Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

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.

The victim, Jeffrey Williamson, was run over and killed by a postal truck driver on Tuesday. Photo: Ken Coughlin

USPS Victim Was a ‘Great Man’ on the Verge of Retirement When Killed on his Commute, Wife Says

By Gersh Kuntzman and Fiifi Frimpong | Jun 30, 2021 | No Comments

Killed cyclist Jeffrey Williamson was about to retire before a postal service driver killed him on Central Park West.

Richard Robbins delivering a DoorDash order on the Upper West Side. Photo: Courtesy Richard Robbins

OPINION: What I Learned Delivering for DoorDash

By Richard Robbins | Jun 24, 2021 | No Comments

E-bike workers are in an impossible bind — they have to break the law to earn a living. How we could fix it.

This is where members of Community Board 7 want delivery workers and electric Citi Bike riders.

Upper West Side Panel Sees E-Bikes as the Threat — But de Blasio Disagrees

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 9, 2021 | No Comments

Members of an Upper West Side community board again put the safety of delivery cyclists secondary in passing a resolution on Tuesday night demanding that they be banned from protected bike lanes — a notion that was quickly sent into the dustbin of history by Mayor de Blasio.

A Round and a Roundy: The Upper West Side is Pissing on NYC Heroes

By Streetsblog | May 12, 2021 | No Comments

The fauxgressives of the Upper West Side have really pissed off our cartoonist.

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