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The DOT plan would shorten crossing distances and make room for a two-way protected bike lane. Image: DOT

Making It Safer to Walk or Bike to Van Cortlandt Park By Taming Broadway in the Northwest Bronx

By David Meyer | Apr 26, 2017 | 15 Comments

Despite its proximity to Van Cortlandt Park, Broadway north of 242nd Street feels like a highway. Two years ago, Council Member Andrew Cohen asked for safety improvements, and last night DOT presented a plan to narrow crossing distances and add a two-way protected bike lane along the park.

Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Slated for 210th Street in Eastern Queens

By David Meyer | Feb 28, 2017 | 6 Comments

A wide street by Cunningham Park and M.S. 74 in Windsor Park is slated for pedestrian safety improvements and a two-way protected bike lane alongside the park. The Queens Community Board 11 transportation committee voted unanimously for the DOT plan last night.

Crossing 111th Street to get to Flushing Meadows Corona Park is like crossing a highway. Photo: DOT

The 111th Street Safety Project Has Changed, But Queens CB 4 Has Not

By David Meyer | Nov 30, 2016 | No Comments

If DOT is going to implement a safer design of 111th Street in Corona, it won't be thanks to the local community board.

Tonight: Testify Before CB 7 Votes on Riverside Park Greenway Detour

By David Meyer | Nov 1, 2016 | 17 Comments

A late addition to the calendar: Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from the waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. If you want to preserve access to the flatter, straighter, better-lit waterfront path during the majority of the year when crowding is not an issue, […]

CB 7 Parks Committee Votes for Hilly Greenway Detour in Riverside Park

By David Meyer | Oct 18, 2016 | 95 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 7’s Parks and Environment Committee voted 4 to 1 last night in favor of the Parks Department’s proposal to route cyclists away from from Riverside Park’s waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. The plan would direct cyclists inland at 72nd Street through a hilly wooded path passing through the 79th Street Rotunda, which has a particularly steep incline. […]

Illegally-Parked and Abandoned Cars Plague Queensbridge Houses, Greenway

By David Meyer | Sep 2, 2016 | 17 Comments

A bicycle and pedestrian greenway that connects protected bike paths on the waterfront to Queens Plaza and Queens Boulevard has become a parking lot, with private and government-placarded cars lining its southern curb for months. The Parks Department knows about the vehicles parked in the path and “has been ticketing when they are observed,” according agency spokesperson Meghan […]

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