Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Washington Heights

Support for Congestion Pricing, Not Harlem River Tolls, at SD 31 Debate

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2010 | 11 Comments

Five candidates vying to become Upper Manhattan’s next state senator met in the 168th Street Armory last night to make their case to the car-free voters of Riverdale, Inwood, Washington Heights, West Harlem, and the Upper West Side. At a debate sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, important differences emerged over […]

This Week: Upper Manhattan Candidates Debate Transportation

By Noah Kazis | Sep 7, 2010 | 20 Comments

Labor Day and the Jewish high holidays make this an abbreviated week, but with the critical primary elections just seven days away, the state’s political world is going full-tilt. Tonight, at least three of the four candidates running to replace Eric Schneiderman in the State Senate will meet at a debate co-sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, […]

DOT Plans Safer St. Nick @ Amsterdam, With More Uptown Action to Come

By Brad Aaron | Apr 8, 2010 | 22 Comments

Northbound cyclists on St. Nicholas at Amsterdam will have to negotiate a dogleg to reach the parking-protected lane. The southbound lane, at left, will be opposite a row of back-in angled parking. The speckled blue areas indicate new pedestrian space. At a Monday night meeting with the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 12, DOT […]

High Bridge Restoration Off and Running

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo:rickweller/Flickr It’s about a year-and-a-half behind the schedule announced in 2007, but the rehabilitation of the High Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist link between Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, is off the ground. Per an email from project coordinator Ellen Macnow of the Parks Department, via Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets: A contract has […]

New Council Mem Ydanis Rodriguez: Traffic Enforcement Is “Harassment”

By Brad Aaron | Jan 12, 2010 | 20 Comments

About a week before the Tri-State Transportation Campaign issued a report revealing that eight pedestrians were killed on the streets of Washington Heights and Inwood between 2006 and 2008, newly-elected Upper Manhattan City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez attended a protest calling for justice. NYPD, it seems, is regularly ticketing drivers for blocking intersections on traffic-choked […]

Streetfilms: Turning NYC’s Oldest Bridge Into Its Newest Bike-Ped Amenity

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Nov 30, 2009 | 8 Comments

At October’s Walk21 Conference, I got the chance to tour the High Bridge, a viaduct connecting Manhattan and the Bronx which has been closed to the public for nearly 40 years. Opening the High Bridge to pedestrians and cyclists has been a long-held goal for many New Yorkers. (I remember reading about this effort back […]

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