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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
West Harlemites Put Bike Lanes Back in the Picture for Broadway Redesign
West Harlem residents succeeded in getting NYC DOT to consider adding bike lanes to a road diet project for Broadway between W. 153rd and W. 135th. But they had to fight for it during Thursday night’s Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting.
November 6, 2015
Momentum Builds For Safety Improvements on Broadway in West Harlem
West Harlem residents are rallying support for safety improvements on Broadway between 135th Street and 153rd Street ahead of a vote on a DOT redesign proposal at tonight's Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting.
November 5, 2015
Residents Tell DOT Their Ideas for Safer Streets By Astoria Park
Nearly 60 neighborhood residents came out for a public meeting on Wednesday night to brainstorm ways to calm traffic around Astoria Park in Queens.
October 30, 2015
What If Traffic Engineers Were Held to Safety Standards Like Carmakers?
It's been a rough few days for auto makers.
September 23, 2015
20’s Plenty: The Movement for Safer Speeds in the UK
Five years ago, Streetfilms was in the UK town of Warrington to talk with the great folks behind 20's Plenty For Us, a largely volunteer group trying to get speed limits reduced to 20 mph. The first film drew broad interest in the 20's Plenty movement, and on a recent trip I caught up with them again.
September 22, 2015
Mayor’s Report Card: Traffic Deaths Falling, But Policy a Mixed Bag
Each year, the City Charter requires the mayor to issue a report showing whether city agencies are meeting their goals. This year's report card is a mixed bag for street safety, DOT, and NYPD. While fatalities are down, the direction of the enforcement and street design policies behind Vision Zero is less clear.
September 18, 2015
DOT Axes Midland Beach Slow Zone, and Staten Islanders Seem OK With That
DOT has shelved a Neighborhood Slow Zone planned for Staten Island's Midland Beach neighborhood over local opposition to a 20 mph speed limit on one of the streets within the project area. Borough President Jimmy Oddo, who supported the Slow Zone as a council member, is now applauding DOT for canceling it.
August 25, 2015
Will CB 9 Take Its Cues From a Denny Farrell Rant Against a Safer Broadway?
Council Member Mark Levine and the local precinct commander spoke in support of a traffic safety plan [PDF] for a deadly stretch of Broadway last night at a Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee meeting. Then Denny Farrell, chair of the New York State Assembly's powerful ways and means committee, let loose with a nonsensical rant against the plan.
July 10, 2015
Tonight: Community Board 9 Weighs Fix for Dangerous Stretch of Broadway
A street safety plan [PDF] for Broadway in West Harlem is going before the Manhattan Community Board 9 transportation committee tonight. The redesign is a road diet similar to other DOT projects that have reduced deaths and injuries, but CB 9 members also have a track record of opposing attempts to improve safety by removing car lanes.
July 9, 2015