Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

The Harlem River looking north from the High Bridge. Just imagine a greenway here one day. Photo: Kevin Duggan

20-20 Vision Zero: Mayor Adams Wants to Create a Harlem River Greenway

By Kevin Duggan | Mar 22, 2023 | No Comments

Mayor Adams wants to build a seven-mile greenway along the Harlem River in the Bronx, turning the borough's wasteland western waterfront into a safe route for Boogie Down bicyclists and pedestrians from Van Cortlandt Park to Randalls Island.

A cyclist on an e-bike rolls over the bumps on Ocean Avenue near Avenue N on Dec. 12. Photo: Kevin Duggan

EYES ON THE STREET: Ocean Parkway Remains A Cracked Ruin As Parks Dept. Delays

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 16, 2022 | No Comments

The Ocean Parkway bike lane is worse than it's ever been, and cycling advocates are fed up.

Council Member Shekar Krishnan rallies on Dec. 6, 2022 for a set of bills to improve Parks projects.

Council Wants to Speed Up Parks Projects (Like Those Much-Delayed Greenways!)

By Kevin Duggan | Dec 8, 2022 | No Comments

The department has been a poor steward of its bike infrastructure that provide crucial links in the city's cycling network — like Ocean Parkway. And Council Member Shekar Krishnan wants to change that.

The city is eyeing 10th Avenue in Inwood for a protected bike lane that would help fill the gap of the Manhattan greenway at the northern tip of the borough. Photo: Tipster

City to Install Protected Bike Lane Beneath Inwood’s Elevated Subway — in 2027

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 17, 2022 | No Comments

Well, here's one reason to hope Mayor Adams gets a second term.

Council Member Carlina Rivera (podium) rallies supporters of the Greenways Master Plan bill before a hearing on the bill in June. Photo: Dave Colon

Greenway Master Plan Bill Now Has a Later Deadline For Creation of Said Master Plan

By Dave Colon | Oct 19, 2022 | No Comments

Wait 'til next year. And then the year after that.

Cyclists in Central Park have to use pedestrian paths because (inset) there are no crosstown routes. File photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

OPINION: We Need a River-to-River Crosstown Bike Network in Manhattan

By Paul Krikler and Carl Mahaney | Aug 17, 2022 | No Comments

A Chinese proverb goes: "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago. The second-best time is now." The same goes for replacing car infrastructure with bike infrastructure.

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