The following story is reported by journalist and Lower East Side resident Jennifer Strom:
To the many strangers passing through the intersection of Delancey and Essex streets on the morning of April 12, Hector Luis Vera was a spectacle of...
Beginning this week, the bicycling and pedestrian advocacy organization, Transportation Alternatives, is stepping up its campaign for safer streets on the East Side. Under the mantle of its East Side Streets Coalition, TA will be holding a series of...
We have a followup on the deadly accident on Delancey Street early Monday morning. As previously reported, a pedestrian was struck by a car near the intersection of Delancey and Essex, around 4am. Because the body was not removed...
An update on yesterday's fatal accident on Delancey Street. As we reported (here and here), a pedestrian was struck and killed around 4am as he was crossing the street (near Essex). The body was not moved for several hours,...
We have new information this morning about the city's reconstruction of the Bowery. Last month, The Lo-Down reported on the Department of Transportation's plan to install a center median and greenway, stretching from Canal to Division Street. The idea...
Yesterday, we posted a summary of several street construction projects on the horizon in the neighborhood. Among the proposals outlined by MTA officials at a CB3 meeting Wednesday night: the addition of high speed bus service along 1st &...
It was a Power Point Fiesta. Last night a parade of city officials came before CB3's transportation committee to outline several major street construction projects that will have a major impact on the neighborhood. Each of the projects is...
It's going to be a busy night for members of Community Board 3's transportation committee. As we reported earlier in the week, officials from the Department of Transportation will outline their plans for improved bicycle access to the Williamsburg...
Tomorrow night, officials from the city's Department of Transportation will brief Community Board 3 on a plan to add new bike lanes connecting to the Williamsburg Bridge. In short, bike-dedicated corridors would be created on Suffolk, Stanton and Rivington...
