Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Eyes on the Street: DOT Begins Filling Gap in First Av Bike Lane [Updated]

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2015 | 6 Comments

The Pope has left town and the United Nations General Assembly is over, meaning it’s time to make First Avenue a better place to bike and walk. The gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane was baked into the initial plans for it, which called only for sharrows between 49th and 59th streets in order to […]

TA, Manhattan Pols Urge DOT to Commit to Fully Redesigning Fifth and Sixth

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2015 | 23 Comments

Last month DOT announced its intent to add a protected bike lane along 19 blocks of Sixth Avenue. A coalition of advocates, business groups, community board representatives, and elected officials think the city can do better. At a press conference next to the Flatiron Building this morning, they called on DOT to redesign the entire length of Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. In a […]

The Port Authority Bus Terminal and Our Glaring Lack of Transit Leadership

By Stephen Miller | Sep 24, 2015 | 40 Comments

The effort to replace the aging and overcrowded Port Authority Bus Terminal continues to suffer from the New York region’s inability to coordinate its transit mega-projects. The bus terminal already handles more than 225,000 passengers per weekday and cannot accommodate all the bus traffic that crosses the Hudson in Midtown. Demand is expected to increase about 50 percent by 2040, […]

DOT Commits to Sixth Ave Protected Bike Lane From 14th to 33rd Streets

By Stephen Miller | Sep 22, 2015 | 47 Comments

DOT says it will begin planning and outreach later this year for a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue between 14th and 33rd Streets in Manhattan. The announcement comes after years of advocacy by the Transportation Alternatives Manhattan activist committee, which called for protected bike lanes and pedestrian islands on Fifth Avenue and Sixth Avenue. The […]

First Avenue Bike Lane Fix on Hold Until Pope and UN Leave Town

By Stephen Miller | Sep 16, 2015 | 11 Comments

DOT was supposed to start filling the gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane in Midtown this summer, but the agency says it’s waiting until the Pope leaves town and the UN General Assembly adjourns before moving forward. When the First Avenue bike lane was installed in 2011, DOT left a gap of 10 blocks south of […]

Watch New Yorkers Using the 33rd Street Plaza With Streetfilms

By Stephen Miller | Sep 14, 2015 | 8 Comments

Catch it while you can. Before the temporary plaza on 33rd Street at Seventh Avenue closes on October 3, Clarence Eckerson Jr. of Streetfilms stopped by to grab video of New Yorkers enjoying some breathing room in one of Midtown’s most crowded corners. The plaza was installed in July, along with a temporary sidewalk extension on 32nd Street between […]

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