Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking

By Streetsblog | May 9, 2008 | 25 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron: At the Queens Community Board 2 general meeting on Thursday, May 1, with no vote by board members, Chair Joe Conley delayed the board’s input on the Department of Transportation’s planned pedestrian and cyclist improvements to Vernon Boulevard, an important link in the proposed Queens East River […]

Brooklyn CB1 Approves Bike Path in Place of Parking

By Ben Fried | Apr 10, 2008 | 12 Comments

Here’s how space is divvied up on Kent Avenue today… On Tuesday night, Community Board 1 in north Brooklyn voted 39-2 to support adding a separated bike path to Kent Avenue, a truck route through Williamsburg and Greenpoint. The path will be part of the Brooklyn Greenway, which is slated to follow the waterfront from […]

Tonight: Support a Bike-Friendly North Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

Congestion pricing may be dead for the moment, but livable streets advocates can’t afford to let that sap our strength or motivation. There are plenty of changes to be made that need grassroots support — and not one iota of approval from Albany — to reach fruition. One of those measures will face a crucial […]

Community Boards Set to Review Livable Streets Proposals

By Brad Aaron | Apr 1, 2008 | 7 Comments

Over the next week or so, community boards in Queens, Manhattan and Brooklyn will take up planned livable streets projects, as described below. Thursday, April 3 – Queens CB2: A street conversion of Barnett Avenue to a one-way westbound from Woodside Avenue to 39th Avenue, and a request for speed bumps at several locations along […]

Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2008 | 9 Comments

Almost six months after DOT installed "controversial" new cross-town bike lanes on the Upper East Side, Manhattan’s Community Board 8, which opposed the city’s plan for lanes on 91st Street, has formed a "91st Street Task Force." Of particular concern last year was the feared intrusion of cyclists into a section of 91st Street, between […]

DeKalb Avenue Could Become a More Complete Street

By Ben Fried | Mar 17, 2008 | 14 Comments

One of DeKalb Avenue’s potential new configurations. A major route to Downtown Brooklyn and its East River crossings is set to receive some crucial safety improvements this summer. You can learn more about it tonight, when DOT presents its DeKalb Avenue Traffic Calming and Bicycle Lane Project (download it) to Brooklyn Community Board 3’s Transportation […]

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