Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

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. […]

Parks Dept. Implements Hudson River Greenway Detour, Then Explains It

By Brad Aaron | Oct 4, 2016 | 7 Comments

Hudson River Greenway traffic will be disrupted for the next two weeks to allow for construction work around 59th Street, the Parks Department said today. Yesterday greenway users were surprised to find the path fenced off from 59th Street to around 63rd Street, with all bike and foot traffic detoured onto a path approximately eight feet wide. A […]

NYPD Forced Cyclists Off Greenway and Onto West Side Highway at Rush Hour

By David Meyer | Sep 8, 2016 | 49 Comments

For four and a half hours last night, NYPD shut off bike access to the Hudson River Greenway between 44th Street and 55th Street, a major bike transportation artery used by several thousand people each day. The greenway closure was billed as a “safety/security measure” for the televised Clinton/Trump Q & A with Matt Lauer held […]

Greenway Shut Tonight for Presidential Forum — Motorists, Carry On

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2016 | 16 Comments

Due to NYPD safety/security measures, bikeway will be closed btwn W. 44th St and W. 55th St, 5-10:30pm tomorrow, 9/7. Plan alternate route. — Hudson River Park (@HudsonRiverPark) September 6, 2016 Ten blocks of the Hudson River Greenway will be closed during evening rush today as a “security” precaution for a presidential candidate event on the USS Intrepid. […]

New Riverside Park Master Plan May Send Greenway Cyclists on Hilly Detours

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2016 | 62 Comments

The waterfront greenway in Riverside Park is one of New York’s most popular places to bike and walk. During the summer, it can get crowded — so crowded that the Parks Department is proposing new detour routes to divert cyclists away from the waterfront path. Those routes are hillier and poorly lit, however, and advocates are worried that the department will compel […]

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