Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

DOT Proposes Crosswalk Fix Where Renee Thompson Was Killed

By Stephen Miller | Jan 15, 2014 | 8 Comments

In September, 16-year-old Renee Thompson was walking to the subway after getting off work just after 10 p.m., when, crossing Third Avenue at 60th Street, she was hit and killed by a turning truck driver. Now DOT is proposing shorter crossing distances at the intersection, but Community Board 8’s transportation committee wants the agency to […]

CB 5 Votes Unanimously for DOT Study of Fifth and Sixth Avenue Redesign

By Stephen Miller | Dec 13, 2013 | 1 Comment

After a unanimous vote by its transportation committee last month, Manhattan Community Board 5 voted unanimously last night for DOT to study a complete streets redesign of Fifth and Sixth Avenues to better accommodate pedestrians, cyclists, and transit riders on two of the busiest avenues in Midtown. The resolution asks NYPD “to more stringently enforce […]

CB 5 Closes in on Requesting Complete Streets Study for 5th and 6th Avenues

By Stephen Miller | Dec 2, 2013 | 39 Comments

The campaign for a more bike- and pedestrian-friendly design on crowded Fifth and Sixth Avenues has crossed its first major milestone, with Community Board 5’s transportation committee advancing a resolution asking DOT for a complete streets study. The resolution, which passed the committee last Monday in a unanimous vote, is set to be taken up by the […]

No Charges From Cy Vance for Cab Driver Who Maimed Tourist Sian Green

By Brad Aaron | Nov 14, 2013 | 76 Comments

The cab driver who hit a cyclist and drove onto a Midtown sidewalk, severing the leg of British tourist Sian Green, will not be charged with a crime by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance. Here is a statement from Joan Vollero, Vance’s deputy communications director, released to the media today: “Following a thorough, two-month-long investigation by […]

Discussion of Complete Streets for Fifth and Sixth Avenues Advances at CB 5

By Ben Fried | Oct 30, 2013 | 11 Comments

The sidewalks of Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Midtown are packed — sometimes overflowing — and the streets see some of the highest bike volumes in the city. While this should be one of the world’s premier walking districts, both avenues are designed primarily to move motor vehicles, and injury and fatality rates are high. […]

Cabbie Blames Cyclist He Hit and Bike Lanes for Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2013 | 87 Comments

The Post is doing its best to assign partial blame to the cyclist who was struck by cab driver Mohammed Himon in Tuesday morning’s crash on Sixth Avenue, but the paper got Himon to confess that he intentionally stepped on the gas before mounting the curb and hitting Sian Green, the 23-year-old tourist who lost part […]

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