Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about SoHo

Streetfilms: Good Riddance to Wasted Asphalt

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2008 | 9 Comments

Before Streetfilms were called Streetfilms, Clarence Eckerson and Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton identified Grand Street, with its expanse of asphalt forcing pedestrians to the margins, as a prime spot for space reclamation. Now home to a conniption-inducing parking-protected bike lane, check out this 2005 vid to see why Grand was due for a livable streets […]

Grand Street Cycle Track: The Hysteria Continues

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2008 | 32 Comments

Don’t be fooled: No one on a bike was quoted for this story. Step aside Steve Cuozzo, the team at Fox 5 (yeah, them again) has scapegoated the Grand Street bike lane in even more outlandish fashion. This "report" manages to blame the brand new cycle track for traffic congestion, slumping dumpling sales, and a […]

Drivers Respect Grand Street Parking-Protected Cycle Track

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 29 Comments

Though modest by comparison, here’s another first for this historic day. Manhattan Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton sent over photos of the new Grand Street cycle track, the city’s initial attempt at a parking-protected design. Says Ian: With a one-block exception, from Varick St. to Centre St. seems to be open for business, only lacking […]

Eyes on the Street: The Beginning of a Beautiful Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 17, 2008 | 15 Comments

Snapped by Streetsblog regular Ian Dutton this afternoon: Crews prep Grand Street for the city’s first physically-protected crosstown bike lane [PDF]. Stretching from Varick to Chrystie, the Grand Street cycle track features some new design touches on account of its placement on the right side of a narrow street. The guys on the crew say […]

Does the Box Blocking Crackdown Ignore Crosswalk Violations?

By Brad Aaron | Sep 11, 2008 | 14 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton sends along this shot of a motorist about to be ticketed for blocking the box on Broome Street at W. Broadway in SoHo. Yesterday, police and traffic agents stepped up enforcement of what is a normally ignored traffic regulation. However, writes Ian: Note that blocking the box only applies […]

Plan for Grand Street Cycle Track Features New Design Treatment

By Ben Fried | Jul 25, 2008 | 34 Comments

DOT has unveiled plans for a Grand Street cycle track [PDF] that bear the fingerprints of Danish planner Jan Gehl. It would be Manhattan’s first cross-town protected bike path. Grand Street is narrower than Ninth Avenue, where the existing protected path runs. Whereas the Ninth Avenue cycle track uses signal timing to prevent conflicts between […]

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