Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

24th Precinct CO: We’re Making Streets Safer by Cracking Down on Cyclists

By Brad Aaron | Sep 18, 2015 | 9 Comments

An Upper West Side NYPD precinct where motorists killed six pedestrians and cyclists in 2014 says it’s reducing injuries by cracking down on people riding bikes. The 24th Precinct is where drivers fatally struck Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, Samantha Lee, and Jean Chambers, prompting a public outcry that, coupled with the launch of Vision Zero, raised […]

Is DOT Setting Up the Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane to Fail?

By Stephen Miller | Sep 10, 2015 | 41 Comments

Up until a few years ago, when neighborhood residents approached DOT about redesigning a street for greater safety, they expected to get shot down by the agency’s top engineers. In 2004, one former DOT official summed up the department’s attitude as, “We will do pedestrian safety, but only when it doesn’t come at the expense of the […]

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 […]

Reappointed by Rosenthal, Dan Zweig Already Trashing Amsterdam Ave Plan

By Stephen Miller | Aug 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

Bike lane opponent Dan Zweig is at it again. The longtime Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair was quoted in a Post article trashing the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane before DOT even presents its design, set to be released in September or October. “There is very heavy traffic [on Amsterdam] and it is a truck […]

Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Aug 14, 2015 | 22 Comments

DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning. The announcement comes after years of requests from local advocates and Manhattan Community Board 7 for a […]

Levine to DOT: The Time Is Now for Amsterdam Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2015 | 12 Comments

City Council Member Mark Levine sent a letter today urging Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to put a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue. Levine’s district encompasses much of the Upper West Side north of W. 95th Street. Calling on DOT to act, he pointed to unsafe conditions on Amsterdam, attendant wrong-way cycling on the Columbus Avenue southbound protected […]

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