Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Morningside Heights

DOT says this is the best it can do for safety on 110th Street. Image: DOT

CB 7 to DOT: Unprotected Bike Lanes Still Not Good Enough for 110th Street

By David Meyer | Nov 15, 2017 | 20 Comments

For the second time this year, DOT came to Manhattan Community Board 7 with a redesign of 110th Street that doesn't include protected bike lanes. And for the second time, board members told DOT to go back to the drawing board.

The Manhattan CB 7 transportation committee said DOT can do more to make cycling safer on 110th Street. Image: DOT

Manhattan CB 7 Asks DOT for Protected Bike Lanes on 110th Street

By David Meyer | Jun 14, 2017 | 4 Comments

The board's transportation committee declined to support painted lanes for 110th. DOT is expected to bring an upgraded plan back to the committee next month.

DOT plans to give Amsterdam Avenue a road diet from Morningside Heights to Washington Heights, but won't extend the protected bikeway from 110th Street. Images: DOT

DOT Proposes Painted Bike Lanes, Not Protection, for Amsterdam Above 110th

By Brad Aaron | Mar 3, 2017 | 24 Comments

DOT plans to put Amsterdam Avenue north of 110th Street on a road diet. But instead of extending the protected bike lane on Upper West Side north into Morningside Heights, the project calls for painted bike lanes.

Take a Stand Against Affordable Housing By Saving This Parking Garage

By David Meyer | Sep 23, 2016 | 59 Comments

In NYC’s current affordable housing shortage, every square foot counts. With that in mind, the city announced plans earlier this year to relinquish three parking garages it owns on West 108th Street to make way for 280 units of new housing, all of which would be reserved for people earning less than the average income in the area. Naturally, hysteria ensued. Since […]

DOT Is Finally Bringing Riverside Drive in Line With 25 MPH City Speed Limit

By Brad Aaron | Dec 4, 2015 | 21 Comments

When the new citywide 25 miles per hour speed limit took effect a year ago, DOT carved out some exceptions, retaining speed limits of 30 or 35 mph on some surface streets. One of those streets was Riverside Drive, where last November DOT installed 30 mph speed limit signs at locations north of 100th Street. […]

Levine Stands Up for Riverside Drive Road Diet Under Attack By CB 9

By Stephen Miller | Mar 6, 2015 | 33 Comments

A plan to calm traffic on a speeding-plagued stretch of Riverside Drive in West Harlem would be gutted if Community Board 9 members get their way, but Council Member Mark Levine, who represents the area, wants DOT to move ahead with the safety plan. “It’s all really sensible stuff that’s been succeeding in other parts […]

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