Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

DOT Moves Ahead With Two Pairs of Upper East Side Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 24, 2016 | 18 Comments

With Manhattan Community Board 8 failing to agree on three pairs of Upper East Side crosstown bike lanes, DOT will go ahead with painted bike lanes on 70th/71st and 77th/78th streets early next month. So concludes the year’s most ridiculous bike lane story, an epic drama that at one point outed Woody Allen as a full-on bike lane NIMBY. […]

Drivers Are Killing People, and the 19th Precinct Is Sending Cyclists to Court

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2016 | 29 Comments

Police activity on 79th & 1st–a blitz of enforcement on cyclists https://t.co/KSOdmtUHvp pic.twitter.com/1HO3zaGUwm — Our Town (@OurTownNYC) June 1, 2016 The 19th Precinct likes to boast about local officers aggressively ticketing people for riding bikes on sidewalks. A data analysis by Transportation Alternatives shows the precinct also issues far more criminal court summonses for sidewalk riding than […]

Manhattan CB 8 Votes Against Basic Striped Crosstown Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | May 19, 2016 | 63 Comments

Last night, by a vote of 25-19 with one abstention, Manhattan Community Board 8 voted against DOT’s plan for three pairs of painted crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. Despite four months of deliberations, bike lane opponents managed to achieve their desired outcome last night, sending a strong signal that no bike lane design is too mild to avoid their wrath. […]

Reason Prevails at the End of Upper East Side Bike Lane Meeting

By David Meyer | May 5, 2016 | 21 Comments

Bringing some resolution to one of the more absurd bike lane stories in recent memory, last night the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee voted 9-2 in favor of a DOT plan to add three pairs of crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. First came many protestations about how these bike lane stripes have no place […]

No Charges for UES Motorist Who Killed Senior While Backing Up to Park

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2016 | 11 Comments

Another New York City pedestrian has been killed by a motorist backing up in pursuit of a parking space. At around 5:50 p.m. on March 26, Mary Jo Myszelow, 76, was crossing Madison Avenue near E. 95th Street, east to west, when she was hit with a 2013 Lincoln sedan. The Post reported that the driver, headed north […]

Still No Progress on UES Crosstown Bike Lanes at Community Board 8

By David Meyer | Mar 18, 2016 | 13 Comments

The surreal world of Upper East Side bike lane meetings took another bizarre turn Wednesday night. DOT has put forward a simple plan for painted crosstown bike lanes in the neighborhood, but instead of breezing through Community Board 8, it’s become a prime example of how even the most basic safety improvements can get bogged down in a series of gripe sessions. […]

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