Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Upper West Side

Columbus Avenue BID Leader: Protected Bike Lane Great for Business

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2010 | 8 Comments

Barbara Adler Earlier this week, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 issued a split decision on the protected bike lane proposed for a 20-block stretch of Columbus Avenue. One of the committee chairs who voted against it, Andrew Albert, told the room full of bike lane supporters that he couldn’t endorse the project […]

CB 7 Committee Backslides With Split Vote on Protected UWS Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2010 | 20 Comments

DOT’s proposal for Columbus Avenue would create room for a separated bike lane by narrowing, not removing, car lanes. Image: NYCDOT [PDF] Looks like some Manhattan community board types still want to see their local streets keep that highway-in-the-city feel. After receiving a request from Manhattan CB 7 in the fall to prepare plans for […]

NYPD Admits Error in Pedestrian Death, Says Chases Off-Limits

By Noah Kazis | Feb 18, 2010 | 13 Comments

Karen Schmeer. Image: New York Times The NYPD is no longer denying its involvement — or error — in the January 29 car chase that ended with the death of Karen Schmeer on the Upper West Side. At a meeting of the 24th Precinct’s community council, Deputy Inspector Kathleen O’Reilly laid out the police’s official […]

Eight Electeds Back Protected Bike Lanes for Manhattan’s West Side

By Ben Fried | Feb 12, 2010 | 11 Comments

Protected bike lanes would enhance safety for cyclists and pedestrians on Amsterdam Avenue. Several representatives in the City Council and state legislature, as well as Borough President Scott Stringer, have signed on in support of protected bike lanes for Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues. Last fall, Manhattan CB 7 passed a resolution asking DOT to prepare […]

NYPD Denies Role in Another Pedestrian Death. Kelly, Bloomberg Silent

By Brad Aaron | Feb 1, 2010 | 16 Comments

In what has become an all-too-familiar scene, NYPD is denying reports that a police chase led to the death of a pedestrian after an incident of petty theft on Manhattan’s Upper West Side. Karen Schmeer. Photo via NYT Karen Schmeer, 39, was an acclaimed film editor known for her work with documentarian Errol Morris. At […]

Manhattan CB 7 Votes “Yes” on Meters-to-Bike Racks Conversion for UWS

By Noah Kazis | Jan 6, 2010 | 2 Comments

These naked meter poles will be reborn as bicycle racks. Photo: Wiley Norvell. Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night in favor of converting 240 parking meters to bike racks on 40 blocks of the Upper West Side. The 23-12 vote (with one abstention) was the CB’s closest of the evening, but the outcome was […]

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