I can’t say I’m onboard with this, but… I just came across some news that a street safety and cycling advocacy group called Upper West Side Streets Renaissance (UWSSR) is leading an effort to get New York City to permanently lower the speed limit on the UWS from 30 mph (the standard throughout NYC)  to 20 [...]

The Department of Transportation is holding a public meeting on the UWS tonight for people from the neighborhood to share their thoughts and opinions about a broad set of proposed traffic and safety improvements on the Upper West Side. Items to be discussed include adding bike parking near Lincoln Center, removing on-street parking spots throughout [...]

The NYC Bike Share program has all the makings of a fantastic addition to the city’s transportation options. When it goes live this summer, people will have the ability to easily rent bikes from “stations” around the city, peddle to their destination, and then return the bike to the nearest convenient station. Tonight, Upper West [...]

A round-up of some of the most popular posts from the past week: Mugger Who Targets Senior Citizens Is On The Loose On The Upper West Side Zabar’s Renames Lobsterless Lobster Salad The  “Zabster Zalad” Zagat Names UWS Luke’s Lobster One Of NYC’s “8 Best Seafood Restaurants” DOT Finally Starts Improvements On Upper West Side [...]

It looks like Department of Transportation crews are finally getting to work on the “bowtie of death” intersection at Broadway & 71st. With more than 60 accidents in the past two years, Transportation Alternatives has named it “the most dangerous intersection on the Upper West Side.”

DNAinfo has the story on two family-oriented events taking place this weekend. On Saturday, free bike helmets will be available on Columbus Avenue between 87th & 88th at the Department of Transportation’s Bicycle Helmet Event, which runs from 10 am to 2 pm. It’s co-hosted by City Councilwoman Gale Brewer and bicycle advocacy group Upper [...]

Sorry for the brief posts today, but I’m heading out of town for the weekend and trying to get things in order. DNAinfo reported yesterday that the DOT has issued a proposal for a special “lane” to accommodate all the limos/black-cars that serve residents in the ritzy Trump and Extell buildings on Riverside Boulevard. [Insert [...]

UPDATE 4/29:  In The Battle For Central Park, Score One Point For The West Side After Manhattan Borough President Scott M. Stringer noticed what he thought to be an error on bus stop signs on the west side of 5th Avenue, he sent a stern note to the Department of Transportation asking for a correction.  [...]

DNAinfo reports that Monday night’s Central Park precinct community council meeting attracted about 300 people to discuss the recent ticketing blitz of cyclists in Central Park.  Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Upper West Side City Councilwoman Gale Brewer joined Central Park cyclists in favor of a proposal to have the 47 traffic lights traversing [...]

New York City news website DNAinfo did some (metaphorical) digging into the city’s potholes, and found that the Upper West Side is plagued with the damage.  “After the unexpectedly bad winter weather, DOT has engaged in an all-out war against the potholes,” said David Woloch, the Deputy Commissioner of the Department of Transportation, at a [...]

After almost a year and a half, a portion of the fence surrounding the 1/2/3 subway entrance at 72nd and Broadway has finally been repaired.  City Councilwoman Gale Brewer and New York State Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal announced that crews finally started repairing the missing fence that had been destroyed in an August 18th, 2009 taxi [...]

Upper West Side cyclists are regularly being put in harm’s way due to a van that consistently parks in Columbus Avenue’s bike lane, reports a tipster.  A My Upper West tipster wrote in to describe a truck for Quality Florist (447 Columbus, east side of street between 81st and 82nd) that sits in the bike [...]