Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

UWS Shows Support for Car-Free Park, But Broader Campaign Is Lacking

By Noah Kazis | May 17, 2011 | 2 Comments

Last night’s unanimous votes in support of a summer-long car-free Central Park by Manhattan Community Board 7’s parks and transportation committees moved the ball forward for advocates of car-free parks. With no movement at the mayoral level on the issue, any successful push will have to come from the bottom up. Similar statements of community […]

UWS Struggles to Solve Central Park Bike Crackdown, Likes East-West Paths

By Noah Kazis | Mar 29, 2011 | 9 Comments

Upper West Side residents want to make Central Park once again a welcoming place for recreational cyclists, based on the near-unanimous position of Community Board 7’s parks and transportation committees at a joint meeting last night. But with the NYPD intransigently committed to its ticketing blitz and DOT unwilling to pay for changes to the […]

Stringer Explains His “Philosophy of Public Engagement” on Street Designs

By Noah Kazis | Feb 11, 2011 | 18 Comments

Since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has promised to take his approach to street redesigns, first put into place by the Columbus Avenue working group, borough-wide, Streetsblog decided to check in with him to see just what this process would look like. The details are still being worked out. Stringer wasn’t yet sure, for example, […]

Upper West Side Leaders Calmly Study, Tweak Columbus Ave Lane

By Noah Kazis | Feb 7, 2011 | 12 Comments

The Upper West Side is offering the city a lesson in what a mature and constructive response to bike lane growing pains looks like. While the new protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue received community support throughout the process, once installed many local businesses along the corridor began to complain that the design was making […]

Despite Pressure From CB 7, Riverside Park Keeps “No Cycling” Policy

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2011 | 22 Comments

The parks committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 restated its support for shared bike/pedestrian paths through Riverside Park and Central Park last night. In Central Park, the shared paths would create new east-west routes through the park, while in Riverside, the community board is fighting against the Parks Department’s surprise imposition of dismount signs on […]

Driver Cam: The Columbus Ave Bike Lane Thru Tony Aiello’s Windshield

By Brad Aaron | Jan 5, 2011 | 27 Comments

We talk a lot about windshield perspective on Streetsblog, so with his latest salvo against safer cycling and walking, CBS 2’s Tony Aiello has done most of the work for us. From behind the wheel of “Mobile 2,” Aiello, in full-on Ted Baxter mode, informs viewers that the Columbus Avenue bike lane is playing havoc […]

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