Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Brooklyn Community Board 10 Tells DOT It’s Finally Ready for Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Jun 25, 2012 | 2 Comments

Thirteen months ago, Brooklyn Community Board 10 voted against painting a bike lane on Bay Ridge Parkway. The lane would have removed neither a travel lane nor parking from the road, but was still voted down by an overwhelming margin: 32 to 8. Council Members Dominic Recchia, Vincent Gentile, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio […]

Developers, CB 2: Let’s Repurpose Downtown Brooklyn’s Empty Parking

By Noah Kazis | Jun 21, 2012 | 17 Comments

Parking reform in Downtown Brooklyn doesn’t go far enough, said developers at a public hearing last night, and the land use committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2 agreed. They want reduced parking requirements to apply not only to new buildings, as proposed by the Department of City Planning, but also to existing buildings and developments […]

CB 10 Scales Back Adam Clayton Powell Safety Improvements [Updated]

By Noah Kazis | Jun 20, 2012 | 11 Comments

Responding to the local community board, NYC DOT has shrunk its proposal for safety improvements on Harlem’s deadly Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. The revised plan only covers half the distance initially proposed. And even with that concession, the board has yet to approve the plan to expand the road’s medians and slow speeding traffic. In […]

DOT Proposes Traffic-Calming Redesign for Deadly Adam Clayton Powell Blvd

By Noah Kazis | May 10, 2012 | 12 Comments

After more than three years of delay and debate, safety improvements may finally be coming to one of Harlem’s deadliest avenues. Under a plan tentatively okayed by Manhattan Community Board 10’s transportation committee last night [PDF], Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard will get wider medians, shorter crossing distances, and narrower traffic lanes in an attempt […]

Off-Board Fare Payment Means MTA Can Run 24 More 34th St. Buses a Day

By Noah Kazis | May 8, 2012 | 3 Comments

Changes to bus service on 34th Street have improved travel times and bus frequencies and have increased ridership, according to MTA data presented to the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 last night. Even speedier and more reliable crosstown rides are expected after the next stages of the street redesign are phased in over […]

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