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Eyes on the Street: Greenway Link That Burns Up Kips Bay Condo Owners
DOT has striped and painted an important greenway connection on one block of East 37th Street, which received the support of Manhattan Community Board 6 last month. DOT began installing the bike lane this week, and the agency says the full project will be complete by the end of next week.
November 7, 2014
Kips Bay Condo Owners Don’t Want Bike Lane By Their Door, So They’re Suing
Lawsuits against bike lanes and bike-share stations have all gone down in flames in New York City courts, but that's not stopping Kips Bay condo owners from suing NYC DOT over a short, very useful connection linking the East Side Greenway and the First Avenue bike lane.
November 4, 2014
Highlights From Today’s City Council Transportation Infrastructure Hearing
Today, the City Council transportation and economic development committees held a marathon joint hearing on New York's transportation investment needs. Top staff from the MTA and NYC DOT, including Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, fielded questions from council members for the better part of the day.
November 3, 2014
DCP Sketches Out Waterfront Transit and Safer Streets for Western Queens
A new transitway from LaGuardia Airport to Downtown Brooklyn is the most ambitious recommendation in a draft report [PDF] from the Department of City Planning on transportation in Western Queens, which also includes a raft of smaller changes that would make the streets of Astoria and Long Island City safer and more livable.
October 10, 2014
U.S. DOT Releases New Guidance to Make Streets Safe for Cycling
Last month in Pittsburgh, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled a new federal initiative aimed at reducing pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. Despite declining overall traffic fatalities, people walking and biking are being killed more often on American streets, a disturbing trend that U.S. DOT wants to reverse.
October 10, 2014
Manhattan CB 6 Backs East River Greenway Connector on 37th Street
It's going to become safer and easier to access the East River Greenway, thanks to a vote last night by Manhattan Community Board 6. In a surprisingly drama-free meeting, the board backed the recommendation of DOT and its own transportation committee for a two-way bike path on a single block of 37th Street, connecting the greenway to First Avenue.
October 9, 2014
Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Likely Delayed Until Next Year
One of the most anticipated livable streets projects of 2014 probably won't get built until next year.
October 8, 2014
Want Safer Connections to the East Side Greenway? Tell CB 6 on Monday
On Monday, the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee is set to reconsider a plan to install a two-way protected bike lane on a block of East 37th Street, connecting First Avenue with the East River Greenway. The plan has run up against stiff opposition from residents of an adjacent condominium tower who don't want a bike lane on the same side of the street as their building.
October 3, 2014
Eyes on the Street: The Evolution of the Bergen Street Protected Bike Lane
What began as an ad hoc fix for a bike lane chronically clogged by cars has become permanent after DOT installed a block-long barrier on the Bergen Street bike lane in front of the 78th Precinct in Prospect Heights.
October 1, 2014