A Protected Bikeway for 10th Avenue Gains Momentum at Manhattan CB 4
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The transportation committee voted unanimously to recommend a northbound protected bikeway on 10th Avenue.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson Yards
Major Test for Parking Reform Shaping Up on Manhattan’s West Side
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The site plan for Riverside Center includes a large ramp for motorists to access below-ground garages (bottom center). Image: Extell Development Are New York City’s planning commissioners serious about parking reform? An important test case is shaping up on Manhattan’s west side, where Extell Development is trying to build 1,800 parking spaces in an area […]
Hard Cap on Hudson Yards Parking Takes Effect. Will More Reforms Follow?
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The Hudson Yards district on the Far West Side of Manhattan now has limits on off-street parking. Image: hotdogger13 via Flickr. Strict limits on the number of parking spaces that can be built on the far West Side of Manhattan are now in force, a year after the city settled a lawsuit over the issue […]
DOT Plans to Bring NYC’s First Separated Busway to 34th Street
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What the 34th Street transitway might look like between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Image: NYCDOT When DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan hinted last Tuesday that bolder ideas were on the way for bus rapid transit in New York City, she apparently meant "next week." The DOT website now displays an updated plan for the next phase […]
The Next New York: How the Planning Department Sabotages Sustainability
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The Argyle, a new arrival on Brooklyn’s Fourth Avenue, is close to transit but cedes the ground floor to parking rather than retail or even a stoop. Parking requirements throughout New York compromise walkable development. Image: Brownstoner. This is the second installment in a three-part series on the reshaping of New York City and its […]
Victory for Hell’s Kitchen: Lawsuit Limits New Parking
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Photo: hotdogger13/Flickr In what looks like a big win for community livable streets advocates, the Hell’s Kitchen Neighborhood Association has settled its long-standing lawsuit over parking in the Hudson Yards area, where the Bloomberg administration sought the construction of thousands of new spaces. At issue was a rezoning provision that would have dramatically increased parking […]