Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

NYC Gets Its First-Ever Physically-Separated Bike Path

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2007 | 154 Comments

The Department of Transportation revealed plans for New York City’s first-ever physically-separated bike lane, or "cycle track," at a Manhattan Community Board 4 meeting last night. The new bike path will run southbound on Ninth Avenue from W. 23rd to W. 16th Street in Manhattan. Unlike the typical Class II on-street bike lane in which […]

Garages Yield to Human-Oriented Development

By Brad Aaron | Sep 13, 2007 | 4 Comments

The Sun reported recently that Midtown parking garage owners are finding there are more valuable uses for their property than auto storage. Later this month, the final bids are due for the sales of six prime Midtown Manhattan parking garages comprising a portion of the Central Parking New York City portfolio. Located between 37th and […]

A Streets Renaissance in Lower Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2007 | 10 Comments

Last weekend the New York Times published a nice piece about a resurgence in downtown Manhattan street life. Optimism abounds now among developers and merchants, who are pouring hundreds of millions of dollars into real estate along the narrow streets of Lower Manhattan. They are counting on the district, in its next incarnation, to be not […]

Gridlock Sam Offers Four Ideas to Cut Traffic Congestion

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 12, 2007 | 16 Comments

In today’s Daily News, former New York City Deputy Traffic Commissioner "Gridlock" Sam Schwartz says congestion pricing should "proceed now" and offers four additional ideas for creating a little breathing room on Manhattan’s streets: One way to reduce congestion is to reduce the number of taxis – permanently. I did the math when I was […]

MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2007 | 6 Comments

As previewed in today’s New York Times, the MTA this morning held a ceremony commemorating the 75th birthday of the A line, originally known as the IND 8 Ave, which made its first run on September 10, 1932. After a two-man jazz combo played Billy Strayhorn’s "Take the A Train" for the media types clustered at Inwood’s 207th Street Station, […]

Last Day for High Bridge Survey

By Brad Aaron | Sep 7, 2007 | 6 Comments

In addition to the subway, the Metro-North, and the ferry, baseball spectators should have another non-auto option to get to the new Yankee Stadium: a restored car-free High Bridge. The High Bridge merits attention today not only due to the current parking controversy, but also because it’s the last day of the Parks Department’s online survey. As noted previously, two […]

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