Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Select Bus Service Debuts on Manhattan’s Busiest Bus Route

By Noah Kazis | Oct 11, 2010 | 15 Comments

Select Bus Service is up and running along First and Second Avenues, bringing rapid bus enhancements to the second busiest bus line in New York City. Though riders will need some time to adjust to the new system, many are already praising the faster service. The thousands of bus riders along Manhattan’s East Side were […]

UES Park Smart Pilot Goes Where NYC Meter Rates Have Never Gone Before

By Noah Kazis | Aug 26, 2010 | 5 Comments

Park Smart’s third pilot area will bring peak hour parking rates more in line with demand on the Upper East Side. Image: NYCDOT We wrote yesterday about the expansion of the Park Smart pilot in Park Slope, but that’s not the only neighborhood where the program is on the move. As of June, the Upper […]

Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs: Senior Citizens Need Safer Streets

By Noah Kazis | Jun 29, 2010 | 5 Comments

Deputy Mayor Linda Gibbs. Photo: City Hall News While receiving an honor from AARP last night, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn reiterated their support for the Age-Friendly New York City plan to make the city work better for senior citizens. Because New York’s elderly pedestrians are at the greatest risk from motor […]

East Side Re-Design Moves Ahead, But Full Bike Corridor Is on Hold

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jun 7, 2010 | 18 Comments

The re-design of First and Second Avenues has been a complex project to judge since the initial plans were unveiled earlier this year. From the beginning, it’s been the most ambitious re-envisioning of a major corridor we’ve seen in New York City to date: 250 blocks of faster bus service and safer traveling for cyclists […]

Cyclist, Pedestrian Injured in Two East Side Crashes

By Brad Aaron | May 18, 2010 | 2 Comments

Police talk to a man and woman at Essex and Rivington, where a cyclist was injured Monday night. Photo: DNAinfo A pedestrian and a cyclist have been hurt in separate Manhattan crashes since last night. DNAinfo reports that a cyclist was hit Monday at the corner of Essex and Rivington Streets: Shortly after the crash, […]

Upper East Side Workshop Kicks Off New Street Safety Campaign

By Noah Kazis | Mar 17, 2010 | 14 Comments

"You can’t control what you can’t measure," the saying goes. So to get a better grip on street safety on Manhattan’s East Side, Transportation Alternatives started by collecting better data about local traffic collisions and injuries. Last night, a group of Upper East Siders used that information to begin imagining what a safer neighborhood might […]

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