Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

CB 7 Chair Says Its Street Safety Task Force Isn’t About Street Safety

By Stephen Miller | May 14, 2015 | 14 Comments

At the beginning of 2014, drivers killed three people — Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee — on the Upper West Side in a matter of days. Neighbors turned out by the hundreds at vigils for the victims, and came out again to pack meetings demanding action. In response, Community Board 7 formed a street safety task force. More […]

Citi Bike Could Expand to 86th Street This Summer

By Stephen Miller | May 4, 2015 | 20 Comments

It looks like some parts of Manhattan north of 59th Street could be getting Citi Bike sooner than previously expected. At a town hall hosted by Council Member Helen Rosenthal last week, DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione said Citi Bike would expand to 86th Street by August or September, and to 110th Street “probably in March,” […]

Helen Rosenthal Won’t Say Why She Reappointed Street Safety Foe to CB 7

By Stephen Miller | Apr 28, 2015 | 29 Comments

Members of Families For Safe Streets asked Council Member Helen Rosenthal at a town hall meeting last night why she reappointed street safety foe and longtime Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig. But Rosenthal refused to answer questions from Upper West Siders who have lost loved ones to traffic violence. Zweig has spent years stonewalling […]

Helen Rosenthal Asks DOT to Install Protected Bike Lane on Amsterdam Ave

By Stephen Miller | Apr 10, 2015 | 9 Comments

Council Member Helen Rosenthal has come out strongly for a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue, sending a letter to DOT this week asking for a plan to calm traffic and provide a northbound complement to the Columbus Avenue bike lane. “We need to make Amsterdam Avenue safer for families, and that’s just what this street redesign […]

New Columbus Avenue Design: Protected Bike Lane By David H. Koch Theater

By Ben Fried | Feb 12, 2015 | 15 Comments

The Columbus Avenue bike lane will provide a more continuous protected route past Lincoln Center under a revised DOT proposal that got a thumbs up from Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee Tuesday night [PDF]. Currently, there is no physical protection for people biking between 69th Street and 59th Street. An earlier version of the […]

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