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Upper East Side Community Board Asks DOT for Crosstown Bike Lanes
Manhattan Community Board 8 passed a resolution Wednesday night asking DOT for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side.
November 20, 2015
Residents Call for Better Crosstown Bike Routes on the Upper East Side
About 30 Upper East Side residents hit the streets last Saturday to evaluate potential routes for crosstown bike lanes in their neighborhood.
October 22, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Children Play Mere Feet From Citi Bikes — The Horror!
Let's take a moment to remember the fury of the Upper East Side parents who discovered last month that a bike-share station had begrimed the same block schoolchildren use for midday recess on E. 82nd Street near Second Avenue, next to P.S. 290.
October 6, 2015
Citi Bike Arrives on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side
Citi Bike has begun its expansion to the Upper East Side and Upper West Side.
September 1, 2015
The Trouble With Citi Bike Above 59th Is Station Density, Not the Timeline
For some reason, the timeline for phasing in the Citi Bike expansion in Manhattan is getting covered as a minor scandal, even though officials are sticking to the schedule they revealed months ago. The real problem with the bike-share expansion plan is the thinned-out station network, which is, unfortunately, getting buried by the faux story about a delayed roll-out.
July 27, 2015
Will 2nd Ave Get Its Protected Bike Lane After Subway Construction Wraps?
As the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway wraps up sometime in the next two years, the largest construction zone in the city will turn back into a functional street. Those 40 blocks of Second Avenue on the Upper East Side won't be the same as before, though. Back in 2010, the city laid out a plan to add bus lanes and protected bike lanes on that stretch when construction is over.
July 17, 2015
DOT Finalizes Weak Bike-Share Station Maps for Manhattan Expansion [Updated]
DOT's bike-share expansion maps for the Upper West Side and Upper East Side are now final, and they're not any better than the draft maps that showed a thinned-out network of stations for some of the city's densest neighborhoods.
July 10, 2015
Eyes on the Street: Red Paint for “Queue-Jump” Bus Lanes on the M86
Select Bus Service on 86th Street in Manhattan won't be getting full bus-only lanes, but riders will benefit from short bus lanes at busy intersections. DOT has added two "queue-jump" lanes where 86th Street and 84th Street meet Fifth Avenue, to keep buses from getting stuck behind traffic waiting at lights.
July 2, 2015
Turning Driver Kills 89-Year-Old on Upper East Side, NYPD Blames Victim
For the second time in a week, a turning driver has killed a senior on the Upper East Side. Police blamed the victim in the press.
May 15, 2015