Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about West Harlem

Tonight: Community Boards Weigh Harlem and Staten Island Traffic Calming

By Stephen Miller | Sep 19, 2013 | 3 Comments

Last week, DOT presented a plan to calm traffic on Morningside Avenue in Harlem [PDF] with a road diet and pedestrian islands. Community Board 10’s transportation committee, which has a track record of dithering on and opposing livable streets projects, asked DOT for more data. Tonight, the action shifts to adjacent Community Board 9, which also covers […]

Morningside Avenue Traffic Calming Awaits Support From Two Harlem CBs

By Stephen Miller | Sep 13, 2013 | 14 Comments

From 116th Street to 126th Street, Morningside Avenue is known as a speedway between Harlem’s residential streets to the east and Morningside Park to the west. A traffic calming plan from DOT [PDF] now waits while Community Boards 9 and 10 weigh in. Transportation committees of both boards received presentations from DOT, followed by question-and-answer […]

Will Letters From Two Uptown Electeds Get DOT to Restart 125th Street SBS?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

The plan for 125th Street Select Bus Service died on the vine after a lack of support from community boards and elected officials. But now, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito [PDF] and State Senator Adriano Espaillat [PDF], along with council candidate Mark Levine, are asking Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to restart plans to bring SBS to […]

Who Killed 125th Street SBS: A Timeline

By Stephen Miller | Jul 17, 2013 | 15 Comments

Throughout the development of the 125th Street Select Bus Service project, local elected officials and community boards never came out in support of actual bus improvements. Instead, they cloaked their opposition in concerns about “process.” Following yesterday’s announcement from the MTA and NYC DOT that they will no longer pursue Select Bus Service on 125th Street, now is […]

Council Member Jackson “Pleased” With Cancellation of 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 40 Comments

Reactions have been rolling in since DOT and the MTA announced this morning that they are canceling plans for Select Bus Service on 125th Street. Council Member Robert Jackson, whose district includes West Harlem, welcomed the news. “He’s pleased that they listened to concerns and didn’t move forward with Select Bus Service,” Jackson spokesperson Frances […]

West Harlem Council Candidates Want Bike-Share, Complete 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2013 | 21 Comments

Candidates for a City Council seat on the west side of Upper Manhattan expressed support for bike-share expansion and complete Select Bus Service on 125th Street at a campaign forum last night. Some candidates urged the city to restore the original SBS plan and extend the bus lane west, after DOT curtailed its proposal to the delight of […]

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