Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gale Brewer

Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane Finally Happening After 28-13 CB 7 Vote

By David Meyer | Feb 3, 2016 | 51 Comments

By a count of 28 in favor and 13 opposed, Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night to endorse DOT’s plan for a protected bike lane along Amsterdam Avenue from 72nd Street to 110th Street. The vote affirmed a safety project that Upper West Siders have worked toward for several years, but the meeting itself […]

6 Manhattan Electeds Ask DOT for Complete Streets on Fifth and Sixth Ave

By David Meyer | Dec 4, 2015 | 11 Comments

DOT has put out a plan to add a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue from 14th Street to 33rd Street [PDF], and Manhattan electeds want more. A letter from State Senator Brad Hoylman and five other representatives calls for a more thorough complete street redesign along all of Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue from Greenwich Village to Central […]

To Make NYC Streets Safer, Focus on the Cause of 98 Percent of Harm

By Brad Aaron | Dec 3, 2015 | 56 Comments

On Wednesday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer spoke in support of legislation that would create a “bicycle safety task force.” The language of the bill, introduced by Council Member Rosie Mendez at Brewer’s request, says the task force would make recommendations for improving bike infrastructure. But in testimony to the council transportation committee, Brewer suggested the panel would […]

DOT and TA: “Bike Safety Task Force” Won’t Make Biking Safer

By David Meyer | Dec 2, 2015 | 21 Comments

Okay, someone literally just compared #bikenyc to terrorists @NYCCouncil. Wow! — Joanna Oltman Smith (@jooltman) December 2, 2015 A proposed “bike safety task force” met with resistance from city officials and safe streets advocates at a City Council transportation committee meeting this morning. DOT joined Transportation Alternatives in opposing Intro 219, which would create a […]

Why Is There So Much Traffic in NYC? It’s the Free Roads, Stupid

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2015 | 63 Comments

Since the de Blasio administration attempted to cap for-hire cars this summer, the debate over Manhattan traffic has gotten louder, but not more productive. Uber claimed it definitely wasn’t the problem. Some council members wondered if bike lanes were slowing down cars. Amid all the noise, something important got lost. At a hearing about Manhattan traffic this morning convened by Borough President Gale Brewer, a simple […]

Gale Brewer Is Having None of This Cars-Back-in-Times-Square Business

By Ben Fried | Aug 24, 2015 | 4 Comments

We’re gonna devote a post to reprinting this newly-released statement from Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer in its entirety, because it’s that good: “I was proud to help fund the new TKTS booth and grandstand in Duffy Square and to stand with Mayor Bloomberg and his Transportation Commissioner Jeanette Sadik-Khan at the opening of the plaza. Since then, […]

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