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

ANATOMY OF A DEBACLE: DOT Eliminates Open Street on West End Avenue

By Streetsblog | Nov 16, 2020 | No Comments

The agency claims it needs a "community partner" for street improvements — yet requires drivers to do nothing. Meanwhile, a City Council Member plots traffic strategy with an online troll with no transportation background who posts misogynistic rants on social media. Only in New York, kids. Only in New York.

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.

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.

The city is being sued to block a protected bike lane on Central Park West — where Madison Lyden was killed last year. Photo: David Meyer

CPW Gets Protected Bike Lane (Yay!) And Loses 400 Parking Spaces (Yay!)

By Eve Kessler | Jun 12, 2019 | 48 Comments

It’s a pretty sizable win in the ongoing war against cars.

Madison Lyden's bike after she was killed on Central Park West on Aug. 10, 2018.

DOT Criticized for One-Way Central Park West Protected Bike Lane Plan

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jun 9, 2019 | 9 Comments

On bike Twitter? Insert frown-face emoji here.

Madison Lyden Gets a White ‘Ghost Bike’ — Will NYC Cyclists Get Safety?

By Gersh Kuntzman and David Meyer | Sep 18, 2018 | 4 Comments

Is change finally coming to Central Park West?

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