Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

With CB 8 Vote, East Side Bikeway Ready to Run From Houston to 125th

By Noah Kazis | Sep 22, 2011 | 10 Comments

Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 8 voted in favor of building a protected bike lane on First Avenue between 60th Street and 96th Street. Once construction is finished, the lane will be one segment of a complete street running from Houston to 125th with Select Bus Service, protected bike lanes and […]

CB 8 Committee May Not Love Cyclists, But Still Votes for Safer First Avenue

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2011 | 18 Comments

On the Upper East Side, community board members are willing to vote for safer streets, so long as they can vent about cyclists beforehand. After a discussion that emphasized bad bike behavior, the transportation committee of Community Board 8 voted 9-2, with one abstention, to support the construction of a protected bike lane on First […]

Manhattan Borough Board Unanimously Endorses Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Noah Kazis | Jul 22, 2011 | 5 Comments

Though Mayor Bloomberg has ruled out the possibility of implementing a car-free Central Park trial this year, opting for further data collection instead, public support for the proposal continues to grow. At a meeting of the Manhattan Borough Board yesterday, the car-free trial picked up support from still more community boards and new City Council […]

Plans For First Two Crosstown Central Park Bike-Ped Paths Take Shape

By Noah Kazis | Jul 13, 2011 | 27 Comments

Details are emerging about the plan to create shared bike/pedestrian paths cutting east-west across Central Park. The first two paths are likely to officially open on a trial basis in September, cutting across the park at roughly 102nd Street and 96th Street, said Central Park Conservancy community relations manager Caroline Greenleaf at a Community Board […]

Community Board 9 Endorses Car-Free Park Trial, Reverses Committee Vote

By Noah Kazis | Jun 17, 2011 | No Comments

Manhattan Community Board 9 became the latest to endorse a car-free Central Park trial last night. By a vote of 32-9 with five abstentions, the board overwhelmingly overturned the 2-1 vote of its transportation committee, which had been the only committee in the borough not to endorse the plan thus far. CB 9 is the […]

CB 8 Votes For Car-Free Park Trial, Declares All Cyclists Scofflaws

By Ben Fried | Jun 17, 2011 | 24 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 8 voted Wednesday night in favor of a car-free Central Park trial this summer, joining an increasingly long list of community boards in support of the proposal. My unofficial tally of the roll call had the final vote at 36-8 in favor. The car-free park trial has picked up committee votes at […]

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