Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

DOT Plans Changes for UWS Intersections After Pedestrian Deaths [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jan 31, 2014 | 8 Comments

Video: Barron Lerner, uncle of Cooper Stock, speaks at last night’s CB 7 forum. Update: DOT’s presentation on the intersection of Broadway and W. 96th Street is here. DOT last night presented proposals to improve conditions for pedestrians in an area of the Upper West Side where three people were killed by motorists in January. […]

Next Week: DOT to Preview Ped Safety Improvements for 96th and Broadway

By Brad Aaron | Jan 23, 2014 | 13 Comments

The public will hear from DOT next week at a Community Board 7 meeting on proposed improvements at Broadway and 96th Street, after three pedestrians were fatally struck by drivers at or near the intersection this month. “Safety is our top priority and we are actively identifying and evaluating a range of options for the area,” […]

At Upper West Side Vigil, Families Mourn 9-Year-Old Lost to Traffic Violence

By Stephen Miller | Jan 16, 2014 | 20 Comments

Hours after Mayor de Blasio unveiled his administration’s approach to sharply reducing traffic deaths yesterday, hundreds of New Yorkers gathered at an Upper West Side intersection to mourn 9-year-old Cooper Stock, who was killed last Friday by a turning taxi driver while crossing West End Avenue with his father. Koffi Komlani, the driver who killed Stock, has […]

Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell Intros Bill to Set NYC Speed Limit at 20 MPH

By Brad Aaron | Jan 16, 2014 | 3 Comments

Assembly Member Dan O’Donnell has introduced a bill to lower the speed limit in New York City to 20 miles per hour. O’Donnell represents the Upper West Side, where two pedestrians have been killed by motorists in 2014. He attended the vigil held last night for Cooper Stock and Alexander Shear. O’Donnell’s office released a statement this […]

9-Year-Old Boy, Mother, and Senior Killed in Weekend of Motorist Violence

By Brad Aaron | Jan 13, 2014 | 20 Comments

Three pedestrians were fatally struck by motorists over the weekend, bringing to seven the number of people killed while walking in New York City in the first two weeks of 2014. Twenty pedestrians were killed by city motorists in January 2013, according to NYPD data, and 12 pedestrians and one cyclist died in January 2012. […]

Post Unwittingly Makes Case for Northbound Protected Bike Lane on UWS

By Stephen Miller | Dec 9, 2013 | 24 Comments

Today, New Yorkers got a blast from the past in the pages of the New York Post. Less than a week ago, Community Board 7 voted unanimously to ask DOT to study complete streets measures including a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue. For today’s paper, the Post sent two reporters to the Columbus Avenue […]

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