Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

A cyclist recently on the Cherry Walk portion of the bike path through Riverside Park. Photo: Google.

City Ignoring Dangerous Conditions on Hudson River Greenway Despite Upcoming Bulkhead Repairs

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 23, 2020 | No Comments

Cyclists will have to wait at least two more years for a smooth, safe bike route along the nation's busiest bike path, despite the Parks Department's awareness that a long stretch of the Hudson River Greenway is dangerous.

This man needs a neckdown — but the city's own rules require the city to find a community partner before making roadways safe for pedestrians (though unsafe roadways need no community partner). Photo: Lisa Orman

Another Community Board Calls for City to Stop Discriminating Against Pedestrians

By Eve Kessler | Oct 13, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Side joins the push for DOT to just install "neckdowns" wherever the safety improvement is needed.

When cars are banished, culture can flourish, as this Time Lapse Dance performance Thursday on the Upper West Side shows. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

SEE IT: Yet Another Neighborhood Shows Mayor de Blasio How Great Our City Could Be Without Cars

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 18, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Siders turned one of Mayor de Blasio's under-used and poorly conceived open streets into a community center that shows a way forward for a car-light city.

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

West Siders Speak Up Against Costly Rotunda Project

By Eve Kessler | Aug 18, 2020 | No Comments

The $200-million Moses-era infrastructure revamp comes under fire over lack of safety infrastructure, expense.

Controversial Rotunda Project Proceeds Despite COVID Budget Woes

By Eve Kessler | Aug 11, 2020 | No Comments

The reconstruction of the Riverside Park Rotunda and traffic circle forges ahead — without the cycling safety measures the community demanded. Cue the complaints.

Community Board 7 met in full on Tuesday, June 2.

White Privilege on the Upper West Side: Board Condemns Police Brutality — Then Calls for More Cops!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 4, 2020 | No Comments

A community board in the predominantly white Upper West Side says it supports the Black Lives Matter movement — then calls for more enforcement by the NYPD, which disproportionately targets blacks.

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