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Safety Fix for Prospect Park Entrance on the Agenda at CB 14 Tonight
We have a late breaking addition to the Streetsblog calendar. Tonight the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 14 will be discussing DOT's plan to add more pedestrian space and realign the intersection of Parkside Avenue and Ocean Avenue at the southeast entrance to Prospect Park [PDF]. The redesign will be made possible by relocating a park loop entrance for cars from this intersection to Lincoln Road. An average of 20 people are injured in traffic at this location every year, and the project is expected to cut that number in half.
January 11, 2012
Mark-Viverito: Misinformation Won’t Stop East Harlem Bike Lanes
After a misinformation campaign by two local business owners, East Harlem's Community Board 11 rescinded its vote in support of plans for protected bike lanes along First and Second Avenue Tuesday night. The board will soon vote again on the project, which has the backing of local Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito.
November 17, 2011
Vacca: Want Safer Streets? Don’t Even Try to Join Your Community Board
Does it get less democratic than this? The City Council Transportation Committee Chair, James Vacca, just told the New York Post that Transportation Alternatives shouldn't help people join their local community boards.
November 11, 2011
CB 2 Committee Endorses Parking-Protected Hudson St. Bike Lane
The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted unanimously on Tuesday to endorse a community-generated plan to upgrade the Hudson Street bike lane to a parking-protected lane.
November 9, 2011
CB 8 Committee Warms to Bike-Share, Sets Aside Bike Licenses
Manhattan Community Board 8 has a checkered history when it comes to bike-friendly policies. In the past few years, the Upper East Side CB voted repeatedly to support protected bike lanes, but also put out resolutions drenched with anti-bike vitriol on more than one occasion (most recently this June, when the subject was establishing shared bike-ped paths across Central Park).
November 3, 2011
West Side Protected Lanes Get Thumbs Up From CB 4
By a vote of 26 to 10 Wednesday night, Manhattan Community Board 4 endorsed DOT plans to extend the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenue from 34th Street to 59th Street. The bike lanes will improve safety for all users on some of Midtown's most chaotic streets, which pass by Penn Station, the Port Authority Bus Terminal, and the Lincoln Tunnel entrance.
October 6, 2011
With CB 8 Vote, East Side Bikeway Ready to Run From Houston to 125th
Last night, the full board of Manhattan Community Board 8 voted in favor of building a protected bike lane on First Avenue between 60th Street and 96th Street.
September 22, 2011
CB 8 Committee May Not Love Cyclists, But Still Votes for Safer First Avenue
On the Upper East Side, community board members are willing to vote for safer streets, so long as they can vent about cyclists beforehand.
September 8, 2011
Manhattan Borough Board Unanimously Endorses Car-Free Central Park Trial
Though Mayor Bloomberg has ruled out the possibility of implementing a car-free Central Park trial this year, opting for further data collection instead, public support for the proposal continues to grow. At a meeting of the Manhattan Borough Board yesterday, the car-free trial picked up support from still more community boards and new City Council members.
July 22, 2011