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Damage Control or Double-Down? CB9 To Make Announcement in Wake of Preventable Death
Community Board 9 may embrace a street safety redesign that it has long opposed for upper Amsterdam Avenue — and all it took was a young woman's death along the notorious speedway. Or maybe not.
March 25, 2019
Group Calls for Amsterdaming Most of Lower Manhattan
Crowded streets in Lower Manhattan must give more space to throngs of tourists and other pedestrians with new designs that would bring motorists to a crawl, says a neighborhood group.
March 19, 2019
Lower Manhattan to DOT: Protect Our Cyclists Better!
Downtown residents want big changes to Broadway, but the city is offering only a little.
December 12, 2018
DOT Chooses More Congestion on Kenmare to Appease NIMBYs
Once again, the agency doesn't listen to its own experts.
October 31, 2018
NYPD on U.N. Bike Lane Closures: Nothing to See Here, Streetsblog
We guess we'll never know why cyclists are barred.
October 11, 2018
Madison Lyden Gets a White ‘Ghost Bike’ — Will NYC Cyclists Get Safety?
Is change finally coming to Central Park West?
September 18, 2018
UPDATE! Manhattan Community Board to City: Get Real on L-Train Plan
Hundreds of thousands of people will be affected. But the mitigation plan could be better.
September 17, 2018
Flip-Flop on Dyckman Street: Anatomy of a Bike Lane Debacle
An about-face on removing a protected bike lane comes from the mayor himself.
September 4, 2018
NYPD Cop to Cyclist: I Didn’t Ticket That Truck in the Bike Lane Because My Supervisor Told Me Not To
An officer was caught on camera admitting that he was told to look the other way.
August 20, 2018
Madison Lyden Died On Central Park West Because the City ‘Failed Her’
A protected bike lane most assuredly would have saved the 23-year-old tourist's life.
August 17, 2018
