Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Union Square

E.14th Street at Union Square East. Photo: Google Maps

Adrian Blanc Was the Second Person Killed on the Same Union Square Block in 5 Years

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2017 | 7 Comments

Blanc was hit Tuesday as he crossed Union Square East at 14th Street. In 2012, at the other end of the block, Harry Robinson killed Roxana Buta with a DOT truck.

Cyclists want more protected bike lanes — and it's not protected if someone can park on it. Photo: Paco Abraham

DOT Won’t Take This Simple Step to Keep Police Cars Out of the Union Square Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 3, 2017 | 26 Comments

Ever since DOT added a two-way protected bike lane around the northern and eastern edges of Union Square last year, the project has been marred by NYPD parking near the intersection with 15th Street. Plastic posts were supposed to keep cars out where police park, but it looks like DOT has jettisoned that idea and has no plans to revive it.

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes Around Union Square

By David Meyer | Sep 28, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT began installing new bike lanes leading to and around Union Square this week. The project — which will eventually include a two-way protected lane around the park’s eastern and northern edges — is not nearly complete, but fresh paint along Fourth Avenue between 12th and 15th heralds bigger changes on the way. In addition […]

DOT Plans to Beef Up the Bike Network Around Union Square

By David Meyer | May 24, 2016 | 41 Comments

The Manhattan bike network breaks down around Union Square, where southbound and northbound bike lanes currently dump riders into the chaotic confluence of 14th Street, Park Avenue, and Broadway. DOT presented a plan to fix some but not all of those gaps last night [PDF], garnering a unanimous vote in favor from Manhattan Community Board 5. […]

A Safer, Saner Lafayette Street Is on Its Way This Summer After CB 2 Vote

By Stephen Miller | Mar 21, 2014 | 1 Comment

After a unanimous vote at its transportation committee earlier this month, Manhattan Community Board 2’s full board last night unanimously passed a resolution supporting an upgrade of the buffered bike lane on Lafayette Street and Fourth Avenue to a protected bike lane. The project [PDF] runs from Spring Street to 14th Street and will include a northbound […]

CB 2 Panel Unanimously Supports Lafayette-4th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Mar 7, 2014 | 31 Comments

In a unanimous 9-0 vote last night, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee endorsed a DOT plan to upgrade a buffered bike lane on Lafayette Street and Fourth Avenue to a parking-protected lane, complete with new pedestrian islands, car lanes of an appropriate width for the city, and improved signal timing for pedestrians. The plan […]

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