Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Eight Electeds Back Protected Bike Lanes for Manhattan’s West Side

By Ben Fried | Feb 12, 2010 | 11 Comments

Protected bike lanes would enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians on Amsterdam Avenue. Several representatives in the City Council and state legislature, as well as Borough President Scott Stringer, have signed on in support of protected bike lanes for Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Last fall, Manhattan CB 7 passed a resolution asking DOT to prepare […]

NYPD Denies Role in Another Pedestrian Death. Kelly, Bloomberg Silent

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

In what has become an all-too-familiar scene, NYPD is denying reports that a police chase led to the death of a pedestrian after an incident of petty theft on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Karen Schmeer. Photo via NYT Karen Schmeer, 39, was an acclaimed film editor known for her work with documentarian Errol Morris. At […]

Manhattan CB 7 Votes “Yes” on Meters-to-Bike Racks Conversion for UWS

By Noah Kazis | Jan 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

These naked meter poles will be reborn as bicycle racks. Photo: Wiley Norvell. Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night in favor of converting 240 parking meters to bike racks on 40 blocks of the Upper West Side. The 23-12 vote (with one abstention) was the CB’s closest of the evening, but the outcome was […]

CB 7 Approves Reso Favoring Protected UWS Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 7 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 7 approved a resolution Tuesday in support of protected bike lanes for the Upper West Side. According to Streetsblog readers who attended and the Westside Independent web site, a mostly positive discussion on the merits of such improvements — in front of a packed house of residents wearing "Protected Bike Lanes Protect […]

Tonight: CB 7 to Take Up Protected Bike Lane Resolution

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

Tonight Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on a resolution supporting the installation of protected bike lanes on the Upper West Side. Having cleared the board’s transportation committee last week, the reso would align the full board behind the concept of protected bike lanes on Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from 59th to 110th Streets. As […]

CB 7 Committee Passes Reso Favoring Protected UWS Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2009 | 14 Comments

At a lengthy meeting Wednesday night, the transportation committee of Community Board 7 passed a resolution in support of the "concept" of protected bike lanes on Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from 59th to 110th Streets. The 6-2 committee vote came after testimony from area residents, business people, and community board members from Hell’s Kitchen and […]

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