Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT for Amsterdam Protected Bike Lane “Immediately”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking DOT to immediately install a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue in the neighborhood. DOT has built out a southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue from 110th Street almost to Columbus Circle over the past five years, but the city has not created a […]

Harlem Bus Lane Foes: Good Streets for Bus Riders “Trampling Our Liberties”

By Stephen Miller | Apr 15, 2015 | 34 Comments

Community board meetings in central Harlem have officially gone off the deep end. A DOT plan to extend bus lanes and add turn restrictions on 125th Street was shouted down last night by the same hecklers who have filibustered street safety improvements at Community Board 10 for years. Noticeably absent from last night’s meeting: People who ride the bus on 125th Street. […]

Bus Lanes Coming to 125th Street in West Harlem This Summer

By Stephen Miller | Apr 3, 2015 | 15 Comments

Bus riders may not be stuck in crosstown traffic on 125th Street much longer. DOT plans to extend bus lanes from Lenox Avenue to Morningside Avenue this summer [PDF]. The news came last night at a meeting of the Community Board 9 transportation committee. “As far as CB 9 is concerned,” said board chair Rev. Georgette Morgan-Thomas, “I didn’t hear anything that […]

Bus Driver Hits Woman at Intersection Where CB 9 Opposes Safety Fixes

By Brad Aaron | Mar 27, 2015 | 15 Comments

Yesterday, a bus driver hit a woman walking across W. 135th Street at Riverside Drive, an intersection in a crash-prone area where DOT has proposed a slate of safety improvements that are opposed by Manhattan Community Board 9. The West Side Rag reports that the woman was in the crosswalk when the driver of a double-decker […]

Scenes From New York’s Broken Public Process for Street Redesigns

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | 12 Comments

Even the most modest, common-sense street safety improvements can run into a brick wall at public meetings in New York City. The latest case in point: A DOT plan to improve pedestrian safety on two blocks of an extra-wide, low-traffic section of Lenox Avenue in Harlem, which became the subject of a two-hour Manhattan Community Board 10 committee […]

Harlem CB Chair Complains Bus Lanes Have Slowed Her Cab Rides to Subway

By Stephen Miller | Feb 10, 2015 | 55 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 10 Chair Henrietta Lyle thinks bus lanes have made it harder to get around Harlem. In a conversation with Streetsblog, Lyle disputed our coverage of Select Bus Service on 125th Street and waved off data from the Census and NYC DOT. She also dismissed WE ACT for Environmental Justice, which had worked with bus […]

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