Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Morningside Road Diet Supporters Try to Find Common Ground With CB 10

By Stephen Miller | Mar 14, 2014 | 21 Comments

Wednesday night, Harlem road diet supporters and opponents met in an attempt to find common ground on what can be done to improve safety on Morningside Avenue. The move comes in advance of DOT releasing a second plan for the street, after its first design encountered opposition from Community Board 10. The plan to calm traffic […]

CB 2 Panel Unanimously Supports Lafayette-4th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Mar 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

In a unanimous 9-0 vote last night, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee endorsed a DOT plan to upgrade a buffered bike lane on Lafayette Street and Fourth Avenue to a parking-protected lane, complete with new pedestrian islands, car lanes of an appropriate width for the city, and improved signal timing for pedestrians. The plan […]

Tonight: Support a Safer Lafayette Street at Manhattan CB 2

By Ben Fried | Mar 6, 2014 | 11 Comments

One of the first new street redesigns of the de Blasio administration calls for upgrading the northbound section of the Lafayette Street bike lane, between Spring and 14th Street, from a buffered lane to a protected lane. Manhattan Community Board 2 will consider the proposal tonight, and if you want a safer Lafayette Street it’s […]

Bed Stuy CB Chair: Street Safety “Not an Issue in Our Community”

By Stephen Miller | Feb 27, 2014 | 16 Comments

Earlier this month, Brooklyn Community Board 3 voted against a 20 mph Slow Zone in Clinton Hill and Bedford-Stuyvesant. In a recent interview, CB 3 Chair Tremaine Wright told Streetsblog that the board voted against it in part because dangerous driving is not an issue in the neighborhood, and Slow Zone supporters did not demonstrate that […]

Brooklyn CB 7 Working for Safer Streets in Sunset Park

By Brad Aaron and Stephen Miller | Feb 13, 2014 | 7 Comments

Community Board 7 in Brooklyn continues to emerge as a force for safer neighborhood streets. This week, the CB 7 transportation and public safety committees held a joint meeting to address pedestrian safety issues in the district, which encompasses Sunset Park and Windsor Terrace. The board also sent a letter this month to the 72nd […]

Safer, Saner Brooklyn Bridge Entrance on Track for Next Year

By Stephen Miller | Feb 12, 2014 | 30 Comments

After years of planning and advocacy, an effort to improve the dangerous, ugly asphalt expanse on the Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge is set to take a big step forward tonight. Community Board 2 is meeting to vote on a resolution in support of a plan to expand space for walking and biking, realign car […]

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