Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

This intersection design might have saved Kelly Hurley's life. Image: Reed Rubey

A Plea for DOT to Design Bike Lanes With Safer Intersections

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2017 | 77 Comments

On Tuesday, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 unanimously passed a resolution calling on DOT to replace "mixing zone" intersections on protected bike lanes along Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue with designs that maintain more physical separation between cyclists and motor traffic.

Postal Truck Driver Kills 83-Year-Old Man on Amsterdam and 95th

By Ben Fried | Feb 24, 2017 | 3 Comments

A postal truck driver struck and killed an 83-year-old man on Amsterdam Avenue and 95th Street at around 6:00 a.m. this morning. NYPD has yet to determine who had the right-of-way. While Amsterdam Avenue has a protected bike lane at this intersection, there is no pedestrian refuge in the north crosswalk, where the victim was struck.

Broadway and W. 89th Street, where a motorist killed a cyclist this afternoon.

Motorist Kills Cyclist on Broadway on the Upper West Side [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2016 | 1 Comment

A motorist struck and killed cyclist Jing Yin Jiang on Broadway near W. 89th Street this afternoon.

Drivers Killed Two Seniors in Manhattan and NYPD Filed No Charges

By Brad Aaron | Sep 23, 2016 | 16 Comments

Drivers fatally struck two seniors in separate crashes in Manhattan in the last few weeks. NYPD filed no charges in either case. On August 23 at around 3:50 p.m., 85-year-old George Mamalas was crossing W. 93rd Street at West End Avenue when someone hit him with a box truck. NYPD told the West Side Rag […]

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 […]

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