Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Eyes on the Street: Hudson Greenway Link Still a Big Tease

By Brad Aaron | Oct 10, 2008 | 14 Comments

From Streetsblogger Urbanis: [The] West Harlem Piers bicycle path, connecting the Hudson River Greenway between 135th and 125th Streets, has not still opened (after a promised opening of May or June this year). The completion of this link will allow cyclists an entire off-street route from Dyckman Street to Battery Park; currently, cyclists must exit […]

CB12 Committee Hot for Parking, Cautious on Livable Streets

By Brad Aaron | Sep 9, 2008 | 19 Comments

To increase the number of spots, angled parking may be coming to both sides of Dyckman Street. The Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 12 last night welcomed new bike racks in Upper Manhattan, but took a pass on endorsing other livable streets initiatives, including a separated bike path on Dyckman/200th Street that would […]

DOT Previews Big Plans at Greenway Summit

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2008 | 19 Comments

The Ninth Avenue cycle track will be extended 10 blocks north to 33rd St. Transportation Alternatives held its 3rd Annual Greenway Summit on Tuesday, where keynote speaker Jon Orcutt, Director of Policy for NYC DOT, outlined the city’s plans for expanding cycling infrastructure over the coming year. Here are the highlights, via the Tri-State Transportation […]

Eyes on the Street: Biking on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2008 | 5 Comments

Last time we checked in on the Columbia Street section of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway, construction was in full swing. Now, along much of the path in Carroll Gardens and Red Hook, the orange barrels are gone and new plantings are taking root. Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson snapped these shots last week, noting that about 40 […]

CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking

By Streetsblog | May 9, 2008 | 25 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives’ Queens Committee Chair Mike Heffron: At the Queens Community Board 2 general meeting on Thursday, May 1, with no vote by board members, Chair Joe Conley delayed the board’s input on the Department of Transportation’s planned pedestrian and cyclist improvements to Vernon Boulevard, an important link in the proposed Queens East River […]

Hudson River Greenway Bike Path Sabotaged

By Brad Aaron | Mar 11, 2008 | 9 Comments

Streetsblog received this tip last night: I was riding North on the Greenway tonight at about 9:15, and after clearing 60th street and entering the stretch under the elevated Miller Highway a southbound cyclists yelled at me, "Watch out! There’s a pile of rocks across the bike path ahead." I slowed down and carefully rode […]

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