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Eyes on the Street: This Year’s First “Street Seats” Have Begun to Sprout

By Stephen Miller | May 29, 2015 | 18 Comments

It’s Street Seats season — the time of year when curbside seating replaces parking to reclaim some space for people, at least for the summer. Street Seats are installed by DOT. The seats, which fold up at night, are maintained by an adjacent sponsoring business and are open to the public. DOT received 22 applications for Street Seats […]

Eyes on the Street: A Buffer for (Some of) the Sixth Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | May 8, 2015 | 2 Comments

Parts of the notoriously skinny Sixth Avenue bike lane are about to get slightly less cramped. DOT is narrowing the car lanes on the newly-repaved avenue to make room for buffers on the bike lane from Christopher Street to W. 14th Street. While the buffers are a welcome upgrade, they’re no long-term fix for one of the city’s most intimidating […]

Eyes on the Street: State DOT Squeezes Van Cortlandt Park Greenway

By Stephen Miller | Apr 21, 2015 | 11 Comments

The walls are closing in on people who walk or bike on the Van Cortlandt Park greenway in the Bronx. A state Department of Transportation highway construction project has narrowed the shared bicycle and pedestrian path to just four feet, while leaving adjacent car lanes and a golf cart path almost entirely untouched. The cause of the greenway pinch […]

Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane in Progress

By Brad Aaron | Apr 13, 2015 | 22 Comments

Reader Jonathan Rabinowitz sent this photo of Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane, now under construction on Fort George Hill, a one-way street that connects Dyckman Street in Inwood with Fairview Avenue to the south, along the western border of Harlem River Park. This project will give cyclists a north-south route between Inwood and Washington Heights by allotting 11 feet of […]

Eyes on the Street: WABC News SUV PWNS This Sidewalk Extension

By Stephen Miller | Apr 9, 2015 | 13 Comments

New York City’s placard class — the elite few who park wherever they want, without consequence — obviously includes police and other public servants. But don’t forget the press. This afternoon, two press SUVs, including one from WABC-TV, were parked on the sidewalk at the corner of Centre and Leonard in Lower Manhattan. The area, filled with courthouses and government […]

Eyes on the Street: Curb Extensions on Park Avenue in East Harlem

By Stephen Miller | Apr 2, 2015 | 1 Comment

People crossing Park Avenue in East Harlem often have a tough time seeing cars coming down the street. A stone viaduct that carries Metro-North trains overhead reduces visibility for walkers, cyclists and drivers alike. This week, DOT poured concrete for neckdowns at East 111th Street as part of a larger street safety project. The neckdowns at 111th Street […]

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