Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

Will Letters From Two Uptown Electeds Get DOT to Restart 125th Street SBS?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

The plan for 125th Street Select Bus Service died on the vine after a lack of support from community boards and elected officials. But now, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito [PDF] and State Senator Adriano Espaillat [PDF], along with council candidate Mark Levine, are asking Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to restart plans to bring SBS to […]

In Harlem Council Race, Two Very Different Positions on 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 31, 2013 | 26 Comments

Last night at a candidate debate hosted by block associations in Harlem, incumbent Council Member Inez Dickens, first elected to the District 9 seat in 2005, faced off against challenger Vince Morgan, a community development banker and former chair of the 125th Street Business Improvement District. While transportation didn’t come up much in the debate itself, some important […]

Who Killed 125th Street SBS: A Timeline

By Stephen Miller | Jul 17, 2013 | 15 Comments

Throughout the development of the 125th Street Select Bus Service project, local elected officials and community boards never came out in support of actual bus improvements. Instead, they cloaked their opposition in concerns about “process.” Following yesterday’s announcement from the MTA and NYC DOT that they will no longer pursue Select Bus Service on 125th Street, now is […]

The Bill Perkins Flip-Flop on Better Bus Service for 125th Street

By Ben Fried | Jul 17, 2013 | 6 Comments

Well, this takes a lot of chutzpah. After blocking measures that would have sped bus trips for tens of thousands of people on 125th Street every day, State Senator Bill Perkins now claims he supports Select Bus Service. Following the initial workshops and public meetings for 125th Street SBS held by NYC DOT and the […]

Eyes on the Street: Adam Clayton Powell Now Safer, With or Without CB 10

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 12 Comments

Harlem’s Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard, connecting Macombs Dam Bridge to Central Park, has long been a dangerous speedway. DOT clocked drivers traveling as fast as 52 mph on the six-lane divided road, with up to two-thirds of evening drivers going above the 30 mph speed limit. Between 2006 and 2012, twelve pedestrians were killed on the […]

Council Member Jackson “Pleased” With Cancellation of 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 40 Comments

Reactions have been rolling in since DOT and the MTA announced this morning that they are canceling plans for Select Bus Service on 125th Street. Council Member Robert Jackson, whose district includes West Harlem, welcomed the news. “He’s pleased that they listened to concerns and didn’t move forward with Select Bus Service,” Jackson spokesperson Frances […]

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