Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

Bus Lanes Coming to 125th Street in West Harlem This Summer

By Stephen Miller | Apr 3, 2015 | 15 Comments

Bus riders may not be stuck in crosstown traffic on 125th Street much longer. DOT plans to extend bus lanes from Lenox Avenue to Morningside Avenue this summer [PDF]. The news came last night at a meeting of the Community Board 9 transportation committee. “As far as CB 9 is concerned,” said board chair Rev. Georgette Morgan-Thomas, “I didn’t hear anything that […]

Bus Driver Hits Woman at Intersection Where CB 9 Opposes Safety Fixes

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2015 | 15 Comments

Yesterday, a bus driver hit a woman walking across W. 135th Street at Riverside Drive, an intersection in a crash-prone area where DOT has proposed a slate of safety improvements that are opposed by Manhattan Community Board 9. The West Side Rag reports that the woman was in the crosswalk when the driver of a double-decker […]

Scenes From New York’s Broken Public Process for Street Redesigns

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | 12 Comments

Even the most modest, common-sense street safety improvements can run into a brick wall at public meetings in New York City. The latest case in point: A DOT plan to improve pedestrian safety on two blocks of an extra-wide, low-traffic section of Lenox Avenue in Harlem, which became the subject of a two-hour Manhattan Community Board 10 committee […]

Harlem CB Chair Complains Bus Lanes Have Slowed Her Cab Rides to Subway

By Stephen Miller | Feb 10, 2015 | 55 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 10 Chair Henrietta Lyle thinks bus lanes have made it harder to get around Harlem. In a conversation with Streetsblog, Lyle disputed our coverage of Select Bus Service on 125th Street and waved off data from the Census and NYC DOT. She also dismissed WE ACT for Environmental Justice, which had worked with bus […]

New Year, Same Old Community Board 10

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2015 | 11 Comments

Despite serving an area of the city where the vast majority of people don’t own cars, Manhattan Community Board 10 has delayed, watered down, or otherwise worked to foil several major projects to improve transit and street safety in the past few years. After obstructing 125th Street Select Bus Service and refusing to support traffic […]

Bus Lanes Worked Wonders on East 125th. Now What About the West Side?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 20 Comments

Since debuting last year, Select Bus Service on 125th Street has dramatically improved transit speeds, especially on the section with dedicated bus lanes east of Lenox Avenue, according to NYC DOT and the MTA. The results strengthen the case for adding bus lanes west of Lenox, which DOT had scuttled in 2013 in response to resistance […]

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