Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Harlem

New Year, Same Old Community Board 10

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2015 | 11 Comments

Despite serving an area of the city where the vast majority of people don’t own cars, Manhattan Community Board 10 has delayed, watered down, or otherwise worked to foil several major projects to improve transit and street safety in the past few years. After obstructing 125th Street Select Bus Service and refusing to support traffic […]

Bus Lanes Worked Wonders on East 125th. Now What About the West Side?

By Stephen Miller | Jan 12, 2015 | 20 Comments

Since debuting last year, Select Bus Service on 125th Street has dramatically improved transit speeds, especially on the section with dedicated bus lanes east of Lenox Avenue, according to NYC DOT and the MTA. The results strengthen the case for adding bus lanes west of Lenox, which DOT had scuttled in 2013 in response to resistance […]

155th Street Ped Safety Fixes Clear Three Uptown Community Board Votes

By Stephen Miller | Oct 15, 2014 | 3 Comments

The Manhattan side of the 155th Street Bridge is a complex intersection where pedestrians are too often forgotten within a swirl of turning vehicles and impatient drivers. The intersection is also on the border of three community boards, adding extra layers of review for DOT efforts to improve safety. As of last night, transportation committees […]

One City, By Bike: Unlocking Uptown Cycling With the Harlem River Bridges

By Jon Orcutt | Sep 4, 2014 | 14 Comments

This is part four of a five-part series by former NYC DOT policy director Jon Orcutt about the de Blasio administration’s opportunities to expand and improve cycling in New York. Read part one, part two, and part three. Forging good cycling routes across the Harlem River represents a strong organizing principle for a multi-year program to deliver better cycling […]

Eyes on the Street: Carving Up Morningside Avenue for a Road Diet

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2014 | 10 Comments

Morningside Avenue Road Diet 1st cut! @PedestrianTom @MLSESSOMS @transalt @MarkLevineNYC @StreetsblogNYC @HarlemHCL pic.twitter.com/b2tdNNkc4d — stevemiami (@stevemiami) July 28, 2014 After a breakthrough vote from Community Board 10 in May, DOT crews are out remaking 10 blocks of Morningside Avenue as a safer, calmer neighborhood street. This morning, @SteveMiami captured this circular saw operator at what looks […]

Seeking Safer Routes to Walk and Bike Across the Harlem River

By Stephen Miller | Jul 23, 2014 | 12 Comments

Have you ever tried biking or walking across the Harlem River? Despite a plethora of bridges, walkers and bikers often face crossings and approaches that are confusing or downright hostile. A new campaign from Transportation Alternatives and local residents aims to focus DOT’s attention on making it safer for New Yorkers to get between the […]

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