Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

CB7 debated the resolution (seen onscreen) Tuesday night. Photo: Eve Kessler

ANALYSIS: 'Parking' Study Was Neutral — But It's The First Salvo in War on Cars

By Eve Kessler | Feb 6, 2020 | No Comments

An Upper West Side panel's call for a "study" of curbside use was anodyne, but the study may lead to changes that will forever end the notion of "free" parking. Let's hope.

Safe-streets activists hold signs at Community Board 7's meeting. Andrew Rosenthal is at right. Photo: Eve Kessler

Upper West Side Panel Approves Neutered ‘No Parking’ Study

By Eve Kessler | Feb 5, 2020 | No Comments

CB 7's much-neutered resolution passes — finally! — with a huge display of parking angst.

Supporters of the CB7 resolution made posters over the weekend. Photo: Lisa Orman

BATTLE LINES: Manhattan Panel to Discuss ‘No Free Parking’ Resolution

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 3, 2020 | No Comments

It shouldn't be controversial at all — but it is, mostly because car drivers think every inch of roadway belongs to them (and they can put their garbage bags in the pedestrian space, too!).

Streetsies 2019: The NIMBYs Who Should Move to the Suburbs Already

By Streetsblog | Dec 31, 2019 | No Comments

A rogues gallery of dunderheads tried to impede the movement to make our streets safe. Here are the lowlights.

Streetsies 2019: The Best Transportation Project of the Year

By Streetsblog | Dec 26, 2019 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation got some things — OK, many things — right this year. And the nominees for the Streetsie are...

Yes, the speeches are boring:. A pro-car Upper West Side resident rises to defend his entitlement at the CB7 Transportation Committee Meeting on December 10. Photo: Eve Kessler

IT’S A DRAW: CB7 Panel Passes ‘Parking’ Resolution, But ‘Consensus’ Must Be Had

By Eve Kessler | Dec 11, 2019 | No Comments

Proposal to study whether private car storage is best uses of public space advances — at a price.

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