Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chinatown

Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 11, 2007 | 19 Comments

It looks like the street redesign around the Manhattan entrance of the Manhattan Bridge is nearing completion. Considering that Transportation Alternatives has been pushing for these fixes for years, that was pretty fast. DOT presented its plan to the local Community Board, to unanimous approval, in July; sketched out the lines on the street in […]

Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 5, 2007 | 23 Comments

It looks like 5th Precinct Commanding Officer Gin Yee, the Sheriff of Chinatown, is laying down the law once again. A Streetsblog tipster spotted these tow trucks as they were removing government placard abusers from their illegal parking spots in Chinatown. While it’s refreshing to see the police "towing their own," the tipster notes that […]

Parking Permit Abusers Being Cleared from Chinatown?

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 13, 2007 | 3 Comments

A Chinatown tipster sent along these remarkable pictures yesterday of what seems to be an effort to cut down on placarded vehicles clogging the neighborhood’s streets: There are white paper signs posted on lamp poles and parking meters that say "No Permit Area, Tow Away Zone." Lo and behold, there are hardly any cars with […]

Calming Traffic in Chinatown

By Aaron Donovan | Feb 1, 2007 | 20 Comments

With all the talk about high level personnel changes at the DOT, let’s take it back to the streets for a minute, shall we? As we have already noted, Chinatown has gotten a buffered bike lane on Grand Street, which is fantastic, and would be even more fantastic if it wasn’t treated as a car parking lane. […]

New Bike Lanes and Markings for the Lower East Side

By Jason Varone | Nov 29, 2006 | 23 Comments

DOT just finished striping new bike lanes and stencils along Grand Street on Manhattan’s Lower East Side: The buffered lanes begin at the intersection of Christie and Grand Streets and then, as the streets narrow they morph into non-buffered Class 2 lanes and Class 3 shared-lane markings, as pictured below. The new bike route reaches all […]

Signs of Crooked Pedestrian Priorities

By Ethan Kent | Aug 30, 2006 | 8 Comments

A pedestrian crossing sign slants over the middle of Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn, meant to remind drivers that human beings may try to cross the seven lanes of moving traffic on foot. It is little comfort to the pedestrians standing exposed on the 2 foot wide median noticing that the sign was recently run into. […]

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