Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

Tonight: Upper Manhattanites Finally Get to Talk About Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2011 | 4 Comments

After years of delays, a citizen-generated plan for a separated bike path in Upper Manhattan will get an audience tonight. The Dyckman Greenway Connector would, as the name suggests, link the east- and west-side Greenways a short distance from the northern tip of Manhattan, in Inwood, completing an uptown circuit for commuters and recreational riders. […]

Missing Details Prevent CB Vote for Bay Ridge Summer Streets, for Now

By Noah Kazis | Jun 10, 2011 | 4 Comments

The traffic and transportation committee of Brooklyn CB 10 endorsed the concept of a weekend street closure along Bay Ridge’s Third Avenue Wednesday night, but due to a large number of unknowns, they held off on voting for the actual proposal. The elected officials supporting the Bay Ridge Summer Streets plan — State Senator Marty […]

CB 10 Committee Latest Unanimous Vote For Car-Free Central Park Trial

By Noah Kazis | Jun 9, 2011 | No Comments

Another day, another unanimous show of support for a summertime trial of a car-free Central Park. Last night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 10, representing central Harlem, voted seven to zero in favor of the car-free trial, with one abstention. The list of Manhattan community board votes supporting the trial period has grown […]

Car-Free Central Park Trial Picks Up More Community Board Endorsements

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2011 | 3 Comments

Support for a car-free Central Park trial is gaining momentum, with three additional community board nods. There are two proposals in play. The first would close the park to cars for four months, from the July 4 weekend through the first weekend in November. A second plan, from the Manhattan Borough Board (borough boards are […]

Why Did Vincent Gentile Boot Pro-Bike Member From Community Board 10?

By Noah Kazis | Jun 8, 2011 | 11 Comments

The Department of Transportation has made it a de facto policy not to implement major changes to the streets without a favorable vote from the local community board. The idea is to defer to a group perceived as representing the will of the entire neighborhood. But these bodies are only as representative as the borough […]

Despite Biased Meeting, CB 6 Committee Endorses DOT Bike Lane Plan

By Noah Kazis | Jun 7, 2011 | 4 Comments

NYC DOT’s proposed design for bike lanes from 34th Street to 57th Street along First and Second Avenues, which call for a protected lane on First Avenue from 34th to 49th Streets and shared lanes everywhere else, earned the endorsement of Community Board 6’s transportation committee last night. The 7-5 vote in favor of DOT’s […]

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