Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Dozens of people rallied in 2019 outside a building on Central Park West in support of a protected bike lane. Such activism antagonized car-owners on Manhattan CB7, who later moved against street-safety activists on the board. Photo: Jim Burke

Streetsblog Gets Action: Manhattan Community Board Retreats on Gag Rule

By Eve Kessler | Jun 13, 2022 | No Comments

Manhattan's Community Board 7 has abandoned its bid to muzzle members with ties to a prominent street-safety organization, a move undertaken after Streetsblog exposed the effort to change the panel's bylaws.

A pro-car Upper West Side resident rises to defend his entitlement at the CB7 Transportation Committee Meeting in 2019. Some CB7 members are sorry that the body passed a resolution asking the city to consider curb uses other than parking. Photo: Eve Kessler

Upper West Side Community Board Tries To Muzzle Street-Safety Activists

By Eve Kessler | May 27, 2022 | No Comments

Revenge is a dish best served ... by changing the rules.

MARCH (PARKING) MADNESS 2022: The 24th vs. the 41st in the Western Region Final

By Streetsblog | Mar 30, 2022 | No Comments

Today's bout is a battle between Bronx champions, the 41st Precinct, and the Manhattan champs at the 24th Precinct. One precinct really brought its "A" game. The other did not.

Cyclists and drivers mix in the traffic circle atop the Riverside Park Rotunda. Photo: Eve Kessler

Latest 79th Street Rotunda Design Angers Activists

By Eve Kessler | Feb 10, 2022 | No Comments

A longtime flashpoint for bike advocates flares anew. Paging Mayor Adams!

Cops from the 20th Precinct park their personal vehicles in a left turn lane on Columbus Avenue, causing danger and congestion. Photo: Streetsblog

Eyes on the Street: Cops are Undermining Safety on Columbus Ave.

By Gersh Kuntzman | Aug 17, 2021 | No Comments

Cops in the 20th Precinct are leaving their private vehicles in a left-turn lane created by the Department of Transportation to make a busy Upper West Side intersection safer — the latest example of the DOT's so-called "Vision Zero partners" not caring about Vision Zero designs.

The state DOT thinks you have enough room on the Hudson River Greenway. File photo: David Meyer

OPINION: New Mayor Must Champion Safety of West Side Greenway

By Danny Pearlstein | Jul 8, 2021 | No Comments

City and state agencies have failed to work together, mismanaging the Hudson River bike/ped path.

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