Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Mark Levine

Levine to CB 7: Support the Amsterdam Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | | 12 Comments
Next Tuesday, Community Board 7 is slated to vote on the Amsterdam Avenue protected bike lane, and Council Member Mark Levine wants to be crystal clear: The street needs a redesign that includes a protected bike lane. In a letter sent to CB 7 members today, Levine makes the case that by shortening crossing distances, reducing speeding, and adding a protected bike lane, DOT’s […]

Levine’s Car2Go Bill Needs Cold Hard Data on Company’s Traffic Impact

By Stephen Miller | | 24 Comments
This afternoon, Council Member Mark Levine will introduce a bill [PDF 1, 2] requiring DOT to give car-share companies designated on-street parking spaces, potentially for a price. Guaranteed parking would boost car sharing, Levine says, and reduce car ownership. Trouble is, there’s not much data to say whether or not car-share in New York is reducing vehicle ownership or just encouraging more driving. […]

Levine to DOT: The Time Is Now for Amsterdam Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | | 12 Comments
City Council Member Mark Levine sent a letter today urging Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to put a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue. Levine’s district encompasses much of the Upper West Side north of W. 95th Street. Calling on DOT to act, he pointed to unsafe conditions on Amsterdam, attendant wrong-way cycling on the Columbus Avenue southbound protected […]

Will CB 9 Take Its Cues From a Denny Farrell Rant Against a Safer Broadway?

By Stephen Miller | | 53 Comments
Council Member Mark Levine and the local precinct commander spoke in support of a traffic safety plan [PDF] for a deadly stretch of Broadway last night at a Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. Then Denny Farrell, chair of the New York State Assembly’s powerful ways and means committee, let loose with a nonsensical rant against the plan. The project […]
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