Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

A Few Data Points For the Next Time WNYC Talks Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Dec 20, 2012 | 12 Comments

This morning, WNYC’s Brian Lehrer discussed the Columbus Avenue bike lane with reporter Kate Hinds. The show covered a fair amount of ground in a short amount of time, but gave a lot of airtime to a key assumption which has given cover to street safety opponents — that small retailers in New York City need to […]

Brewer: CB 7 Should Pass Columbus Bike Lane Reso; Stringer Non-Committal

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2012 | 3 Comments

Buried in the pile of uninformed New York Post letters to the editor following Steve Cuozzo’s unhinged rant about the Columbus Avenue bike lane, intrepid readers found a note from Council Member Gale Brewer. “Bike lanes in my district are highly popular and strongly supported by the wider community,” she wrote. “Expanding these benefits is the right […]

Majority Favor Extending Columbus Bike Lane, But CB 7 Fails to Advance It

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

Despite a strong majority who turned out to support safer streets on the Upper West Side and conclusive evidence that pedestrian injuries have dropped thanks to the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee failed to advance a resolution to extend the Columbus redesign beyond its current one-mile stretch between 77th and 96th Streets. […]

Tonight: DOT Talks Protected Bike Lanes With Upper West Side’s CB 7

By Stephen Miller | Dec 11, 2012 | 12 Comments

In the wake of last week’s setback for efforts to bring more bike racks to the Upper West Side, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee will hold a key meeting tonight about an issue on which its chairs have failed to take action: protected bike lanes and complete streets. DOT is scheduled to provide an […]

CB 7 Turns Down Bike Racks as Big Complete Streets Meeting Approaches

By Stephen Miller | Dec 7, 2012 | 18 Comments

Despite a positive vote in committee, earlier this week Community Board 7 on the Upper West Side sidelined a plan to bring more bike racks to the area, after some procedural maneuvering by transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig stifled discussion. With a key presentation from DOT on extending the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane coming […]

CB 7 Committee Votes for More UWS Bike Parking, Overriding Co-Chair

By Stephen Miller | Nov 14, 2012 | 12 Comments

Last night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 signed off on plans for more bike racks on the Upper West Side and the neighborhood’s first on-street bike corral. The two resolutions mustered more than enough support to overwhelm the objections of committee co-chair Dan Zweig, and both will advance to the full committee in […]

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