Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

Eyes on the Street: Washington Heights Gets Safe Greenway Connection

By Noah Kazis | Nov 28, 2011 | 6 Comments

Two months after winning support from Manhattan Community Board 12, a safer connection to the Hudson River Greenway is now in place at 181st Street. Before, Riverside Drive north of 181st Street served as a one-way highway on-ramp, forcing cyclists exiting the greenway to either ride against traffic or dismount. Cars, too, drove the wrong […]

West Side Greenway Cyclist Struck by Cab Driver Last Saturday

By Brad Aaron | Nov 9, 2011 | 3 Comments

Streetsblog regular Ken Coughlin alerted us to a Saturday afternoon collision between a yellow cab driver and a cyclist on the Hudson River Greenway at 43rd Street. Ken took this picture at 3:45 p.m. He said the cyclist appeared to be unconscious. The crash happened at the entrance to the Circle Line dock, which Coughlin […]

CB12 Committee Okays Safe Greenway Connection For Wash. Heights Cyclists

By Noah Kazis | Sep 13, 2011 | 4 Comments

Upper Manhattan cyclists will finally have a safe way to exit the Hudson River Greenway at 181st Street under a plan presented by the Department of Transportation and approved by Community Board 12’s transportation committee last night. Right now, Riverside Drive north of 181st Street runs one-way and quickly becomes an on-ramp to the Henry […]

Parks Drops Dismount Signage at Upper West Side Greenway Exit

By Brad Aaron | Aug 30, 2011 | 31 Comments

A reader sends along this shot from the Hudson River Greenway exit at W. 72nd Street. Cyclists are apparently no longer required to dismount on the shared path that connects the greenway and Riverside Drive, a ham-handed directive issued by the Parks Department last summer. Our tipster says the new signs have replaced dismount instructions, […]

Dershowitz Death Illuminates Dangers Faced By Greenway-Bound Cyclists

By Brad Aaron | Jul 6, 2011 | 14 Comments

Green lines are major north-south bike routes; red lines represent obstacles to the West Side Greenway; purple lines are wide, dangerous crosstown streets; and orange lines are westbound connections to the greenway. View a larger map. Streetsblog reader Mark Davis has put together a map showing how greenway-bound cyclists are funneled through the West 29th […]

Labor Day Bonus Pic: Hudson River Greenway Bollard at Work

By Ben Fried | Sep 3, 2010 | 20 Comments

Via Gothamist — check out this bollard on the Hudson River Greenway at work. One of the strange and dangerous things about the greenway is that car traffic crosses the car-free path at several points. Twice in 2006, motorists killed people using the greenway. On December 1, 2006, cyclist Eric Ng was run down by […]

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