Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

At Riverside Park, Looking to More Bike Lanes to Soothe Bike/Ped Conflict

By Noah Kazis | Oct 19, 2010 | 18 Comments

The Hudson River Greenway is the busiest bike route in the city, with around 5,000 cyclists riding it during the peak 12-hour period each day. This June, the Parks Department abruptly put up dismount signs at the 72nd Street entrance to Riverside Park, interrupting a popular access route to a major corridor within Manhattan’s green […]

Safety Fixes Slated for One of Manhattan’s Most Dangerous Intersections

By Ben Fried | Sep 23, 2010 | 34 Comments

The long history of violent traffic crashes where Broadway, Amsterdam and 71st Street converge is about to take a turn for the better. This intersection was the site of 19 pedestrian and cyclist injuries between 2004 and 2008. Earlier this summer, in the course of a few hours, two people were injured in separate crashes […]

Central Park Administrator Pushes East-West Bike Routes, Car-Free Park

By Noah Kazis | Sep 21, 2010 | 56 Comments

Central Park Conservancy head Douglas Blonsky wants his park to get a lot more bike-friendly, he revealed at a meeting of Manhattan’s Community Board 7’s parks committee last night. Not only is he working to create shared use paths that would allow cyclists to cross the park east-west safely and legally, he repeatedly announced his […]

Public Tells Planning Commission They Want a Walkable Riverside Center

By Noah Kazis | Sep 16, 2010 | 20 Comments

A hearing on the Riverside Center mega-development yesterday revealed a popular hunger for a more walkable West Side and perhaps some interest from the City Planning Commission in the same. Extell Development is looking to build a housing and retail complex, including 1,800 parking spaces, on this waterfront site equivalent in size to two Manhattan blocks. […]

Upper West Side’s CB 7 Wants To Pay For Sunday Parking

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2010 | 9 Comments

According to a report in DNAinfo, Community Board 7 on the Upper West Side is taking the rare step of asking the city to end the giveaway of free curbside parking. The community board approved a resolution calling for paid Sunday parking in its meeting last night by a vote of 21 to 12, with […]

Support for Congestion Pricing, Not Harlem River Tolls, at SD 31 Debate

By Noah Kazis | Sep 8, 2010 | 11 Comments

Five candidates vying to become Upper Manhattan’s next state senator met in the 168th Street Armory last night to make their case to the car-free voters of Riverdale, Inwood, Washington Heights, West Harlem, and the Upper West Side. At a debate sponsored by Transportation Alternatives and WE ACT for Environmental Justice, important differences emerged over […]

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