Streetsblog stories from Community Boards

July 2008

Fri 25: Plan for Grand Street Cycle Track Features New Design Treatment 27

Mon 7: Queens CBs Greet Vernon Boulevard Bike Lanes With Skepticism 19

Wed 2: Peak Rate Parking Proposal Sails Through Preliminary Meeting 11

June 2008

Tue 24: DOT Asks Public for Ideas on Shoupian Parking Program 7

Tue 24: Manhattan CB2 Unanimously Approves Eighth Avenue Cycle Track 15

Tue 10: Manhattan CB2 Weighs Protected Bike Path for Eighth Avenue 18

May 2008

Wed 14: DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight 10

Fri 9: CB2 Chairman Punts Queens Greenway Vote Over Loss of Parking 25

April 2008

Thu 10: Brooklyn CB1 Approves Bike Path in Place of Parking 12

Tue 8: Tonight: Support a Bike-Friendly North Brooklyn 1

Tue 1: Community Boards Set to Review Livable Streets Proposals 7

March 2008

Wed 26: Is CB 8 Angling to Get Rid of Bike Lanes on 91st Street? 9

Mon 17: DeKalb Avenue Could Become a More Complete Street 14

Wed 12: Details of the Mayor's Residential Parking Permit Proposal 52

Fri 7: Mime Threat Overshadows Car-Free Prince Street Proposal 79

Fri 7: Car-Free Washington Place? Not in My Driveway, Say Residents 25

Wed 5: Meeting Tonight on Beseiged Plan to Calm NYU Campus 5

Sat 1: Bike Shorts 5: Short Films About the Bike 0

February 2008

Wed 27: God Said, "Let There Be Parking Placards." And It Was So. 17

Mon 25: Assemblyman Hevesi Slams Pricing as Transit "Money Grab" 22

Fri 15: Citizens Propose Cycle Track Greenway Connector in Inwood 29

Tue 5: DOT: Relax Brooklyn, Parking Permits Not Just for Downtown 19

January 2008

Tue 8: Bronxites Pick Parking Over People 0

Tue 8: What is Your Idea for Grand Army Plaza? 1

December 2007

Tue 11: Manhattan Bridge Bike & Ped Improvements Nearing Completion 19

Wed 5: Chinatown Placard Abusers Get the Hook 23

Mon 3: Houston Street Gets Tree-mendous New Sidewalks 15

Mon 3: This is the Pedestrian Refuge Area That CB8 Refused to Protect 41

November 2007

Tue 13: Crosstown Bike Lanes Remain in the Crosshairs 16

October 2007

Fri 26: Congestion Pricing Gets a Warm Reception in Manhattan 10

Thu 25: MTA: Not Stealing Bikes. Just Following the Rules. 23

Wed 24: Senator Duane Takes a Swipe at DOT for 9th Ave. Bike Lane 16

Tue 16: Carrion Supports Congestion and Congestion Pricing 5

Mon 8: Renewed Calls for Ped Safety Summit as Death Toll Mounts 5

Mon 8: "En-Suite" Parking, for the Discerning Antisocial Urbanite 15

September 2007

Thu 27: 34th Precinct Promises Action on Broadway and Dongan 0

Thu 20: NYC Gets Its First-Ever Physically-Separated Bike Path 128

Thu 20: Inwoodites Want Changes at Deadly Broadway Intersection 5

Tue 4: Queens Pedestrian Safety Fixes Move Ahead Despite Opposition 0

August 2007

Tue 28: Queens Leaders Fight Safety Fixes for Fatal School Crossing 25

Mon 27: Bike & Ped Improvements Slated for Manhattan Bridge Approach 18

Tue 14: Video Shows Dangers of Upper East Side Bike Plan 50

Wed 1: Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side 17

July 2007

Thu 19: CB8 Shoots Down Upper East Side Crosstown Bike Route Plan 38

Tue 10: Brooklyn Merchants Fight for Parking Over Affordable Housing 1

Mon 9: Bloomberg Stadium Foes Urge Silver to Support Pricing 4

June 2007

Fri 29: No Love for One-Way Proposal in Jackson Heights 7

Thu 28: Breaking News: 94th Precinct Clipping Bikes on Bedford Ave 25

Fri 22: Meatpacking District Will Get a Makeover 9

Thu 14: Brooklyn Community Board Supports DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

Wed 6: CB4 Votes Tonight on a Revised Hell's Kitchen 4

May 2007

Wed 23: In DUMBO a Parking Lot Will Become a Piazza 2

Fri 18: CB6 Committee Unanimously Approves 9th St. Project 12

Thu 17: 9th Street Road Diet Meeting Tonight 2

Wed 16: Aug. '05 Flashback: 1,200 Slopers Demand a Safer 9th Street 5

Fri 11: Double-Parking in a Bike Lane? There Isn't Even a Check Box. 4

Tue 8: Ninth Street Update: Robert's Rules of Order 24

Fri 4: DOT: One-Way Park Slope Proposal is Dead 0

Thu 3: Are "Directional Miles of Bike Lanes" a Good Metric? 32

April 2007

Fri 27: Tell Marty Markowitz You Support DOT's 9th Street Plan 6

Fri 20: Roosevelt Island Residents Want Pedestrian Access to QBB 4

Fri 20: CB2 Signs Off On Prince-Bleecker Bike Lanes 2

Thu 19: Grand Plans for Brooklyn's Iconic Public Space 7

Wed 18: SoHo Car Owners Mobilizing to Save Parking, Fight Bike Lanes 19

Tue 17: Queens Residents Oppose Loss of Parking for Bus Rapid Transit 13

Thu 12: CB6 Asks DOT to Find a Final Solution to the "Bicycle Problem" 39

Wed 11: DOT's 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions 8

Wed 11: Manhattan CB2 Approves DOT's Prince/Bleecker Bike Plan 1

Wed 11: Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why? 9

Tue 10: The Plan: Making Brooklyn's 9th Street Safer for Everyone 0

Tue 10: Updated Version of DOT's 9th Street Plan 9

Tue 10: Take a Minute to Fax in Your Support for DOT's 9th Street Plan 0

March 2007

Thu 29: Vanderbilt Avenue: The Model for DOT's 9th Street Proposal? 12

Thu 29: Opposition Brewing to DOT's Proposal for 9th Street Bike Lanes 15

Tue 27: Important Meeting for Livable Streets Advocates 5

Mon 19: Park Slope says: "One Way? No Way." CB6 says: "Let's Study It." 9

Fri 16: DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St. 29

Thu 8: The New York City Parking Boom 14

December 2006

Fri 22: Small Step for Pedestrians & Cyclists; Giant Leap for NYC 8

Wed 20: Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety 9

Wed 6: Important Meeting Tonight on New L.E.S. Bike Lanes 4

October 2006

Thu 19: Streetfilms: Car-Free Bedford Avenue 2

Fri 13: The Iris Weinshall Renaissance 11

August 2006

Thu 31: Rally for a Livable Houston Street 8

Fri 25: Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes 3

Mon 14: Having it Both Ways in the "Atlantic Yards" DEIS 3

Thu 3: Community Board Forums on "Atlantic Yards" 0

June 2006

Wed 14: New Bike Plan for Ft. Greene and Prospect Hts. 0

Thu 8: Liz Padilla Memorial & Bike Improvements 0