Eyes on the Street: Bikes Welcome Here
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Spotted at 40 Worth Street, a.k.a. DOT HQ. The rally for the "Bike in Buildings Bill" starts at City Hall at 10:45.
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Eyes on the Street: Inwoodites Enjoy Closed Street, Until Workers Go Home
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At this moment I hear two things through my apartment windows: a singer practicing his scales and the "beep beep beep" of construction equipment on nearby Isham Street at Park Terrace West, in Inwood. The city is currently replacing sidewalks on these two streets, which is nice. During some of the times when construction workers […]
Eyes on the Street: Alternate Route
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Musings on ‘point sends this photo from Warren and Church in Lower Manhattan. We love the idea of DIY traffic control. Grab your cardboard and markers, folks.
Eyes on the Street: A Walk Down Broadway Boulevard
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After Summer Streets wrapped up last Saturday, I headed over to Times Square to check out the progress on DOT’s "Broadway Boulevard" project. The new street geometry and surfacing are mostly in place, while plantings and furniture have yet to arrive. The bike lane was also fully functional, making this pedicab ride across 41st Street […]
Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #2
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Welcome to the second installment of our Summer Streets photo tour. This pic comes courtesy of BicyclesOnly, who says Park Avenue South is "one of the more dangerous roadways to bicycle on in Manhattan. Without the cars, it’s a playground for these two." More pics after the jump…
Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets Gallery #1
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Reader Jen Petersen sends this shot of the intersection of Lafayette and Spring on Saturday, along with her observations of how pedestrians, cyclists, and everyone else shared the road during Summer Streets: In the absence of special pavement markings delineating lanes for walkers, runners, cyclists, rollerbladers/skaters, people with children (and strollers), and others, we had […]