Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Eyes on the Street: Pedestrian Island Construction on Columbus Avenue

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2013 | 6 Comments

DOT continues to make progress with the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane. Doug Gordon sent us these shots, taken this morning, of pedestrian island construction at 75th and 73rd Streets. After gaining the support of Community Board 7, the lane is being extended north to 110th Street and south to 70th Street, […]

Eyes on the Street: A Complete Street on Columbus Avenue, Completed

By Stephen Miller | Aug 14, 2013 | 11 Comments

Foot-dragging from Community Board 7 meant it was split into two phases, but a protected bike lane, with pedestrian islands, is close to the finish line for Columbus Avenue between 110th and 70th Streets. The initial paint went down a couple weeks ago. This afternoon, DOT crews were installing the pedestrian islands and striping the […]

Eyes on the Street: The Columbus Avenue Bike Lane, Part Two

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2013 | 12 Comments

The Columbus Avenue protected bike lane won’t be a disconnected stub much longer. DOT is striping extensions of the bike lane south from 77th Street and north from 96th Street this summer, following a supportive vote from Manhattan Community Board 7 in February. Streetsblog publisher Mark Gorton sent in this shot looking south from 76th […]

West Harlem Council Candidates Want Bike-Share, Complete 125th Street SBS

By Stephen Miller | Jul 10, 2013 | 21 Comments

Candidates for a City Council seat on the west side of Upper Manhattan expressed support for bike-share expansion and complete Select Bus Service on 125th Street at a campaign forum last night. Some candidates urged the city to restore the original SBS plan and extend the bus lane west, after DOT curtailed its proposal to the delight of […]

Eyes on the Street: SUV Driver Crashes Into Ambulance at 71st and Broadway

By Ben Fried | Jun 11, 2013 | 4 Comments

Reader Liz Patek sends in these photos of a crash at 71st and Broadway last night. According to witnesses she spoke to, the driver of the car with the smashed-up front T-boned the ambulance. It seems that, miraculously, no one was seriously hurt. NYPD’s public information office had no information on the crash, but it […]

City Council Candidates on the Issues: Mel Wymore, District 6

By Stephen Miller | Jun 7, 2013 | 5 Comments

We continue our series on City Council candidates with a Q&A with former Community Board 7 chair Mel Wymore, who’s running to represent District 6 on the Upper West Side. Earlier this week, we ran responses from real estate executive Ken Biberaj, Democratic Party District Leader Marc Landis, former Community Board 7 chair Helen Rosenthal, and Green Party candidate Tom […]

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