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Torres: DOT “Abdicating Its Public Safety Function” to Community Boards
Council Member Ritchie Torres has a proposal to survey community board demographics in an effort to promote more accurate and diverse representation. Among other information, the survey would reveal the share of community board members who own cars, which tends to be much higher than car ownership among the general public.
January 14, 2016
Most New Yorkers Don’t Own Cars. Do Community Boards Reflect That?
Most households in New York City, about 56 percent, don't own cars. But if you've ever attended a community board meeting about redesigning a street, you might have come away thinking that car storage is the single most important function our streets serve.
January 11, 2016
Manhattan Community Board 9 Votes for Broadway Road Diet
Manhattan Community Board 9 voted last night to approve DOT’s plan for safety improvements along Broadway in West Harlem. The road diet will slim Broadway between 135th Street and 153rd Street from three lanes in each direction to two, widening curbside parking lanes and adding a six foot buffer on either side of the Broadway Malls.
December 18, 2015
DOT Has Ruled Out a Crosstown Bike Lane on 72nd Street [Updated]
DOT is studying routes for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side, but it looks like 72nd Street, which could provide a seamless route across Central Park, won't be one of them.
December 17, 2015
De Blasio Gives DOT Permission to Put Safety Above Community Board Whims
When DOT allows community boards to veto street safety projects, streets aren't as safe for walking and biking as they could be.
December 16, 2015
DOT, Chaim Deutsch, and CB 15 Set Stage for Latest MTA Pedestrian Death
An MTA bus driver killed a pedestrian in a crosswalk in Sheepshead Bay Monday. The crash happened at an intersection where DOT planned to eliminate bus turns, but the project was shelved in response to opposition from City Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Brooklyn Community Board 15.
December 15, 2015
DOT Weakened Riverside Drive Plan to Appease Manhattan CB 9 [Updated]
DOT watered down and delayed an already half-hearted plan to make Riverside Drive safer for walking in deference to opposition from Manhattan Community Board 9.
December 9, 2015
CB 5 Committee to DOT: You Oughta Take a Traffic Lane Outta Sixth Avenue
Like their counterparts at Community Board 4, members of the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee think DOT's proposed redesign of Sixth Avenue isn't bold enough. Unlike CB 4, the committee voted for the plan anyway in a unanimous decision last night.
November 24, 2015
Upper East Side Community Board Asks DOT for Crosstown Bike Lanes
Manhattan Community Board 8 passed a resolution Wednesday night asking DOT for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side.
November 20, 2015
Queens Community Board Chairs Care About Parking More Than Housing
Give it up for Queens community board chairs. Thanks to a vote last night, we now have a crystal clear expression of their priorities. Nothing is more important than parking.
November 17, 2015