Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

Streetfilms: The Queensboro Bridge Turns 100

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2009 | 4 Comments

New York celebrated the 100th birthday of the Queensboro Bridge yesterday, and Clarence Eckerson was on hand to document the occasion for Streetfilms. As pointed out in the vid by "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz, back in 1909 drivers paid 10 cents to cross the Q’boro — or $4.66 for a round trip in today’s dollars. Motorists […]

TSTC to Port Authority: Bus Service Across Hudson Needs to Improve, Fast

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2009 | 4 Comments

Average weekday eastbound trips, 2008. Source: TSTC/Port Authority of NY & NJ. The Lincoln Tunnel Express Bus Lane is a congestion-busting powerhouse, moving 62,000 riders into Manhattan during the morning rush every day and enticing huge numbers of commuters to leave their cars at home. It is now "the most efficient roadway in the country," […]

MTA Blame Game: The View from Staten Island

By Ben Fried | Apr 6, 2009 | 11 Comments

Here’s State Senator Andrew Lanza, a Staten Island Republican, explaining why he supports tolls on the East River bridges. For Staten Island drivers looking at a $3 hike in cash tolls to cross the Verrazano (or a $1.32 hike for locals with E-ZPass), the sight of other motorists getting a free pass into Manhattan must […]

Cops Ticketing Cyclists on Delancey Side of Willy-B

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2009 | 27 Comments

A reader sends this note about today’s commute: Cops ticketing bikers on Delancey by the Williamsburg Bridge this morning. They claimed it wasn’t us, that they were sent out because of community board complaints about bikers. "The community board made us do it." If that’s the case, then can we also get ramped up enforcement […]

Uptown Hudson River Greenway Detour in Effect

By Brad Aaron | Dec 5, 2008 | 6 Comments

A temporary detour along the Hudson River Greenway in Washington Heights went into effect Thursday. The closure, related to work on the George Washington Bridge, will reroute cyclists to Broadway and Ft. Washington Avenue between 158th and 181st Streets. According to a Port Authority flier [PDF], pedestrians may access the park and riverfront through the […]

Blocking the Box: Traffic Concerns Nix Big Retail From GWB Bus Station

By Brad Aaron | Dec 2, 2008 | 10 Comments

Rendering: PA Associates Plans to bring "big box" retail to a remodeled George Washington Bridge Bus Station have been scuttled due to fears that it would attract more car-commuting shoppers to Washington Heights. Instead, according to the Manhattan Times, the Port Authority will build spaces for about a dozen smaller commercial shops and offices, says […]

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