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CB 1 Committee Endorses DOT Plan for Tribeca Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Sep 16, 2013 | 8 Comments

The Tribeca committee of Manhattan Community Board 1 passed a resolution last week in support of a DOT proposal to add bicycle lanes on Church Street and West Broadway [PDF]. The plan was modified from an earlier version to expand pedestrian space on the triangle between Sixth Avenue, Church Street, White Street, and Franklin Street. The new plan […]

What the Manhattan BP Candidates Said About Bike-Share Last Night

By Stephen Miller | Aug 29, 2013 | 7 Comments

Borough presidents have limited power, but the influence they wield can still make a big difference for livable streets, especially by making community board appointments and weighing in during the city’s land use review process. The four Democratic candidates for Manhattan borough president — City Council members Gale Brewer, Robert Jackson, and Jessica Lappin, plus former Community […]

Queens CB 5 Set to Move Ahead With Bike Lane Planning, Plaza Construction

By Stephen Miller | Aug 28, 2013 | 15 Comments

In Queens, Community Board 2 has garnered attention for its partnership with DOT on bike route planning. Immediately to the southeast, CB 5 has been busy working with the Department of City Planning on a parallel effort to map out routes in Ridgewood, Maspeth, and Middle Village that could receive bike lanes as soon as fall […]

Bay Ridge CB Chair Disses Fourth Avenue Road Diet, Proposes Non-Starter

By Stephen Miller | Aug 5, 2013 | 5 Comments

After months of work between local residents and DOT, a plan for a road diet on Fourth Avenue in Bay Ridge, advanced by Brooklyn Community Board 10’s transportation committee in May, was taken up by the full board in June. After many members said they had trouble understanding the proposal, the board voted to delay […]

Brooklyn CB 6 Reverses Course, Supports Fourth Avenue Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Jul 11, 2013 | 32 Comments

One month after Brooklyn Community Board 6 passed a resolution condemning DOT’s safety proposal for Fourth Avenue, upending months of public workshops and the decision of its own transportation committee, the full board voted 21-3, with two abstentions, to support a modified version of the plan at a special meeting last night. Beginning in February, DOT held public workshops to […]

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Is This the First NYC Community Board Meeting Held in a Public Plaza?

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 21, 2013 | No Comments

I can’t say with certainty that this is the first NYC community board meeting held in a public plaza, but it certainly is the first I’ve heard of in my 22 years in New York City. On Thursday, Queens Community Board 3 held their monthly meeting amid the hustle and bustle of Jackson Heights’ Diversity Plaza on […]

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