Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

KOMANOFF: Congestion Pricing Will NOT Fill Upper Manhattan With Suburbanites Cruising for Parking

By Charles Komanoff | Mar 21, 2019 | 18 Comments

Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.

Pedestrian Killed by SUV Driver Trying to Park on Upper East Side

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 30, 2019 | 37 Comments

An Upper East Side pedestrian was run down by a driver who was going in reverse to get a parking space on E. 91st Street late on Tuesday, police said.

The woman on the left had a little too much to say.

Today’s Edition of “S#!t We Put Up With Every F@&%ing Day”

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 29, 2018 | 39 Comments

Seriously, what is this woman thinking?

Let the griping begin. Photo: David Meyer

The Upper East Side Can Still Deliver an Old-Fashioned Bike Lane Kvetchfest

By David Meyer | Jul 10, 2018 | 4 Comments

True to form, last night's Upper East Side community board meeting about bike lanes was a ridiculous carnival of vituperative whining.

Assembly Member Dan Quart Wants Full-Scale Congestion Pricing, No Exemptions

By David Meyer | Mar 9, 2018 | 3 Comments

Assembly Member Dan Quart, who represents the Upper East Side and East Midtown, doesn't tiptoe around the issue of congestion pricing.

Mayor de Blasio at last night's town hall.

Mayor de Blasio Throws Red Meat to the Bike Haters in Midtown

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2017 | 97 Comments

De Blasio made no attempt to win over skeptics of bike infrastructure, showed no grasp of the pedestrian safety effects of protected bike lanes, and appeared content to let anecdotes and unfocused anger sway policy instead of the proven track record of his own DOT's projects.

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