Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Hudson River Greenway

Eyes on the Street: A Sign of Respect

By Ben Fried | Jun 6, 2008 | 16 Comments

Looks like there’s a new preferred bike route from the Brooklyn Bridge to the west side of Manhattan, and DOT’s signs and markings division wants you to know about it. The sign in this shot, snapped by Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson at the foot of the bridge, looks more like what you’d see from behind a […]

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 […]

Mary Beth Kelly: From Tragedy to Advocacy

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 18, 2008 | 7 Comments

Mary Beth Kelly’s story is as inspirational as they come. In June 2006, she and her husband Dr. Carl Henry Nacht were bicycling home from dinner on the Hudson River Greenway in Chelsea when an NYPD tow truck turned sharply into the bike lane at 38th Street and 12th Avenue. Despite signs telling drivers to […]

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 […]

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