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'Not Acceptable': Uptown Greenway to Close For 6 Months …
Sep 23, 2024 · Safety last. The Parks Department will close off a mile-and-a-half stretch of the busiest bike path in America for six months, sending cyclists onto dangerous streets of the Upper West Side, with astoundingly little warning, starting today.
Upper East Side Backs Central Park Transverse Plan Despite Anti-E …
4 days ago · The city's most-fervent anti-cycling activists failed on Wednesday night to convince a notoriously anti-bike Upper East Side community board to reject a common-sense safety redesign of Central Park's roadways in a way that would actually reduce bike and pedestrian conflicts.. Manhattan Community Board 8's Parks and Transportation Committee's 10-to-five vote in favor of the Central Park ...
Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can …
Oct 3, 2024 · MTA Room for Improvement: What New York’s Subway System Can Learn from Cities Around the World. New York’s subway was once an international model of modernity.
Modified 'Jaywalking' Repeal Passes Council - Streetsblog New …
Sep 26, 2024 · The Council on Thursday passed a bill to legalize walking into the street outside of crosswalks, sometimes known as "jaywalking," two weeks after holding off on the legislation due to advocates raising concerns that it put too much blame on pedestrians.. The lawmaker behind the proposal said that the bill still addresses the racist policing of …
Friday Video: Full Frontal NYC - Streetsblog New York City
Oct 25, 2024 · Friday Video Friday Video: Full Frontal NYC. Watch a trip from Main Street to Hudson Yards from the 7-operator's-eye-view. It's very Zen.
Congestion Pricing Dream Lives On After Two Judges Rule in …
Dec 23, 2024 · Congestion Pricing Congestion Pricing Dream Lives On After Two Judges Rule in MTA’s Favor. New York won two major victories in court on Monday after federal judges declined to put the skids on congestion pricing's Jan. 5 launch — and hinted that they don't think the lawsuits to stop the program will succeed.
Tunnel Vision! MTA Abandons Flawed Plan To Run IBX Partly on …
Oct 30, 2024 · In this case, tunnel vision is a good thing. The MTA no longer plans to hijack its future Brooklyn-Queens light rail project by running a segment of it on the street, agency leadership announced on Tuesday.. Instead, agency leaders told reporters on Tuesday that they will heed the warnings from outside advocates and explore building a tunnel under All Faiths Cemetery instead of running the ...
Worst Mayor Ever for Bus Riders? Adams's 'Streets Plan' Failure …
Dec 27, 2024 · The Adams administration continued its annual tradition of failing miserably to install the legally required miles of bus lanes, and also came in well below minimums for protected bike paths, making a mockery of the 2019 Streets Plan legislation that sought to roll out the infrastructure on a mass ...
Council Seeks to Force DOT to Build 175 E-Bike Charging Hubs
Oct 11, 2024 · Charge it! The City Council wants to force the Transportation Department to install 175 e-bike charging hubs in commercial areas over the next five years, taking a direct approach after years of delayed projects — but some in the industry say the effort won't be nearly enough to create the infrastructure the city needs.