Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

CB 6 Committee Votes on East Side Bus+Bike Improvements Tonight

By Ben Fried | Apr 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Sorry for the late notice folks, but there’s one more public meeting on this week’s busy schedule with big implications for street safety, and it’s happening tonight. The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 is expected to draft and vote on a resolution regarding plans for Select Bus Service and protected bike lanes on […]

Upper East Side Workshop Kicks Off New Street Safety Campaign

By Noah Kazis | Mar 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

"You can’t control what you can’t measure," the saying goes. So to get a better grip on street safety on Manhattan’s East Side, Transportation Alternatives started by collecting better data about local traffic collisions and injuries. Last night, a group of Upper East Siders used that information to begin imagining what a safer neighborhood might […]

Police Shut Down Bike Shop Suspected of Selling Stolen Property

By Jack Savage | Feb 23, 2010 | 23 Comments

The Busy Bee bike shop has been shut down for criminal possession of stolen property. Photo: Jack Savage. Are police starting to take bike theft seriously? In the East Village, officers with NYPD’s Civil Enforcement Unit have shut down a bike shop on East 6th Street as the result of what one officer characterized as […]

Moynihan Station Is the First Big TIGER Stimulus Winner

By Elana Schor | Feb 16, 2010 | 17 Comments

New York City’s Moynihan Station project has snagged $83 million in grant money from the stimulus law’s Transportation Investments Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) program, Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) announced today. A rendering of the proposed Moynihan Station. (Photo: The Real Deal) The grant makes the intended successor to the current Penn Station, a longstanding priority […]

To Thwart Terror Trial Traffic Snarls, Curb Placard Abuse

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

The pending trial of alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Shaikh Mohammed has thrown lower Manhattan into a tizzy, for good reasons. Foremost, of course, is the dread of revisiting the horrors of that day, mingled with fears of new attacks linked to the trial. But there are also concerns that the NYPD’s aggressive countermeasures will impede […]

MTA, DOT Sketch Out East Side Plans: Separated Lanes for Bikes, Not Buses

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jan 15, 2010 | 40 Comments

One configuration in the plan calls for a protected bike lane and a curbside bus lane. Image: MTA/NYCDOT The MTA and NYCDOT released an outline last night for faster bus service and safer biking and walking on First and Second Avenues. The redesign is the flagship project in New York City’s plans to enhance its […]

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