Board 7 or DOT. At approximately 11 a.m. yesterday a 50-year-old motorist turning left from W. 95th Street onto West End Avenue struck Jean Chambers in […]

One of the Most Dangerous Streets in the Bronx Is Getting a Road Diet

By Stephen Miller | Jul 7, 2014 | 10 Comments

White Plains Road, running 2.8 miles between East Tremont and Birchall Avenues, is one of the Bronx’s most dangerous streets, with more traffic deaths and severe injuries than 90 percent of the other streets in the borough. Most of this wide, overbuilt road is set to receive a road diet by September, converting two lanes […]

Slow Zones, Safer Arterials Win Over CBs in Manhattan and Queens

By Stephen Miller | Jun 20, 2014 | 1 Comment

At its annual outdoor meeting in Diversity Plaza last night, Queens Community Board 3 voted to support two traffic safety projects: a new neighborhood Slow Zone in Jackson Heights and nine additional pedestrian refuge islands on Northern Boulevard, one of the borough’s most dangerous arterial streets. “It was not very contentious at all. It was […]

Three Years After Voting Down Bike Lane, CB 10 Weighs Bay Ridge Bike Plan

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2014 | 2 Comments

Three years ago, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio cheered as Brooklyn Community Board 10 helped kill a bike lane proposal. Tonight, there’s a very different story unfolding: Responding to CB 10’s request for new bike routes, Mayor de Blasio’s DOT has proposed a bike lane plan for the neighborhood. The plan under consideration tonight [PDF] is different […]

CB 6 Supports Murray Hill Bikeway If DOT Will Move It to Other Side of Street

By Stephen Miller | Jun 12, 2014 | 4 Comments

Last night, Manhattan Community Board 6 threatened to stall bikeway improvements connecting the East River Greenway with Murray Hill, because a group of condo owners opposed one piece of it. But a last-minute compromise seems to have cleared the way for the project. The plan [PDF] would improve the surface of the East River Greenway near Glick […]

Tonight: Speak Up for a Safe East River Greenway Bike Connection

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2014 | 8 Comments

Last week, Manhattan Community Board 6’s transportation committee voted in favor of a plan to make it safer to access the East River Greenway from bike lanes on First and Second Avenue. But implementation isn’t guaranteed yet. Supporters of the plan will need to make their voices heard at CB 6’s full board meeting tonight, […]

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