Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hell’s Kitchen

CB 4 Wins Sidewalk Expansions, Bike Corrals For West Side Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Mar 28, 2012 | 6 Comments

One of the year’s most exciting street safety projects is on track to get better. Thanks to a recent set of recommendations from Community Board 4, the extension of the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues will include additional sidewalk expansions and on-street bike parking. Though DOT didn’t adopt all of the board’s ideas — most […]

The Upside of Cuomo’s Convention Center Plan: Urbanism on the West Side

By Ben Fried | Jan 9, 2012 | 6 Comments

After Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address last week, Streetsblog looked a little closer at the governor’s plan to build the nation’s largest convention center at the Aqueduct racino in Ozone Park, Queens. Counting on a huge convention center near JFK airport to deliver economic development seemed like a dubious proposition, but the other […]

DOT Hell’s Kitchen Study Produces Slate of Pedestrian Safety Upgrades

By Noah Kazis | Oct 18, 2011 | 5 Comments

The Department of Transportation presented the findings [PDF] of its five-year study of transportation in the Hell’s Kitchen neighborhood at a packed public meeting last night. The massive transportation analysis included many critical projects that have already been announced, such as the 34th Street Select Bus Service route and extensions of the protected bike lanes along […]

West Side Protected Lanes Get Thumbs Up From CB 4

By Noah Kazis | Oct 6, 2011 | 6 Comments

By a vote of 26 to 10 Wednesday night, Manhattan Community Board 4 endorsed DOT plans to extend the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenue from 34th Street to 59th Street. The bike lanes will improve safety for all users on some of Midtown’s most chaotic streets, which pass by Penn Station, the […]

Wednesday: CB 4 to Vote on West Side Protected Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Oct 4, 2011 | 2 Comments

Community Board 4 will vote Wednesday on the DOT plan to extend protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues north from 34th to 59th Streets. As Noah reported in September, the lanes will offer a much safer route for commuters, delineating protected space on wide avenues sorely in need of taming, particularly near Penn […]

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