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NYPD: Not Even a Ticket for Truck Driver Who Killed LES Pedestrian
We have more details on the August 9 crash that killed a pedestrian on the Lower East Side, though many of them conflict with information previously provided by NYPD.
August 21, 2012
NYPD Says It’s Not Investigating Lower East Side Pedestrian Death
An unidentified woman was struck and killed by a truck driver on the Lower East Side earlier this month in a collision that NYPD is reportedly not investigating.
August 20, 2012
Video: Drivers Ignore New Left Turn Ban at Delancey and Essex
As part of the safety improvements on Delancey Street that DOT is installing, the evening rush hour ban on left turns at the intersection of Essex and Delancey Streets was extended to prohibit left turns at all times. To educate motorists, DOT installed reflective overhead signs and temporary electronic signage.
August 14, 2012
Grassroots Coalition Crafts Action Plan for Lower East Side Cycling
After a year and a half of grassroots activism, last week the Lower East Side's Local Spokes coalition released a wide-ranging action plan to improve cycling in the neighborhood [PDF]. The plan includes both actions that Local Spokes member organizations plan to undertake, like developing a bicycle safety curriculum for area residents and organizing businesses to provide bike parking, and those they intend to lobby the city for, such as more bike-share stations and better bike parking in NYCHA buildings.
June 4, 2012
EDC Wants 500 Parking Spots at Long-Awaited Lower East Side Development
The Seward Park Urban Renewal Area, or SPURA, is the largest undeveloped, city-owned area south of 96th Street. Located along the south side of Delancey Street at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge, SPURA currently consists of five empty lots, the leftovers of a 1967 slum clearance project. Though mid-century towers-in-a-park style housing was built elsewhere on the site, these lots have remained vacant since the tenements were torn down 45 years ago, displacing a population that was two-thirds black and Hispanic.
May 15, 2012
Prepping for July Bike-Share Launch, DOT Shows Prelim Station Sites to CB 3
After several months of public meetings and online feedback on bike-share station siting, NYC DOT is beginning to tour community boards with preliminary station maps in preparation for launching North America's most expansive bike-share system this July.
April 12, 2012
Community Board 3 Approves Delancey Street Safety Improvements
Manhattan Community Board 3 signed off on a package of safety improvements for deadly Delancey Street Tuesday night, according to State Senator Daniel Squadron's office. The plan, presented by NYC DOT in February, narrows the crossing distance at 14 out of 19 intersections between the Williamsburg Bridge and the Bowery, but doesn't substantially alter signal timing or traffic lanes heading to and from the bridge. It's the low-hanging fruit to prevent deaths and injuries on a street that sees a horrific amount of carnage.
March 29, 2012
Eyes On The Street: Cyclists Ticketing Cyclists
Via Bowery Boogie, two photos of bike-riding NYPD officers writing up two other cyclists for running red lights at the corner of Bowery and Delancey.
February 23, 2012
DOT Shortens Pedestrian Crossings on Delancey, Doesn’t Touch Traffic
The crosswalks will be getting shorter on Delancey Street -- one of the city's deadliest corridors -- thanks to a new safety plan from the Department of Transportation [PDF]. At 14 of 19 crossings between Clinton Street and the Bowery, neckdowns will extend the sidewalk into the street, making the distance across the extremely wide street a bit more manageable. While DOT found ways to add pedestrian space where it could, however, the department rejected options, some of which were very popular, that would interfere with the heavy traffic headed to and from the Williamsburg Bridge.
February 9, 2012
Delancey Safety Plan Will Widen Sidewalks, Lengthen Crossing Times
The Department of Transportation's plan to improve safety on Delancey Street will make it easier to cross the deadly artery, a press release from State Senator Dan Squadron's office confirms.
February 8, 2012