Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Electeds: Separated Bus Lanes Would Make East Side Plan Even Better

By Noah Kazis | Jan 22, 2010 | 4 Comments

From left to right: State Senator José Serrano, Assembly Member Micah Kellner, Assembly Member Jonathan Bing, Borough President Scott Stringer, and Council Member Jessica Lappin. East Side electeds continue to express support for the MTA and NYCDOT’s redesign of First and Second Avenues while pushing for a more complete corridor. In exchanges with Streetsblog this […]

Electeds React: East Side Plan Should Do More for Buses

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jan 15, 2010 | 23 Comments

Assembly Member Brian Kavanagh, Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, and State Senator Liz Krueger want to see the MTA and DOT take their plan for First and Second Avenues further. Elected officials gave plans for redesigning First and Second Avenues positive reviews today, tempered by the desire to improve the initial outline presented by the MTA […]

MTA, DOT Sketch Out East Side Plans: Separated Lanes for Bikes, Not Buses

By Ben Fried and Noah Kazis | Jan 15, 2010 | 40 Comments

One configuration in the plan calls for a protected bike lane and a curbside bus lane. Image: MTA/NYCDOT The MTA and NYCDOT released an outline last night for faster bus service and safer biking and walking on First and Second Avenues. The redesign is the flagship project in New York City’s plans to enhance its […]

WNYC: East Side Plans Feature Separate Lanes for Bikes, But Not Buses

By Ben Fried | Jan 14, 2010 | 9 Comments

WNYC’s Andrea Bernstein is reporting that plans for Bus Rapid Transit on First and Second Avenues include protected bike lanes but not physically separated bus lanes. Bernstein says the MTA would not allow the bus lanes to be separated from traffic: The city and MTA are poised to unveil a proposal for BRT on these […]

Eyes on the Street: Crossing Guard Clamps Down on Crosswalk-Nudgers

By Brad Aaron | Dec 10, 2009 | 17 Comments

This vid from BicyclesOnly shows a school crossing guard, at Madison Ave. and 96th St., who takes her job seriously. Whenever the light on Madison turned green, BO writes, she entered the intersection to assert the rights of those passing through on foot. Good thing, too. Every single time there were motorists that clearly intended […]

Eyes on the Street: Behold the Beauty of a Bare Pedestrian Mall

By Ben Fried | Dec 2, 2009 | 12 Comments

Here’s a shot of the Park Avenue pedestrian mall at 88th Street, taken by reader BicyclesOnly last night. Thanks to sheer luck, it appears as though no one was caught between the car and the light pole. A few well-placed bollards could reduce the element of chance here. But recall that back in early 2007, […]

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