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Eyes on the Street: Upper West Side Crash Leaves Vehicle Overturned
Reader Daniel Green sends in this picture of a Thursday afternoon crash at Broadway and W. 77th Street. According to FDNY, the crash occurred at approximately 1:21 p.m. One person was treated for injuries and released, while a second was hospitalized at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, a spokesperson said. FDNY did not know if bystanders were among the injured.
May 4, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets, May Day Edition
New Yorkers got an unusual taste of what car-free streets feel like yesterday, thanks to the combination of Occupy Wall Street's May Day march and the New York Police Department.
May 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: DOT Lays Foundations for Safer First Avenue
Looks like the concrete has been poured for new pedestrian refuges on First Avenue in the 60s.
April 30, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Neighbors Get Better Bike Lane
Somehow we doubt it's going to make Iris Weinshall, Norm Steisel and Louise Hainline feel any better (what with the threat of another lawsuit), but construction is now underway on pedestrian islands along the Prospect Park West bike lane.
April 24, 2012
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Gives Manhattan Cyclists Unsafe Instructions
The NYPD appears to be taking bicycle safety into its own hands, offering faulty safety tips to cyclists on both the First Avenue and Fifth Avenue bike lanes.
April 18, 2012
Eyes on the Street: East Village Bike Corral Action
Reader Mike Epstein sends in this shot of DOT bike corral construction on Ninth Street between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. It's good to see this treatment expanding. Corrals that accommodate multiple bike racks offer a much more efficient use of street space than a one-car parking spot. They make streets safer by improving sight lines, and they don't leave cyclists and pedestrians fighting over sidewalk scraps.
April 18, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Instant Bike Parking in Key West, Florida [Updated]
Update: As of April 2015 this bike corral had been removed and replaced by a car parking spot.
April 12, 2012
Eyes on the Street: An Unnecessary Takeover of the 14th Street Plaza
In March, The Uni posted photos of a behemoth advertising installation in the pedestrian plaza on 14th Street and Ninth Avenue. Here it is as of late last week. We received reports that today it's coming down.
April 5, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Sighting on the Upper East Side
Reader Liz Patek sends these shots of the new road markings on First Avenue in the 60s. The protected bike lane that Manhattan Community Board 8 approved last summer is going in.
April 4, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Mondo Bike Parking at DC Metro
As a New Yorker in DC for the National Bike Summit this week (stay tuned for the upcoming Streetfilm), my eyes popped at the sight of the ample-yet-filled-to-capacity bike racks at many Metro stations. Bike-to-Metro trips increased at a rapid clip in the aughts, and in 2010 WMATA, the agency that runs Metro, laid out a plan to triple the number of riders who arrive by bicycle by 2020 and quintuple the volume by 2030. Most stations outside the downtown core already have dozens of racks and secure bike lockers.
March 22, 2012