Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Tonight: Two Chances to Turn Out for Safer Manhattan Streets

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
There are two opportunities tonight to get behind livable streets efforts in Manhattan. Among the items on Community Board 8’s October agenda is a resolution in support of protected bike lanes on the Upper East Side. As we heard from Transportation Alternatives yesterday, neighborhood involvement has propelled this once-unlikely measure to this point, and friendly […]

On Wednesday, Tell CB 8: Protected Bike Lanes Protect Everyone

By Brad Aaron | | 1 Comment
The Community Board 8 committee vote this month in support of protected bike lanes for Manhattan’s Upper East Side was nothing short of momentous. Wednesday’s full board decision presents an even bigger hurdle, though by no means an insurmountable one. The reason, says Caroline Samponaro, director of bicycle advocacy for Transportation Alternatives, is community input. […]

CB 8 Transpo Committee Approves UES Protected Bike Lane Reso

By Brad Aaron | | 4 Comments
We didn’t want to let the week slip by without following up on some promising news from the Upper East Side. On Wednesday, a day after Community Board 7 deliberated, and ultimately approved, a resolution supporting protected bike lanes, Community Board 8’s transportation committee considered a similar reso: WHEREAS, Manhattan Community Board 8 is concerned […]

More Than Just Same-Old at Upper East Side Bicycle Forum

By Charles Komanoff | | 11 Comments
From the first (and only) town-hall meeting of the Manhattan Borough President’s Planning for Pedestrians Council in 1987, to Manhattan Community Board 8’s “Bicycle Forum” this week, I’ve sat through innumerable gatherings on cyclist-pedestrian conflicts. Cycling and pedestrian advocates, with Charles Komanoff at left, gather on the UES in 2007. Photo: Jonathan Barkey Each session […]

Tonight: UWS, UES Community Boards Talk Bikes [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | | No Comments
Community boards in districts east and west of Central Park will hold sessions tonight on cycling infrastructure and safety. CB 7’s transportation committee will host DOT staffers to discuss future bike facilities on the Upper West Side — specifically, potential locations for protected bike lanes. We’re trying to confirm, but we have word that Manhattan […]

Placemaking on the Upper East Side

By Brad Aaron | | 7 Comments
Tuesday evening, Project for Public Spaces held a "placemaking" community workshop for Manhattan’s Upper East Side, featuring PPS founder and president Fred Kent. Streetsblog regular BicyclesOnly was there and files this report. Kent gave a presentation to about 50 citizen and community activists from the East Side regarding the efforts in New York City and […]
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