Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Let There Be Light: Notorious Dark Patch of West Side Greenway Gets Bright

By Stephen Miller | Mar 1, 2013 | 9 Comments

New lights appeared earlier this week on the Hudson River Greenway between 59th and 72nd Streets, on a notoriously dark stretch beneath an elevated section of the West Side Highway. Although a few patches remain dark, sources tell us it’s a vast improvement. Word is that DOT is responsible for installing these lights, which are […]

By More Than 2-to-1, CB 7 Supports Columbus Avenue Bike Lane Extension

By Stephen Miller | Feb 6, 2013 | 4 Comments

Last night, Manhattan Community Board 7 signaled its support for an extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane — which currently runs one mile, from 96th to 77th Streets — north to 110th Street and south to 69th Street [PDF]. The 26-11 vote (with one abstention) was a much wider margin than CB 7’s 23-19-1 […]

NYPD Won’t Touch Upper West Side Block Commandeered by Illegal Parking

By Brad Aaron | Feb 5, 2013 | 18 Comments

A frustrated Upper West Side resident is looking to tame the rampant illegal parking and placard abuse on his block. Carson Dixon says the curbs and sidewalks of W. 83rd Street between Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues are lined constantly with illegally parked vehicles, left there by postal workers, firefighters, and employees of a parking garage. […]

An Open Letter to CB 7 Transportation Chairs Dan Zweig and Andrew Albert

By Mark Gorton | Jan 11, 2013 | 5 Comments

Mark Gorton is the publisher of Streetsblog and lives on the Upper West Side with his wife and four children. This is an edited version of a message he sent to Dan Zweig and Andrew Albert, the co-chairs of the Community Board 7 transportation committee, after neither of them voted in favor of extending the […]

Leaving Co-Chairs Behind, CB 7 Committee Backs Columbus Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jan 9, 2013 | 7 Comments

After deadlocking in December, Manhattan Commmunity Board 7’s transportation committee voted 7-2, with one abstention, to support the extension of the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane before an overwhelmingly supportive crowd last night. The resolution passed without any help from the committee’s co-chairs, Andrew Albert, who abstained, and Dan Zweig, who voted against the resolution. At […]

Tonight: Manhattan CB 7 Can Finally Advance the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jan 8, 2013 | 2 Comments

Tonight, Manhattan Community Board 7 will again consider a DOT proposal to extend the existing Columbus Avenue bike lane, a mile-long segment between 77th and 96th Streets that’s currently isolated from the rest of the city’s network. If the committee supports the lane tonight, the proposal would go before the full board in February in time […]

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