Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Heads Up: Columbus Ave Bike Lane Discussion Not Happening Tonight

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2010 | No Comments

Adjust your calendars: Manhattan CB 7 is pushing back its full board meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, to next Tuesday, the 9th. So you have a few more days to hone your Columbus Avenue bike lane testimony.

City Planning Okays 1,260 Parking Spaces for Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Nov 3, 2010 | 1 Comment

We got our hands on a copy of the City Planning Commission’s report on the Riverside Center mega-development [PDF], and as we reported last week, the commission is allowing Extell Development to construct 1,260 parking spaces under two Upper West Side blocks. It’s possible that the number of parking spaces could drop lower when the […]

Defend the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2010 | 4 Comments

UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed to next Tuesday. We mentioned this in the calendar post on Monday but it bears repeating: If you support the new Columbus Avenue bike lane and want to see the safety benefits of pedestrian refuges and physically-separated bikeways extend elsewhere on the Upper West Side, come out to the […]

Streetfilms Shorties: Celebrating the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2010 | 10 Comments

For your viewing pleasure this weekend — Clarence filmed this short, exhilarating group ride down the brand new protected bike path on Columbus Avenue. New Yorkers won this mile of safer street after a down-to-the-wire Community Board 7 vote in favor of the plan. A lot of hard work and organizing went into that vote, […]

Eyes on the Street: Working Out the Kinks in the Columbus Ave Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 44 Comments

Upper West Side residents can ride with a new sense of safety and comfort on the recently installed Columbus Avenue protected bike lane, but between 81st and 82nd Streets, the bike lane has been consistently blocked by a minivan owned by Quality Florist, a local business located on that block. A tipster sent us pictures […]

City Planning Ready to Approve 1,260 Parking Spaces at Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Oct 25, 2010 | 6 Comments

The City Planning Commission is likely to approve a 1,260-space garage for the Riverside Center mega-development at its meeting this Wednesday, according to multiple sources. That’s space for hundreds more cars — causing more congestion and more pollution — than requested by the Upper West Side’s representatives. It’s yet another case where the commission and […]

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