Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Inwood

CB 12 endorsed a protected bikeway segment for Dyckman Street (below). DOT has allowed the board to delay a road diet for the street’s commercial zone. Image: DOT

Tomorrow: Tell DOT to Get Moving on a Safer Dyckman Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 19, 2017 | No Comments

CB 12 and DOT are hosting yet another public meeting. It's important that DOT and the board once again hear from people who want the city to finally move forward with a safer Dyckman Street.

Dyckman Street at Broadway, looking east: 2007 (above) and 2016. Some storefronts have changed, but the street is as hostile and dysfunctional as ever. Images: Google Maps

DOT Should Bypass CB 12 and Build Out the Dyckman Bike Lane Project

By Brad Aaron | Mar 30, 2017 | 5 Comments

More than 300 people have been injured on Dyckman in the nine years since Inwood residents asked CB 12 and DOT for a street redesign.

No Charges and Scant NYPD Information After Driver Kills Senior in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Feb 7, 2017 | 1 Comment

The case exemplifies the NYPD practice of releasing minimal information on serious traffic crashes.

CB 12 endorsed a protected bikeway for Dyckman Street between 10th Avenue and Nagle Avenue (below), and tabled a vote on the DOT plan for a road diet and painted bike lanes between Nagle and Broadway (above). Image: DOT

Eight Years Later, CB 12 Still Dragging Its Feet on Dyckman Street Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Dec 6, 2016 | No Comments

Eight years of talking about design upgrades for Dyckman Street was not enough for Manhattan Community Board 12, which voted to table part of a DOT plan to add bike lanes to the major Inwood cross street last night.

The DOT plan includes painted bike lanes on Dyckman Street between Broadway and Nagle Avenue and a protected bikeway between Nagle and 10th Avenue. Image: DOT

Monday: Tell CB 12 to Get on Board With Dyckman Street Upgrades Already

By Brad Aaron | Nov 30, 2016 | No Comments

DOT will bring its plan for new bike lanes on Dyckman Street in Inwood back to Community Board 12 next Monday.

After 8 Years, DOT Finally Has a Bike Plan for Dyckman St. CB 12: Not So Fast.

By David Meyer | Jun 24, 2016 | 28 Comments

Eight years after uptown advocates first called for a bike connection across Inwood, linking greenways along the Hudson River and the Harlem River, DOT has a bike lane plan for Dyckman Street. Between Broadway and Nagle Avenue, the redesign would convert the current four-lane design into DOT’s standard road diet template — a general traffic lane and a five-foot-wide un-protected bike lane in […]

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