Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 101 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

The city is being sued to block a protected bike lane on Central Park West — where Madison Lyden was killed last year. Photo: David Meyer

Upper West Side Community Board Strongly Backs CPW Protected Bike Lane

By Lisa Orman | Jul 3, 2019 | 3 Comments

After a raucous two hours of debate and testimony, CB7 voted 27-7 in favor, with five abstentions.

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

Madison Lyden's bike after she was killed on Central Park West on Aug. 10, 2018.

DOT Criticized for One-Way Central Park West Protected Bike Lane Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

On bike Twitter? Insert frown-face emoji here.

DOT's redesign of the 79th Street rotunda omits protection for people attempting to access the country's most popular bike path. Image: DOT

Manhattan Board Rejects DOT Rotunda Plan

By Eve Kessler | Jun 5, 2019 | 4 Comments

The Department of Transportation must go back to the drawing board with its controversial $200-million redesign of the 79th Street rotunda because the current proposal remains unsafe for cyclists, a Manhattan community board voted on Tuesday night. Community Board 7 resolved Tuesday night to “disapprove” of DOT’s plan for the Robert Moses-built, 70-year-old structure that […]

Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety

By Mark Gorton | May 17, 2019 | 4 Comments

Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country. For years, cyclists […]

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