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Eyes on the Street: East Side Crosstown Bike Lanes Re-Emerge
After much argument, the permanent 61st and 62nd Street cycle paths are here. Sort of.
August 25, 2021
Upper East Side Candidate Moscaritolo Wants Residential Parking Permits
A controversial plank in an otherwise straight-ahead transportation platform.
April 2, 2021
Upper East Side Protected Bike Lanes Safe … for Now
A drive to extirpate the temporary lanes on 61st and 62nd streets failed in a lopsided vote of a Manhattan panel.
January 7, 2021
20th Cyclist of 2020 Killed in Upper East Side Hit-And-Run
Delivery biker was mowed down by the driver of a Chevy Tahoe SUV.
November 2, 2020
STREET THIEVES: NYPD Seizes Park Paths, Hindering Access to Mayor de Blasio’s Ferry for No Reason
The tale of two cities is right there in Hizzoner’s backyard.
June 17, 2020
Op-Ed: Courting Death on the Third Avenue Speedway
COVID-19 has turned an East Side road into a race course where pedestrians cling to tight-rope-like sidewalks. How long until somebody dies?
April 22, 2020
Op-Ed: Let’s Build a Network of ‘Quiet Streets’
COVID19 demonstrates the need for more space for people — like this gorgeous rendering above.
March 30, 2020
Op-Ed: The Second Avenue Subway’s Lessons for American Transit
How to avoid the mistakes that make the East Side line, the most costly subway extension ever built.
March 9, 2020
Ex-Parks Commissioner: I Won’t Bike in Central Park Anymore
A delivery man on a e-bike wiped out after striking a pedestrian at a dangerous intersection. What's the city going to do about it?
September 2, 2019
KOMANOFF: Congestion Pricing Will NOT Fill Upper Manhattan With Suburbanites Cruising for Parking
Our expert fires up his transportation spreadsheet and finds that neighborhood fears about a carmaggedon at the edge of congestion pricing zone are unfounded.
March 21, 2019
