Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Helen Rosenthal

Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane Finally Happening After 28-13 CB 7 Vote

By David Meyer | Feb 3, 2016 | 51 Comments

By a count of 28 in favor and 13 opposed, Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night to endorse DOT’s plan for a protected bike lane along Amsterdam Avenue from 72nd Street to 110th Street. The vote affirmed a safety project that Upper West Siders have worked toward for several years, but the meeting itself […]

Parks Department Proposes 9-Block Bike Detour on Hudson River Greenway

By David Meyer | Jan 14, 2016 | 44 Comments

Cyclists could be forced to take a winding, hilly detour away from the Hudson River Greenway between 73rd Street and 82nd Street, thanks to a proposal from the Parks Department that has the support of Council Member Helen Rosenthal. As DNAinfo reported, Parks landscape architect Margaret Bracken presented the plan at Monday’s Manhattan Community Board 7 […]

DOT Finalizes Weak Bike-Share Station Maps for Manhattan Expansion [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Jul 10, 2015 | 21 Comments

DOT’s bike-share expansion maps for the Upper West Side and Upper East Side are now final, and they’re not any better than the draft maps that showed a thinned-out network of stations for some of the city’s densest neighborhoods. The final maps shift a handful of stations around but don’t add any (here’s the UWS final […]

Central Park Above 72nd Street Is Now Car-Free Forever

By Stephen Miller | Jun 29, 2015 | 35 Comments

Last week, people walking and biking on the Central Park loop had to worry about taxi drivers and car commuters motoring through the park as a rush hour shortcut. This morning was different: Above 72nd Street, you could ride your bike, walk your dog, or go for a run on a safer, quieter path with a lot […]

Helen Rosenthal Won’t Say Why She Reappointed Street Safety Foe to CB 7

By Stephen Miller | Apr 28, 2015 | 29 Comments

Members of Families For Safe Streets asked Council Member Helen Rosenthal at a town hall meeting last night why she reappointed street safety foe and longtime Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig. But Rosenthal refused to answer questions from Upper West Siders who have lost loved ones to traffic violence. Zweig has spent years stonewalling […]

Will City Hall and DOT Finally Commit to Car-Free Parks This Summer?

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2015 | 12 Comments

Spring is here, and that means the loops in Central Park and Prospect Park are increasingly crowded, with cyclists, joggers, and walkers squeezed by rush-hour traffic. Will the de Blasio administration finally make the parks car-free this summer? Last year, DOT repeated the same partially car-free regime in Central Park that the Bloomberg administration introduced in 2013. While the loop north of […]

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