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CB 5 Committee to DOT: You Oughta Take a Traffic Lane Outta Sixth Avenue
Like their counterparts at Community Board 4, members of the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee think DOT's proposed redesign of Sixth Avenue isn't bold enough. Unlike CB 4, the committee voted for the plan anyway in a unanimous decision last night.
November 24, 2015
Will the Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Get Done in 2016?
DOT presented a plan for a protected bike lane on 19 blocks of Sixth Avenue to the Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee last night. From 14th Street to 33rd Street, the design calls for carving out a six-foot bike lane and three-foot buffer protected from moving motor vehicles by a lane of parked cars [PDF].
November 19, 2015
Eyes on the Street: The First Avenue Bike Lane Gap Is Shrinking
DOT tweeted a status report this afternoon on the First Avenue protected bike lane gap. Green paint is down on the newly protected section between 49th Street and 56th Street:
October 23, 2015
Next Up for SBS: 23rd Street in Manhattan, Canarsie to Gravesend in Brooklyn
Two more enhanced bus routes are entering the project pipeline in NYC, one along a busy Manhattan crosstown street and the other snaking across a transit-hungry stretch of Brooklyn.
October 5, 2015
Mark Your Calendars: Summer Streets Returns in August
Another summer, another edition of Summer Streets.
July 23, 2015
Team de Blasio Makes Its Case for a One-Year “Uber Cap”
The de Blasio administration made its case for temporarily restricting the growth of licenses for ride-hailing services like Uber at a City Council hearing this morning. With congestion in Manhattan getting worse, City Hall's plan is to cap the number of new for-hire vehicles on city streets for the next year while it studies the impact of the industry on traffic.
June 30, 2015
With Congestion Getting Worse, City Wants to Stem Flood of Uber Licenses
The de Blasio administration and the City Council want to slow the growth in new black car licenses over the next year. With companies like Uber adding tens of thousands of black cars to the mix over the past few years, mainly in the most congested parts of Manhattan, the city wants to get a better handle on how the industry is affecting traffic.
June 23, 2015
The Case for 24/7 Access to the High Bridge
Video of opening day on the High Bridge: Clarence Eckerson.
June 22, 2015
Want Safer Biking and Walking Across the Harlem River? Tell DOT Your Ideas
Residents from the Bronx and Manhattan told DOT last night how they want to improve walking and biking across the Harlem River bridges. It was the second of four Harlem River bridges workshops this month.
June 17, 2015
Gale Brewer Reappoints Safe Streets Foes to Manhattan Community Boards
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer has reappointed a slate of community board members with a long history of opposing safer streets and better transit.
April 21, 2015