Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about West Village

CB 2 Panel OKs Hudson Street Bike Lane Upgrade, Bowery Ped Safety Tweaks

By Stephen Miller | Apr 4, 2014 | 21 Comments

Last night, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee unanimously supported two safety measures: one to upgrade a bike lane on Hudson Street, and another to tweak pedestrian improvements at the car-clogged intersection of the Bowery and Delancey Street. Almost two-and-a-half years after asking DOT to upgrade the faded buffered bike lane on Hudson Street to a […]

80-Year-Old Pedestrian and MTA Bus Driver Killed in Separate Crashes

By Brad Aaron | Feb 12, 2014 | 5 Comments

In the last 24 hours, an 80-year-old pedestrian and an MTA bus driver were killed in crashes in Brooklyn and Manhattan. At around 1:35 p.m. Tuesday, Margarita Seda was struck by the driver of a GMC vehicle as she crossed Grand Street at Graham Avenue in Williamsburg, according to WCBS and the Daily News. WCBS reported […]

CB 2 Committee OKs Varick Street Traffic Calming, Punts on Bike Corrals

By Stephen Miller | Jan 4, 2013 | 38 Comments

With two unanimous 9-0 votes, Manhattan Community Board 2’s transportation committee took one step forward and one step back for livable streets last night, voting for safety fixes at a problematic intersection while punting on a proposal for bike corrals after local NIMBY extraordinaire Sean Sweeney showed up to squash it. A request for traffic calming […]

Pressure Mounts for Safer Intersection After Jessica Dworkin’s Death

By Stephen Miller | Sep 24, 2012 | 4 Comments

In the wake of Jessica Dworkin’s death, community members are waiting for DOT and NYPD to take action to reduce the dangers caused by motorists at the intersection of Sixth Avenue and Houston Street. At a meeting on September 20, Manhattan Community Board 2 passed two resolutions that recently passed the board’s transportation committee. The first asks […]

Trucker Who Killed Jessica Dworkin Cited for Careless Driving

By Brad Aaron | Aug 29, 2012 | 20 Comments

The truck driver who killed Jessica Dworkin in the West Village Monday morning was summonsed for failure to yield and failure to exercise due care, according to NYPD, but was not cited for possible violations related to truck size and safety mirrors. Dworkin, 58, was riding a foot-propelled scooter west on Houston Street just before […]

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