Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

CB Action Tomorrow: New Bike Routes for Harlem and Greenwich Village

By Ben Fried | Apr 13, 2009 | 20 Comments

A buffered bike lane is slated to replace a traffic lane on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard. Image: NYCDOT [PDF] Two Manhattan community boards are meeting Tuesday evening to discuss new bike routes planned by DOT. If you’d like to support the proposals, and perhaps nudge DOT to beef up some of the provisions for […]

Livable Streets Foe Unmasked as Mini-Madoff

By Ben Fried | Mar 27, 2009 | 7 Comments

MacPherson claims he’s innocent. Earlier this week Suffolk County prosecutors charged Donald MacPherson, proprietor of a Manhattan S&M dungeon, with orchestrating a $50 million mortgage fraud out in Southampton. If, like me, you have only a fleeting familiarity with the subterranean torture fetish community, you’re probably wondering, "Who is Don MacPherson?" Well, in addition to […]

Monday: Support Safer Chinatown Streets

By Ben Fried | Feb 20, 2009 | 10 Comments

Since 1997, three pedestrians have been killed and dozens injured in collisions near Chatham Square, according to CrashStat. In November 2006, Manhattan Community Board 3 voiced support for "a comprehensive, community-inclusive initiative to study, identify and build consensus around strategies to improve the safety and connectivity of walking, bicycling and public transportation." Now there’s a […]

Tonight: Support Major Ped and Bike Improvements at CB3 Meeting

By Ben Fried | Feb 11, 2009 | 5 Comments

Pedestrian plazas would reclaim six intersections connecting the Allen and Pike Street malls. Apologies for the last-minute heads up, but livable streets supporters in Chinatown and the Lower East Side won’t want to miss this action at Community Board 3 tonight. A DOT project to expand pedestrian space and add center median protected bike paths […]

CB 12 Committee Says “No” to Parking Permits for All Teachers

By Brad Aaron | Feb 3, 2009 | 15 Comments

As we reported last week, Maria Baez and a handful of other City Council members want to issue free parking permits to every public school teacher in New York City. As the system presently employs some 95,000 full-time teachers, in addition to 18,000 part-time teachers and paraprofessionals, Intro 894 would encourage hundreds of thousands of […]

Cyclist Turnout Impressive at CB1 Meeting on Kent Ave Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2009 | 34 Comments

The Kent Ave. bike lane at work. Photo: New York Times Supporters of the besieged Kent Avenue bike lane made a strong showing at last night’s meeting of Brooklyn Community Board 1. About 150 people showed up, says Transportation Alternatives’ Elena Santogade, and of the 60 or so speakers, only three opposed the current configuration. […]

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