Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Placemaking on the Upper East Side

By Brad Aaron | Sep 11, 2008 | 7 Comments

Tuesday evening, Project for Public Spaces held a "placemaking" community workshop for Manhattan’s Upper East Side, featuring PPS founder and president Fred Kent. Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly was there and files this report. Kent gave a presentation to about 50 citizen and community activists from the East Side regarding the efforts in New York City and […]

Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street?

By Brad Aaron | Mar 26, 2008 | 9 Comments

Almost six months after DOT installed "controversial" new cross-town bike lanes on the Upper East Side, Manhattan’s Community Board 8, which opposed the city’s plan for lanes on 91st Street, has formed a "91st Street Task Force." Of particular concern last year was the feared intrusion of cyclists into a section of 91st Street, between […]

Motorists Dominate UES Parking Workshop

By Brad Aaron | Jan 24, 2008 | 16 Comments

Streetsblog commenter BicyclesOnly attended last night’s DOT neighborhood parking workshop at Temple Israel on E. 75th St. Here is his account (originally posted here): I think I was the only one present (some young and idealistic-looking DoT staff excepted) who did not own a car. I heard so many bad arguments for bad policy that […]

Lappin Law Would Fine Bike Delivery Employers

By Brad Aaron | Sep 25, 2007 | 17 Comments

Upper East Side City Council Member Jessica Lappin has announced legislation that would make business owners responsible for cycling violations committed by their delivery workers. City Room has the scoop: Ms. Lappin, a Democrat who represents the Upper East Side, said she has regularly received complaints from constituents about unsafe conditions. A nine-year-old constituent, […]

Video Shows Dangers of Upper East Side Bike Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 14, 2007 | 50 Comments

The City’s plan to stripe a bike lane across the Upper East Side continues to generate "controversy." I put that word in quotes because, well, check out the video above and see for yourself what all the fuss is all about. The video was filmed on a beautiful Saturday afternoon at about 2:00 pm, theoretically, […]

Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 1, 2007 | 17 Comments

A Curbed tipster sent along this photo of the "controversial" new bike lane going in along E. 90th Street. In the last week or so, the New York Times, the Sun, Gothamist and Curbed have all run stories about the City’s plan to build new bike lanes across the Upper East Side and the community […]

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