Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Aiming to Reduce Car Use Around Brooklyn’s New Park

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 25, 2006 | 8 Comments

Some excellent news just came across the transom in a press release from the Downtown Brooklyn Waterfront Local Development Corporation. The are announcing "the launch of a transportation study that will examine potential future means of providing access to Brooklyn Bridge Park, with an aim to reduce reliance on personal vehicles." The study is being […]

Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2006 | No Comments

kablooey wrote: Concerning the NY Waterway bus that hit a cyclist on the Hudson River Greenway recently, I received a letter from Noah Budnick Deputy Director of Transportation Alternatives. He wrote: Thanks for checking in. In fact, the cyclist’s father called me last week to get legal advice. He said that his daughter is doing ok, […]

Eyes on the Street: Hudson River Greenway Crash

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 14, 2006 | 6 Comments

Sproule Love wrote: Yesterday I saw yet another peice of evidence that drivers are out of control in NYC… A NY Waterway bus hit a cyclist crossing an entryway that intersects with the West Side bike path at 40th Street. The cyclist seemed OK, not fatally wounded, but it is still a horrible sight to see […]

One Community That’s Ready to Work With DOT on Bikes

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 11, 2006 | 2 Comments

It is unusual for the New York Times to print a letter to the editor in response to another reader’s letter, but yesterday the Times did just that. And so continues the super-slow motion debate on the Department of Transportation’s bicycling policies. We’re looking forward to next week’s installment… To the Editor: In a Sept. […]

The $139 Million Pedestrian and Bike Path

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 7, 2006 | 1 Comment

Mobilizing the Region reports that the New York City Parks Department will: Examine the feasibility of the using the FDR Drive "outboard detour roadway" as a permanent pedestrian and bicycle way along Manhattan’s East Side. The detour structure now runs over the East River alongside the drive in the East 50s and 60s. It was opened in […]