Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Greenways

Is an NYPD Bike Crackdown Underway?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 6, 2008 | 10 Comments

Even before the NYPD identified a hooded cyclist as the this morning’s likely Times Square bomber, two reports of bike commuters being ticketed and harassed by the police have already hit the Streetsblog inbox. Perhaps it’s just that the weather’s getting nicer and more people happen to be out on bikes but at least one […]

NYPD Tow Pound is Still a Major Source of Greenway Danger

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 17, 2008 | 15 Comments

As Transportation Alternatives recently noted in an essay for Streetsblog, more than a year after the death of Eric Ng, the alphabet soup of government agencies responsible for the Hudson River Greenway, have done almost nothing to fix glaring safety problems along New York City’s most important bike route. Photographer and bike commuter Lars Klove […]

Nature’s Traffic Count

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

Hudson River Greenway near 125th Street. Photographer Lars Klove writes, "I’ve always wondered how many people are riding their bicycles to work. This morning the pavement had a thin layer of moisture that counted the bicycles."

A Year After Eric Ng’s Death, Greenway Hazards Remain Unfixed

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 4, 2008 | 42 Comments

This piece was written by Transportation Alternatives: On December 1, 2006, Eric Ng was riding his bike up the Hudson River Greenway. He was on his way to meet friends. He never made it, because a drunk driver named Eugenio Cidron took his life. After leaving a party at Chelsea Piers, Cidron got behind the […]

Greenway Killer is Sentenced 3½ to 10½ Years

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 4, 2008 | 10 Comments

Portraits of cyclists killed on the streets of New York, Eric Ng, Keith Powell, Andre Anderson, and Carl Nacht by artist Christopher Cardinale. Yesterday was the sentencing for Eugenio Cidron, the driver who killed bicyclist Eric Ng on the Hudson River Greenway thirteen months ago and pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter in November. Leaving the […]

Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Comes to Life

By Brad Aaron | Dec 21, 2007 | 6 Comments

The Brooklyn Greenway Initiative, a citizen-driven project that began with a handful of insane visionaries picking up trash and planting flowers beside a BQE off-ramp, is taking shape on Columbia Street. Notice the space for greenery between the sidewalk and the curb. Plans call for the park to connect Greenpoint to Red Hook. Photos: Clarence […]

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