Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

Manhattan CB 7 Votes “Yes” on Meters-to-Bike Racks Conversion for UWS

By Noah Kazis | Jan 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

These naked meter poles will be reborn as bicycle racks. Photo: Wiley Norvell. Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night in favor of converting 240 parking meters to bike racks on 40 blocks of the Upper West Side. The 23-12 vote (with one abstention) was the CB’s closest of the evening, but the outcome was […]

Tonight: Give DOT Your Ideas for the Future of 34th Street

By Ben Fried | Dec 17, 2009 | 1 Comment

Will NYPD cruisers and other bus lane blockers steer clear of the next transit improvement on 34th Street? Photo: Chris O’Leary. Last September DOT and the MTA launched the 34th Street bus lane, New York City’s second Select Bus Service route. You could say it’s had some growing pains. Bus riders aren’t getting the speedy, […]

19 NYC Electeds Call for Separated Bus and Bike Lanes on East Side

By Ben Fried | Dec 16, 2009 | 12 Comments

State Assembly member Micah Kellner, City Council members Melissa Mark-Viverito and Dan Garodnick, Council member-elect Margaret Chin, and State Senator Bill Perkins are among 19 local electeds calling on DOT and the MTA to implement "true BRT" and "complete streets" on First and Second Avenues. A group of 19 elected officials has urged NYC DOT […]

Streetfilms: Turning NYC’s Oldest Bridge Into Its Newest Bike-Ped Amenity

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 30, 2009 | 8 Comments

At October’s Walk21 Conference, I got the chance to tour the High Bridge, a viaduct connecting Manhattan and the Bronx which has been closed to the public for nearly 40 years. Opening the High Bridge to pedestrians and cyclists has been a long-held goal for many New Yorkers. (I remember reading about this effort back […]

World-Class Avenues for the East Side: What Great BRT Looks Like

By Ben Fried | Nov 18, 2009 | 52 Comments

BRT + bike: East Side avenues have enough space for physically separated busways and protected bike lanes. The biggest sustainable transportation story in New York right now is how DOT and the MTA plan to design Bus Rapid Transit corridors for the East Side of Manhattan. Will we get world-class avenues that attract more riders […]

Streetfilms Shorties: West Side Highway Crash Aftermath

By Elizabeth Press | Nov 18, 2009 | 9 Comments

A crash shut down the southbound West Side Highway for about two hours during the morning rush yesterday. The Times reported that a northbound driver catapulted into the southbound lanes, colliding with a southbound vehicle near 125th Street shortly before 7:00 a.m. Three people were injured and taken to St. Luke’s Hospital. I was riding […]

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