Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

Parks Dept Closes Hudson River Greenway Segment With Little Public Notice

By David Meyer | Dec 1, 2017 | 15 Comments

A reader who bikes the greenway daily said there was no advance notice about the detour, which directs cyclists to a pedestrian path that's crowded with joggers and dog walkers. No signs indicate when the closure will end.

Greenway users need to know there’s a plan for keeping greenway security zones clear of ice and snow. Photo copyright Shmuli Evers, used with permission.

Winter Is Coming and No One Knows How the Hudson River Greenway Will Get Plowed

By Brad Aaron | Nov 15, 2017 | 26 Comments

The state DOT and the Hudson River Park Trust did not respond to queries about how new protective barriers would affect snow and ice removal.

State DOT contractors placed jersey barriers on the Hudson River Greenway in 2017 to prevent cars from mowing down cyclists — but only now the state is going to improve the unprotected intersections. Photo copyright Shmuli Evers, used with permission.

State DOT Straightens Jersey Barriers So They Don’t Completely Ruin Hudson River Greenway

By David Meyer | Nov 8, 2017 | 16 Comments

Several days after dropping long concrete barriers at dangerous angles across the Hudson River Greenway, New York State DOT is finally straightening them out to run parallel with the bike path.

Bulky jersey barriers remain strewn across the Hudson River Greenway at dangerous angles, three days after state DOT said they would be straightened out. Photo copyright Shmuli Evers, used with permission.

Security Theater Continues to Squeeze West Side Greenway

By David Meyer | Nov 6, 2017 | 22 Comments

State DOT said it would re-orient jersey barriers to make them parallel with the path, but three days later, many barriers are still straddling the greenway at dangerous angles.

Reason may prevail. Photo copyright Shmuli Evers, used with permission.

De Blasio: Greenway Barriers Need to Change So “People Can Still Ride Their Bikes”

By David Meyer | Nov 3, 2017 | 35 Comments

Mayor de Blasio said the placement of concrete barriers on the Hudson River Greenway in response to Tuesday's truck attack needs to change. "I think what was originally put in just in the last day or so needs some revision to make sure people can still ride their bikes," he said.

A state DOT jersey barrier at 50th Street. Photo: @aghoXoh6joh2liP/Twitter

Stop Ruining the Hudson River Greenway in the Name of Security

By David Meyer | Nov 3, 2017 | 83 Comments

The preventive measures installed after Tuesday's fatal attack have cut the width of the Hudson River Greenway in half at some locations, pinching the movement of cyclists and pedestrians on a crowded path used by thousands of people each day.

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