Tag: bike lanes

A Community Board 7 committee voted to ban electric bikes from bike lanes at its meeting Tuesday night, citing crashes and near-misses

One of the most important urban movements of the past decade has been the livable streets movement -- focused on making city streets safer for pedestrians and bicyclists and less car-focused.

The legal battle between the city and a Central Park West condominium over a bike lane being installed on the avenue continues.

Community Board 7’s Transportation Committee met on Tuesday night to offer feedback on new bike lanes proposed by the city Department of Transportation for

The city has a new plan to complete the Amsterdam Avenue protected bike lane, extending the current lane below 72nd Street.

Some random melons are growing in the pedestrian median next to the bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue at 104th Street.

A driver whose brakes had failed swerved into the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane and hit a delivery bicyclist on Tuesday night, sending the bicyclist to the hospital.

New pedestrian islands are being installed on Amsterdam Avenue as part of the major redesign of that avenue between 72nd and 110th Streets. Amsterdam

The Department of Transportation released its updated plan to transform Amsterdam Avenue from four lanes to three while adding a bike lane, turn lanes

Community Board 7's transportation committee ended up deadlocked Tuesday night over a city proposal to transform Amsterdam Avenue

A plan to redesign Amsterdam Avenue got a mostly positive review Tuesday night at a Community Board 7 meeting, as about 175 people packed the room, with dozens speaking out about the plan.

A project to redesign Lincoln Square between 66th and 63rd street and extend the Columbus Avenue bike lane from 69th to 59th street will begin this week, according

Community Board 7 backed a resolution Tuesday night calling for the city to install a northbound bike lane on the Upper West Side similar to the southbound lane on Columbus.

Council member Helen Rosenthal sent a letter to the city Department of Transportation on Friday throwing her support behind a protected bicycle lane on Amsterdam Avenue

The city wants to reconfigure parts of Lincoln Square to make it safer for pedestrians, potentially redesigning streets, sidewalks and curbs in the area

Sorry, bike lane haters. The Upper West Side has elected a very bike-friendly council member. Helen Rosenthal proved her allegiances

Community Board 7 meets on Wednesday night at Rodeph Sholom on 83rd street, and there are a few items on the agenda that could draw a crowd

Now that Columbus Avenue has a southbound protected bike lane from 110th street to 65th, the community board is considering where to put a northbound lane. Bike lane advocates are pushing for a lane that runs on Amsterdam Avenue from 59th

A community board transportation committee meeting on Tuesday night will address a hot-button issue: how should the Upper West Side change its major avenues to make them safer? The discussion is not specifically about bike lanes, but its likely to focus on them. Bike lane advocates are pushing for a ...

We've noticed some early confusion about the protected bike lanes on Columbus Avenue, which are being extended from 110th street to 65th street after initially