Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

Broadway Speed Limit to Drop to 25 MPH From Columbus Circle to Inwood

By Brad Aaron | May 1, 2014 | 13 Comments

The speed limit will be lowered to 25 miles per hour on eight miles of upper Broadway this summer, DOT announced today. Motorists have killed 22 pedestrians on Broadway from Columbus Circle to W. 220 Street in Inwood since 2008, according to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, who was flanked by NYPD officials, city and state […]

As SBS Sprouts on 125th, Levine Says Bus Lanes Could Extend West This Fall

By Stephen Miller | Apr 24, 2014 | 43 Comments

After an on-again, off-again struggle, Select Bus Service on 125th Street is now close to launching. Off-board fare payment machines have been installed, but not yet turned on, for M60 riders. Next up is striping for dedicated bus lanes, which were scaled back after opposition from elected officials. Now, a glimmer of hope: Council Member Mark […]

Morningside Road Diet Supporters Try to Find Common Ground With CB 10

By Stephen Miller | Mar 14, 2014 | 21 Comments

Wednesday night, Harlem road diet supporters and opponents met in an attempt to find common ground on what can be done to improve safety on Morningside Avenue. The move comes in advance of DOT releasing a second plan for the street, after its first design encountered opposition from Community Board 10. The plan to calm traffic […]

CB 9 Stands by Morningside Road Diet, But DOT Does Not

By Stephen Miller | Jan 30, 2014 | 15 Comments

A plan to improve pedestrian safety on speeding-plagued Morningside Avenue in Harlem, supported by one community board but stalled by another, is on track for months of additional meetings as DOT goes back to the drawing board. The current plan, which would remove excess car lanes to create space for turn lanes and pedestrian islands, received a […]

Video: Drivers Endanger Lives on Morningside Avenue as CB 10 Dithers

By Brad Aaron | Jan 21, 2014 | 5 Comments

While Manhattan Community Board 10 fails to take action, proposed measures to make Morningside Avenue safer for pedestrians continue to languish. Among other changes, DOT has proposed restriping Morningside between 116th Street and 126th Street from two lanes in each direction to one lane in each direction with a center striped median, concrete pedestrian islands and […]

Harlem CBs Look to Weaken Safety Plan; Levine: DOT Should Move Ahead

By Stephen Miller | Jan 13, 2014 | 14 Comments

A 10-block road diet proposed for Morningside Avenue in Harlem continues to face resistance from Manhattan Community Board 10. In the latest development, it seems the transportation committee chair of CB 10 is trying to convince neighboring Community Board 9, which contains the west side of the avenue, to amend its vote in favor of […]

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