Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

CB 7 May Form Task Force to Work Out Columbus Ave Delivery Kinks

By Noah Kazis | Nov 11, 2010 | 16 Comments

After a chaotic committee meeting Monday, Manhattan Community Board 7 was able to discuss the implementation of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane far more productively at its full meeting Tuesday night, according to people who attended. The discussion of the new street design may lead to the creation of a community board task force […]

Merchant Ire Over Deliveries, Placards Dominates UWS Bike Lane Meeting

By Noah Kazis | Nov 9, 2010 | 45 Comments

Columbus Avenue merchants on the two blocks between 81st and 83rd Street led a chorus of complaints against that avenue’s new protected bike lane at a raucous meeting of Manhattan CB 7’s transportation committee last night. The committee co-chairs limited the discussion only to criticism of the bike lane, which runs from 96th to 77th […]

CB 12 Squabbling Delays Upper Manhattan Bike Lane Discussion

By Noah Kazis | Nov 5, 2010 | 7 Comments

Build bike lanes? Manhattan’s Community Board 12 doesn’t even want to talk about bike lanes. When members of the Inwood-Washington Heights Livable Streets Group showed up with local bike lane supporters to what was supposed to be a public hearing on the issue Monday night, the transportation committee chair informed them that there wasn’t any […]

Heads Up: Columbus Ave Bike Lane Discussion Not Happening Tonight

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2010 | No Comments

Adjust your calendars: Manhattan CB 7 is pushing back its full board meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, to next Tuesday, the 9th. So you have a few more days to hone your Columbus Avenue bike lane testimony.

If the Streets Get Safer, Southern Brooklyn Residents Will Ride

By Noah Kazis | Oct 7, 2010 | 9 Comments

Southern Brooklyn isn’t necessarily known as the epicenter of New York City cycling. Car-ownership rates are some of the highest in the city, and elected officials from the area tend to be particularly vocal livable streets opponents. But a recent, admittedly unscientific, survey shows that there’s a hunger for bike infrastructure from Sheepshead Bay to […]

CB 11 Committee Approves Safety Fixes for Harlem River Park Access

By Noah Kazis | Oct 6, 2010 | 5 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 11’s transportation committee voted in favor of a slate of safety improvements along the Harlem River waterfront last night, a project that will give New Yorkers better access to the underutilized Harlem River Park. Changes like pedestrian refuge islands, sidewalk extensions, and leading pedestrian intervals got a thumbs up from committee members, […]

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