Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Gale Brewer

Victims’ Families to Electeds: End the Obstruction of Safe Streets on the UWS

By Stephen Miller | Jan 22, 2015 | 17 Comments

Years of frustration with the leadership of Manhattan Community Board 7 boiled over at a traffic safety forum on the Upper West Side last night. Twice during the event, neighborhood residents who lost family members to traffic violence called on elected officials not to reappoint Dan Zweig, who has co-chaired CB 7’s transportation committee for […]

What’s the Matter With NYC Community Boards

By Ben Fried | Sep 17, 2014 | 18 Comments

It’s 2014. For at least 50 years, it’s been apparent that wider streets don’t make congestion go away. For about a decade, the work of UCLA professor Donald Shoup has popularized the notion that parking prices are key to the efficient operation of commercial streets, and London has shown the English-speaking world how to cut […]

Brewer and Rosenthal Bill Would Allow Folding Bikes in Passenger Elevators

By Brad Aaron | Jun 25, 2014 | 23 Comments

Five years ago next month, the city opened the door for bike commuters — or more accurately, their bikes — with the Bicycle Access Law. That law provided, for the first time, a legal framework for New Yorkers to petition commercial landlords for bike storage space at work. A new City Council bill could improve […]

After Quick Work by CB 7 and DOT, Safety Fixes Debut at 96th and Broadway

By Stephen Miller | May 13, 2014 | 8 Comments

After the deaths of Cooper Stock, Alexander Shear, and Samantha Lee at or near the intersection of 96th Street and Broadway shook Upper West Siders in January, DOT promised fixes to an intersection that locals complained had become even more dangerous to cross after a reconstruction project just a few years before. This morning, the city debuted those changes, including […]

Brewer: I Won’t Remove Community Board Members Who Impede Safe Streets

By Brad Aaron | Apr 4, 2014 | 19 Comments

Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer says she does not intend to remove community board members who stand in the way of transit improvements and projects that would make streets safer for pedestrians and cyclists. She expects new appointments to sway older members and make the case for street redesigns. Brewer hosted a small group of […]

Manhattan Community Boards Want to Fix 57 Dangerous Places for Peds

By Stephen Miller | Jan 31, 2014 | 11 Comments

Yesterday, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer compiled a list of 57 pedestrian danger hotspots identified by community board district managers and sent it to city agency heads serving on Mayor de Blasio’s Vision Zero task force. Many of the locations in Brewer’s list have a long track record as dangerous locations, including many where people […]

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