Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Can a “Tuff Curb” Protect Cyclists on 2nd Ave? We’re About to Find Out

By David Meyer | Jul 12, 2016 | 16 Comments

DOT has a plan for a protected bike lane on 16 blocks of Second Avenue that will test out a new configuration, where the only protection is a row of short, yellow plastic “tuff curbs.” The project shrinks the protected bike lane gap on the avenue in Midtown but still exposes cyclists to fast-moving motor vehicles on the […]

Tonight: See DOT’s Plan for 16 More Blocks of 2nd Avenue Protected Bikeway

By David Meyer | Jul 11, 2016 | 10 Comments

Later today, NYC DOT will present its plan to install a protected bike lane on Second Avenue between the Queensboro Bridge/59th Street and 43rd Street to the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee. The project would significantly shrink the gaps in the southbound protected bike lane but still leave cyclists exposed for several blocks approaching both the […]

DOT Will Close Remaining Gaps in First Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2016 | 45 Comments

Soon there will be a continuous northbound protected bike lane along the length of First Avenue, from Houston Street to the Harlem River. On Monday, the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee voted for DOT’s plan to plug the critical gaps in physical protection near the United Nations and the approach to the Queensboro Bridge [PDF]. From 55th […]

Driver Fails to Yield and Kills 67-Year-Old Yuenei Wu in Midtown

By David Meyer | Jun 7, 2016 | 15 Comments

A livery car driver turning left onto Eighth Avenue from 38th Street struck and killed 67-year-old Yuenei Wu yesterday afternoon. Police charged 39-year-old Edip Ozlemis for failing to yield to a pedestrian, an unclassified misdemeanor. Witnesses told the Daily News and the Post that Wu was crossing in the crosswalk at 4:31 p.m. when Ozlemis struck her with […]

Driver Kills 80-Year-Old in Midtown Precinct That Barely Enforces Speeding

By Brad Aaron | May 5, 2016 | 7 Comments

A motorist killed an 80-year-old man walking in a Midtown police precinct that rarely enforces the speed limit. NYPD and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges. Richard Headley was crossing W. 57th Street at Seventh Avenue at around 8 p.m. Sunday when a 23-year-old man, driving eastbound on W. 57th, hit him with an Audi sedan, […]

DOT Will Fill in Most of the Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap in Midtown

By David Meyer | Mar 8, 2016 | 45 Comments

DOT will present plans this spring to fill most, but not all, of the remaining gaps in the north-south protected bike lanes on the East Side of Manhattan. Significantly, DOT intends to create a physically protected bike lane on Second Avenue between 59th Street and 43rd Street. Combined with the bike lane extension coming to the Upper East Side […]

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