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Citizens Propose Cycle Track Greenway Connector in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2008 | 29 Comments

Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive: a confusing, foreboding free-for-all Livable streets advocates in Northern Manhattan are proposing a cycle track, similar to the one on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea, to link the Hudson River and Harlem River Greenways at 200th/Dyckman Street in Inwood. Dyckman currently has bike lanes at its east and west […]

DOT: Relax Brooklyn, Parking Permits Not Just for Downtown

By Ben Fried | Feb 5, 2008 | 19 Comments

Borough Prez Candidate De Blasio Qualifies His Opposition to Congestion Pricing A crowd of nearly 200 filed into the auditorium at St. Francis College in downtown Brooklyn last night, ready to pop a few questions to DOT about residential parking programs. But first, three of Brooklyn’s City Council members gave some of their first public […]

Bronxites Pick Parking Over People

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2008 | No Comments

Residents of the Zerega Avenue section of the Bronx are upset that beds for the sick will be putting a crimp in neighborhood parking stock. The Bronx Times reports that a new four-story building on the corner of Herschell Street and Westchester Avenue, with apartments and a ground-floor medical facility, will be exempt from parking […]

What is Your Idea for Grand Army Plaza?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2008 | 2 Comments

The Grand Army Plaza Coalition, which recently won a grant from the Design Trust for Public Spaces, has launched an Ideas Competition for its Reinventing Grand Army Plaza project. If you want to participate, answer the following questions in full sentences, and email your responses by the end of the week to survey@reinventingGAP.org. 1. What […]

Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 11, 2007 | 19 Comments

It looks like the street redesign around the Manhattan entrance of the Manhattan Bridge is nearing completion. Considering that Transportation Alternatives has been pushing for these fixes for years, that was pretty fast. DOT presented its plan to the local Community Board, to unanimous approval, in July; sketched out the lines on the street in […]

Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 5, 2007 | 23 Comments

It looks like 5th Precinct Commanding Officer Gin Yee, the Sheriff of Chinatown, is laying down the law once again. A Streetsblog tipster spotted these tow trucks as they were removing government placard abusers from their illegal parking spots in Chinatown. While it’s refreshing to see the police "towing their own," the tipster notes that […]

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