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CB 8 Transpo Committee Approves UES Protected Bike Lane Reso
We didn't want to let the week slip by without following up on some promising news from the Upper East Side. On Wednesday, a day after Community Board 7 deliberated, and ultimately approved, a resolution supporting protected bike lanes, Community Board 8's transportation committee considered a similar reso:
October 9, 2009
More Than Just Same-Old at Upper East Side Bicycle Forum
From the first (and only) town-hall meeting of the Manhattan Borough President’s Planning for Pedestrians Council in 1987, to Manhattan Community Board 8’s “Bicycle Forum” this week, I’ve sat through innumerable gatherings on cyclist-pedestrian conflicts.
October 2, 2009
Tonight: UWS, UES Community Boards Talk Bikes [Updated]
Community boards in districts east and west of Central Park will hold sessions tonight on cycling infrastructure and safety.
September 30, 2009
Placemaking on the Upper East Side
Tuesday evening, Project for Public Spaces held a "placemaking" community workshop for Manhattan's Upper East Side, featuring PPS founder and president Fred Kent. Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly was there and files this report.
September 11, 2008
Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street?
Almost six months after DOT installed "controversial" new cross-town bike lanes on the Upper East Side, Manhattan's Community Board 8, which opposed the city's plan for lanes on 91st Street, has formed a "91st Street Task Force."
March 26, 2008
Motorists Dominate UES Parking Workshop
Streetsblog commenter BicyclesOnly attended last night's DOT neighborhood parking workshop at Temple Israel on E. 75th St. Here is his account (originally posted here):
January 24, 2008
Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side
A Curbed tipster sent along this photo of the "controversial" new bike lane going in along E. 90th Street.
August 1, 2007