Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper East Side

Manhattan CB 8 Committee Asks DOT for Crosstown UES Bike Lanes

By Eric Jankiewicz | Nov 5, 2015 | 10 Comments

Strong crowd here at @CB8M, every member of the public who spoke was in favor of x-town bike lanes. @transalt pic.twitter.com/91VR7AZfcw — Thomas DeVito (@PedestrianTom) November 4, 2015 Momentum continues to grow for creating crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. In an 11-1 vote with one abstention, the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee […]

Residents Call for Better Crosstown Bike Routes on the Upper East Side

By Eric Jankiewicz | Oct 22, 2015 | 14 Comments

About 30 Upper East Side residents hit the streets last Saturday to evaluate potential routes for crosstown bike lanes in their neighborhood. For the “street scan” organized by Transportation Alternatives and Bike New York, the volunteers split up evenly between people on foot and people on bikes. Both groups surveyed three possible east-west routes to document current conditions for biking. Currently, the Upper East […]

Citi Bike Arrives on the Upper East Side and Upper West Side

By Stephen Miller | Sep 1, 2015 | 8 Comments

Citi Bike has begun its expansion to the Upper East Side and Upper West Side. Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Ben Kallos, DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione, DOT Deputy Commissioner for Policy Michael Replogle and Citi Bike General Manager Jules Flynn celebrated the first Citi Bike station on the Upper East Side with a photo-op […]

Will 2nd Ave Get Its Protected Bike Lane After Subway Construction Wraps?

By Ben Fried | Jul 17, 2015 | 40 Comments

As the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway wraps up sometime in the next two years, the largest construction zone in the city will turn back into a functional street. Those 40 blocks of Second Avenue on the Upper East Side won’t be the same as before, though. Back in 2010, the city laid out a plan to […]

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