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Driver Runs Over People on West Side Greenway, Multiple Deaths Reported
If reports are correct, today's events would be the second time this year someone weaponized a motor vehicle to harm people in areas that are designated for New Yorkers to walk and bike separately from motorized traffic.
October 31, 2017
It’s Bike Month, So NYC Closed the Busiest Bike Route in the Country With No Notice. Again.
Continuing what's become an annual tradition, the Parks Department has set up a bike dismount zone on Hudson River Greenway for Fleet Week. Adhering to past practice, Parks posted no notice of the detour on its website or Twitter.
May 26, 2017
Hit-and-Run Driver Who Killed Greenway Cyclist Gets 1 to 4 Years
The hit-and-run driver who killed cyclist Olga Cook on the Hudson River Greenway is going to jail. On the evening of June 11, 2016, Samuel Silva hit Cook with a Ford pickup truck as he turned right from West Street onto Chambers Street. Cook, 30, was knocked to the ground and sustained fatal head and body trauma.
March 10, 2017
Uber Driver Injures Cyclist at Hudson River Greenway Crossing
A for-hire driver in an Uber cab injured a young man riding a bike on the Hudson River Greenway last week. The driver blamed the victim, and indications are NYPD did not conduct a full-scale investigation. The Taxi and Limousine Commission declined comment.
March 7, 2017
CB 7 Endorses Year-Round Parks Department Greenway Detour
Based on scant justification from the Parks Department, yesterday Manhattan Community Board 7 voted in favor of a permanent detour for cyclists along the Hudson River Greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. Amendments to keep the main path accessible to cyclists during off-peak times either failed or were not considered, in part because board chairs Roberta Semer and Klari Neuwelt were in a hurry to finish the meeting.
November 2, 2016
Tonight: Testify Before CB 7 Votes on Riverside Park Greenway Detour
A late addition to the calendar: Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on the Parks Department's proposal to route cyclists away from the waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street. If you want to preserve access to the flatter, straighter, better-lit waterfront path during the majority of the year when crowding is not an issue, tonight is the time to testify.
November 1, 2016
CB 7 Parks Committee Votes for Hilly Greenway Detour in Riverside Park
Manhattan Community Board 7's Parks and Environment Committee voted 4 to 1 last night in favor of the Parks Department's proposal to route cyclists away from from Riverside Park's waterfront greenway between 72nd Street and 83rd Street.
October 18, 2016
Parks Dept. Implements Hudson River Greenway Detour, Then Explains It
Hudson River Greenway traffic will be disrupted for the next two weeks to allow for construction work around 59th Street, the Parks Department said today.
October 4, 2016
NYPD Forced Cyclists Off Greenway and Onto West Side Highway at Rush Hour
For four and a half hours last night, NYPD shut off bike access to the Hudson River Greenway between 44th Street and 55th Street, a major bike transportation artery used by several thousand people each day.
September 8, 2016