Eric Jankiewicz
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Residents: Protected Bike Lanes a Must for Queens Boulevard Phase 2
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Dozens of Queens residents packed into a room at an Elmhurst school Thursday night to brainstorm a design for the second phase of Queens Boulevard’s transformation from a high-speed roadway to a safer street. By the end of the meeting, there was a resounding call for protected bike lanes and a beautification project that would indicate to […]
West Harlemites Put Bike Lanes Back in the Picture for Broadway Redesign
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West Harlem residents succeeded in getting NYC DOT to consider adding bike lanes to a road diet project for Broadway between W. 153rd and W. 135th. But they had to fight for it during Thursday night’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. DOT had shown a design for the street this summer with wider medians and parking lanes, fewer […]
Manhattan CB 8 Committee Asks DOT for Crosstown UES Bike Lanes
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Strong crowd here at @CB8M, every member of the public who spoke was in favor of x-town bike lanes. @transalt pic.twitter.com/91VR7AZfcw — Thomas DeVito (@PedestrianTom) November 4, 2015 Momentum continues to grow for creating crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. In an 11-1 vote with one abstention, the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee […]
Residents Call for Better Crosstown Bike Routes on the Upper East Side
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About 30 Upper East Side residents hit the streets last Saturday to evaluate potential routes for crosstown bike lanes in their neighborhood. For the “street scan” organized by Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York, the volunteers split up evenly between people on foot and people on bikes. Both groups surveyed three possible east-west routes to document current conditions for biking. Currently, the Upper East […]