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Eyes on the Street: Upper West Side Crash Leaves Vehicle Overturned

By Brad Aaron | May 4, 2012 | 5 Comments

Reader Daniel Green sends in this picture of a Thursday afternoon crash at Broadway and W. 77th Street. According to FDNY, the crash occurred at approximately 1:21 p.m. One person was treated for injuries and released, while a second was hospitalized at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt, a spokesperson said. FDNY did not know if bystanders were among […]

Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets, May Day Edition

By Noah Kazis | May 2, 2012 | 4 Comments

New Yorkers got an unusual taste of what car-free streets feel like yesterday, thanks to the combination of Occupy Wall Street’s May Day march and the New York Police Department. To mark the labor movement holiday, thousands of people took to the streets of Lower Manhattan to protest economic inequality. According to the New York […]

Eyes on the Street: DOT Lays Foundations for Safer First Avenue

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2012 | 9 Comments

Looks like the concrete has been poured for new pedestrian refuges on First Avenue in the 60s. Courtesy of Flickr user TNoble2008, who reports that the construction work extends up to 70th Street, here are some more shots of the progress on the Upper East Side’s first protected bike lane. Apparently the markings and refuges […]

Eyes on the Street: Neighbors Get Better Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Apr 24, 2012 | 22 Comments

Somehow we doubt it’s going to make Iris Weinshall, Norm Steisel and Louise Hainline feel any better (what with the threat of another lawsuit), but construction is now underway on pedestrian islands along the Prospect Park West bike lane. Once complete, the islands will provide easier crossings for pedestrians — who have already benefited from shorter […]

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Gives Manhattan Cyclists Unsafe Instructions

By Noah Kazis | Apr 18, 2012 | 31 Comments

The NYPD appears to be taking bicycle safety into its own hands, offering faulty safety tips to cyclists on both the First Avenue and Fifth Avenue bike lanes. In both locations, the NYPD has recently installed variable message boards informing cyclists that they must remain in the bike lane and obey all traffic laws. Legally, […]

Eyes on the Street: East Village Bike Corral Action

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

Reader Mike Epstein sends in this shot of DOT bike corral construction on Ninth Street between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. It’s good to see this treatment expanding. Corrals that accommodate multiple bike racks offer a much more efficient use of street space than a one-car parking spot. They make streets safer by improving […]

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