Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

A Transit Miracle on 34th Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2008 | 66 Comments

NYC DOT is proposing to turn Manhattan’s 34th Street into a river-to-river "transitway." In what she half-jokingly called "probably the first-ever co-presentation" between their two agencies, Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan stood with New York City Transit President Howard Roberts earlier this week to unveil the city’s current Bus Rapid Transit program in its […]

Jessica Lappin: Congestion Pricing Advocate

By Jason Varone | Apr 15, 2008 | 22 Comments

This recent constituent e-mail shows that Council Member Jessica Lappin’s lukewarm support for congestion pricing seems to have turned into full-fledged support now that the proposal has no chance of being implemented (taking a page out of Assemblywoman Joan Millman‘s book). In Lappin’s defense, she did vote for pricing when it came before the council. […]

In the Heights: City Aims to Make 181st a Complete Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 15, 2008 | 16 Comments

Buses and trucks jockey for position on 181st Street in Washington Heights Less parking; safer conditions for pedestrians and cyclists; fewer buses; improved traffic enforcement; designated commercial loading zones; control over street vendors; more parking. Those were among the top suggestions offered to DOT staff and consultants last Thursday at a forum for planned improvements […]

What Glick’s District Will Lose Without Congestion Pricing

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2008 | 21 Comments

With the fate of congestion pricing likely to be decided over the weekend, we’re going to beat this drum some more this afternoon. Yesterday we heard that Assembly Member Deborah Glick’s office told a constituent the congestion pricing bill could lead to worsening air quality. (Because, you know, building mass transit infrastructure will cancel out […]

Times Building Continues to Discourage Bike Commuting

By Brad Aaron | Apr 3, 2008 | 11 Comments

In the latest episode of the New York Times Building vs. bike commuters saga, building management is tagging chained bikes with notes threatening to clip and "remove" them. After being promised space in the new, 1.5 million square foot building, cyclists were barred from bringing their bikes in for months. Management finally opened a small […]

Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2008 | 9 Comments

Almost six months after DOT installed "controversial" new cross-town bike lanes on the Upper East Side, Manhattan’s Community Board 8, which opposed the city’s plan for lanes on 91st Street, has formed a "91st Street Task Force." Of particular concern last year was the feared intrusion of cyclists into a section of 91st Street, between […]

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