Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about East Harlem

A Look at the Safer, Smoother First Ave in East Harlem and Upper East Side

By Ben Fried | Oct 25, 2013 | 17 Comments

We mentioned this briefly in a post about the bike access improvements on the Manhattan side of the Queensboro Bridge, but the redesign of First Avenue in East Harlem and the Upper East Side is completed and worth a closer look. On October 15, DOT announced that work had wrapped up on the First Avenue project, […]

Will Letters From Two Uptown Electeds Get DOT to Restart 125th Street SBS?

By Stephen Miller | Aug 20, 2013 | 2 Comments

The plan for 125th Street Select Bus Service died on the vine after a lack of support from community boards and elected officials. But now, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito [PDF] and State Senator Adriano Espaillat [PDF], along with council candidate Mark Levine, are asking Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan to restart plans to bring SBS to […]

Patchwork Upgrades Move Ahead as East Side Waits for Complete Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Aug 8, 2013 | 3 Comments

The East River Greenway, stepchild of Manhattan’s bikeway network, currently consists of segments beneath, beside, and sometimes even above the FDR Drive. A report issued by New Yorkers for Parks yesterday acknowledged that East Siders awaiting a continuous path will have to wait decades before they can walk or bike on a full-length East River Greenway. In […]

Who Killed 125th Street SBS: A Timeline

By Stephen Miller | Jul 17, 2013 | 15 Comments

Throughout the development of the 125th Street Select Bus Service project, local elected officials and community boards never came out in support of actual bus improvements. Instead, they cloaked their opposition in concerns about “process.” Following yesterday’s announcement from the MTA and NYC DOT that they will no longer pursue Select Bus Service on 125th Street, now is […]

Council Member Jackson “Pleased” With Cancellation of 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 40 Comments

Reactions have been rolling in since DOT and the MTA announced this morning that they are canceling plans for Select Bus Service on 125th Street. Council Member Robert Jackson, whose district includes West Harlem, welcomed the news. “He’s pleased that they listened to concerns and didn’t move forward with Select Bus Service,” Jackson spokesperson Frances […]

First Downsized, Now Cancelled: DOT and MTA Drop 125th Street SBS Plan

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2013 | 26 Comments

Facing opposition led by State Senator Bill Perkins, NYC DOT and the MTA have cancelled the plan to bring Select Bus Service to 125th Street in Harlem. The plan, which was trimmed in half in May, cutting bus lanes out of West Harlem, has now been shelved. As a result, tens of thousands of daily […]

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