Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Few people have ever accused Manhattan Community Board 7 of expiditiously resolving to do something about dangerous streets. After devoting two hours last night to discussing a resolution asking DOT for a complete street study of Amsterdam Avenue (which the board’s transportation committee passed last month), CB 7’s reputation for inaction and delay remained intact: The board […]

After a three-and-a-half-hour meeting that itself followed a nearly three-hour deliberation last month, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee voted 7-0, with three abstentions, for a resolution asking DOT to study safety improvements for Amsterdam Avenue. The resolution asks DOT to consider a protected bike lane, pedestrian islands, removing one of the avenue’s four […]

Despite starting off with a somber reminder of the damage created by dangerous driving, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee ended its meeting last night gridlocked over whether to support meaningful street safety improvements. One of the committee’s first actions was to ask DOT to add an honorary street sign at the corner of 97th […]