Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

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.

A perfect place for a bi-directional bike lane? Riverside Drive in the 90s. Photo: Zillow

Op-Ed: Survey Shows Demand for More Bike Lanes

By Lisa Orman | May 19, 2020 | No Comments

Upper West Siders urgently want more protected bike lanes in order to accommodate an expected surge of newbie cyclists after the coronavirus pandemic — pointing the way forward for our city.

A DOT bike corral, like this one, should not take years to build. Photo: NYC DOT

Op-Ed: Reimagining City Agencies After COVID-19

By Lisa Orman | Apr 29, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation could streamline its sclerotic operations by adopting "quick builds" and empowering residents.

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!).

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