Manhattan Community Board Members To DOT: Fix Canal Now!
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Activists and a transportation committee agree: Canal Street has no place in a modern, pedestrian-friendly city.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Holland Tunnel
CB 2 Committee OKs Varick Street Traffic Calming, Punts on Bike Corrals
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With two unanimous 9-0 votes, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee took one step forward and one step back for livable streets last night, voting for safety fixes at a problematic intersection while punting on a proposal for bike corrals after local NIMBY extraordinaire Sean Sweeney showed up to squash it. A request for traffic calming […]
Hudson Square BID Sets Out to Reclaim Streets From Holland Tunnel Traffic
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Every day, thousands of drivers, including trucks too large for city roadways, cross from the Manhattan or Williamsburg bridges, through the streets of Lower Manhattan, to the Holland Tunnel – all for a free ride (often to avoid the westbound toll on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge). The result is congestion, pollution, noise and dangerous conditions for […]
Canal Street Report Recommends Wider Sidewalks, Smarter Parking
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Canal Street, to put it mildly, is due for a makeover. The street is clogged with traffic from the Holland Tunnel and the un-tolled Manhattan Bridge. Pedestrians jostle for space on the packed sidewalks, and they’re especially at risk of getting hit by a car, according to the city’s Pedestrian Safety Study. Fortunately, the funds […]
New York Transportation Officials: We’re Broke
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The state’s top transportation officials delivered some tough news to the construction industry Friday: Public agencies are so cash-strapped they don’t even have enough money to maintain existing infrastructure. With budgets battered by rising maintenance costs and recession-ravaged revenues, an industry-sponsored conference offered little prospect of further expansions to the state’s transportation system beyond the […]
TSTC to Port Authority: Bus Service Across Hudson Needs to Improve, Fast
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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," […]