Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Eyes on the Street: Good News and Bad News for Midtown Bike Commuters

By Brad Aaron | Aug 29, 2012 | 14 Comments

Hats off to @J_uptown, who spotted this bit of temporary bike infrastructure in Midtown. He writes: Unfinished 9th Ave protected #bikenyc lane gets protected detour at 50th! Thx @NYC_DOT Nice to see DOT taking a page from cities like Copenhagen, where construction crews take care to keep cyclists safe. The extension of protected bike lanes […]

Ridership Up 12 Percent on 34th Street, With More Improvements to Come

By Stephen Miller | Aug 24, 2012 | 3 Comments

Crosstown bus service on 34th Street runs faster, more frequently, and has attracted more riders since DOT and the MTA began phasing in Select Bus Service improvements four years ago. Compared to 2008, travel times for buses on 34th Street are down 23 percent, or 7.5 minutes along the full corridor. And according to an update released by DOT yesterday, […]

TA Kicks Off Campaign for Safer Fifth and Sixth Avenues

By Stephen Miller | Aug 13, 2012 | 14 Comments

Manhattan’s Fifth and Sixth Avenues are two of the busiest bicycle routes in the city, even without protected bike infrastructure to make cycling appealing to a broader range of New Yorkers. They are also major pedestrian thoroughfares in need of safety upgrades. While DOT’s “6½ Avenue” project can help relieve some of the crowding, both […]

In Mistake-Marred Letter, CB 6 Lends Voice to East Side Bike-Share NIMBYs

By Noah Kazis | Jul 23, 2012 | 17 Comments

Where can bike-share stations be located, according to the East Side’s not-in-my-backyard crowd? Not Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, which is both too serene for bikes and too crowded with protestors. Not around the corner from the Israeli consulate, which is too fat a target for terrorists who, as Marcia Kramer could tell you, prefer to deliver explosives via […]

Midtown Rezoning Would Let Developers Buy Height With Ped Improvements

By Noah Kazis | Jul 12, 2012 | 7 Comments

Transit-oriented development is a virtuous circle. New transit infrastructure makes it easier and faster to get to a place, and then that place grows. New development in turn leads to demand to justify better infrastructure, and more tax dollars to pay for it. That, in a nutshell, is the story of how Manhattan grew into […]

Eyes on the Street: Lines Forming for Ninth Ave Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2012 | 31 Comments

Construction on Midtown protected bike lanes continues apace. Reader Hilda Cohen sends in the above shot from Ninth Avenue, where she says “contractors are out marking lines between 47th and 39th.” “Traffic was already moving smoother,” writes Hilda. On Twitter, @andrewneidhardt posted this photo of Ninth at 38th. Regular Streetsblog readers may know that I […]

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