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This Week: Safer 111th Street, Willy-B Approach, and Fifth Avenue
There are a few big DOT bike projects on community board dockets this week. On Tuesday, the redesign of 111th Street will be up for a vote at CB 4, which DOT has been tiptoeing around for more than two years.
March 20, 2017
Sign the Petition for a Snow Removal Plan That Clears Streets for Walking
The success or failure of the city’s response to a winter storm is usually gauged by road conditions. If drivers are satisfied, the mayor gets credit for a job well done. Remarkably, there is no equivalent strategy for removing snow, ice, and slush from the pedestrian network.
March 16, 2017
This Week: Speak Up for a Safer 111th Street in Corona
On Tuesday Queens Community Board 4 will vote on the DOT plan to add a protected bike lane and other safety enhancements to 111th Street outside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
March 13, 2017
This Week: Make Your Case for the 14th Street PeopleWay
DOT and the MTA are holding a series of public workshops to inform the plan to keep people moving during the L train shutdown. This is your chance to speak up for transit-priority streets, protected bikeways, and expanded pedestrian space.
March 6, 2017
This Week: See the DOT Fifth Avenue Bikeway Plan
On Thursday, DOT will reveal its plan for a protected bike lane on Fifth Avenue. Fifth gets more bike traffic than any other southbound avenue in Manhattan, according to DOT bike counts, and New Yorkers have been asking the city to make it a complete street for years. DOT committed to studying a redesign in 2014.
February 27, 2017
This Week: Planning for a 14th Street With No L Train
The looming L train shutdown will disrupt travel for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and demands a serious response. This week you can speak up for a robust plan to keep people moving sans L train at a workshop in Manhattan, where advocates are calling on DOT and the MTA to implement transitways on 14th Street and Delancey Street.
February 20, 2017
This Week: Help Plan the Future of Surface Transit in NYC
DOT is working on a citywide plan to improve streets for transit, including new bus lanes and better biking and walking access to stops and stations. This week DOT will host workshops in Queens and the Bronx to hear from New Yorkers about how their transit system could be better.
February 13, 2017
This Week: Hear From the Candidates for Vacant Harlem Council Seat
In a district where the overwhelming majority of residents don't own cars, Inez Dickens opposed bus improvements for 125th Street and prioritized high-speed driving over traffic-calming on Morningside Avenue. Will her successor be better?
February 6, 2017
This Week: Improving Access to the Sunset Park Waterfront
On Thursday DOT and UPROSE will host a workshop on the Sunset Park Upland Connectors project, which aims to improve walking and biking access between the neighborhood’s residential core and waterfront businesses and public spaces, including the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.
January 30, 2017
This Week: Rally for a 14th Street PeopleWay
Transportation Alternatives is organizing a rally for the 14th Street PeopleWay at Union Square on Thursday evening. The PeopleWay concept calls for dedicating 14th Street exclusively to transit, walking, and biking.
January 23, 2017
