Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Community Boards

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes, 13 groups demand in a letter to the city. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Cyclists Demand More Bike Lanes, Less Community Boards and Even Some Roads of their Own

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 9 Comments

One hundred miles of protected bike lanes in two years. No cars on some key routes for cyclists. Less engagement with community boards. And no more delays in life-saving road redesigns "for non-transportation-related political reasons." It's a start.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg showed off the new 2023 map for Citi Bike on Tuesday in the Bronx. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

BREAKING: Citi Bike Expansion Revealed — And It’s a Slow Rollout

By Gersh Kuntzman and Dave Colon | Jul 15, 2019 | 32 Comments

Some neighborhoods won't get Citi Bike until 2023 — and some won't get it at all (sorry, Bay Ridge).

This sign now greets cyclists as they simply try to get from Downtown Brooklyn to DUMBO. Photo: Daniel Hopkins

UNBELIEVABLE! DOT Adds Parking to Car-Choked DUMBO

By Daniel Hopkins | Jun 14, 2019 | 32 Comments

Pedestrian-packed and car-clogged Washington Street in Brooklyn’s DUMBO neighborhood has been converted to a one-way between Front and York streets — a change spurred by a two-year effort by a neighborhood resident that will actually add more cars and more danger to the roadway.

Community Board 7 made a strong move to help make sure more ghost bikes, like this one made for Madison Lyden, won't be necessary. Photo: David Meyer

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

Community boards across the city continue to prioritize parking over pedestrians — but not Manhattan CB 7.

Upper West Side Panel Demands End to Free On-Street Parking

By David Meyer | May 17, 2019 | 54 Comments

As Manhattan CB 7's transportation committee sees it, the very presence free on-street parking on the Upper West Side only serves to exacerbate congestion. On Tuesday, the panel demanded an end to it entirely.

On Thursday night, DOT officials unveiled their plan to allow car-storers to continue to use the public right of way to block safety improvements. Board member Steve Harrison, who doesn't want to remove parking, is on the far right. Photo: Dave Colon

DOT to Bay Ridge: You Get Unsafe Bike Lanes Because We Don’t Want to Remove Parking

By Dave Colon | May 10, 2019 | 19 Comments

The DOT offers "murderstrips" instead of protected bike lanes — even though Bay Ridge residents are increasingly open to real safety improvements. How is this Vision Zero?

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