Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenwich Village

DOT Replaces a Block of the Fifth Avenue Bike Lane With Sharrows

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 13 Comments

DOT’s recent design tweaks to Eighth Street have come with an unwelcome change on Fifth Avenue. As the Fifth Avenue bike lane approaches Eighth Street, it now morphs into sharrows that overlap with a turning lane for motorists. The dedicated space for cycling is gone, and the new design is incompatible with the protected bike lane that advocates and […]

DOT’s Latest Missed Opportunity for Protected Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jun 4, 2015 | 51 Comments

Eighth Street, which cuts eastbound across Greenwich Village just above Washington Square Park, had two traffic lanes until recently. A road diet by the Department of Transportation dropped it to one lane and added new pedestrian crossings. Left out of the redesign: bike lanes. Instead, there are “extra-wide parking lanes” that also accommodate double-parked drivers. Last November, the plan […]

Eyes on the Street: A Buffer for (Some of) the Sixth Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | May 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Parts of the notoriously skinny Sixth Avenue bike lane are about to get slightly less cramped. DOT is narrowing the car lanes on the newly-repaved avenue to make room for buffers on the bike lane from Christopher Street to W. 14th Street. While the buffers are a welcome upgrade, they’re no long-term fix for one of the city’s most intimidating […]

Eyes on the Street: Super-Sized Ped Space at Deadly Sixth and Houston

By Stephen Miller | Dec 19, 2014 | 9 Comments

Jessica Dworkin, 58, was on a push scooter at Sixth Avenue at Houston Street when a tractor-trailer truck driver turned into her path and crushed her in August 2012. After Dworkin’s death, local residents clamored for safety fixes. Now more than two years later, and 18 months after proposing the changes to Manhattan Community Board […]

PS 41 Parents and Staff Build Momentum for Protected Bike Lane on 7th Ave

By Stephen Miller | Sep 10, 2014 | 9 Comments

Manhattan community boards have already asked DOT to study protected bike lanes and pedestrian islands for Amsterdam, Fifth, and Sixth Avenues. Now a coalition of public school parents, teachers, and administrators is making headway in a campaign to redesign Seventh Avenue with a complete streets focus that protects pedestrians and cyclists. Last Thursday, CB 2’s […]

Tonight: Important Complete Streets Meetings in Manhattan and Queens

By Stephen Miller | Sep 4, 2014 | No Comments

Tonight’s a big night for livable streets events, with community board meetings on proposals for Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and Long Island City. Plus, join Streetsblog at ARTCRANK if you’re looking for some fun. Key community board meetings tonight are: Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee will consider a resolution requesting that DOT […]

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