City officials updated members of Community Board 3 last night on the ongoing transformation of the Allen Street pedestrian malls. The Parks and Transportation Departments are in the process of installing new benches, landscaping, bike lanes and turn signals....
From NYC's Department of Transportation:One lane on the north inner and outer roadways of the Williamsburg
Bridge will be closed on Saturday and Sunday from 5:00 am to 8:00 pm.
The south inner roadway will be reversed to Manhattan/westbound from
5:00 am...
It was quite a scene on a sweltering street corner in Chinatown this afternoon. City Council member Alan Gerson rallied with Chinatown business owners and senior citizens, who are fed up with the Grand Street bike lane. While Gerson...
As we've noted before, Streetsblog.org is not at all that happy with any of the District 1 City Council candidates, when it comes to their positions on transit issues. All of the candidates have come out in opposition to...
Earlier this month we reported on the request by the Seward Park Co-op Board to add a mid-block crosswalk (and signal) on Clinton Street between Grand and East Broadway. The transportation committee of Community Board 3 voted for a...
Some bicycling advocates were not very happy with comments City Council candidate Margaret Chin made about the Grand Street bike lanes, in her recent interview with the Lo-Down. In responding to a question about Mayor Bloomberg's transportation policy, she...
Representatives of the Seward park Co-op are asking the city's Department of Transportation to post signs on East Broadway underscoring that trucks are prohibited from using it as a "through route." Co-op resident Ed Green has been on a...
A committee of Community Board 3 expressed bewilderment and dismay last night that the city has apparently held up the controversial reconstruction of Chatham Square without making any kind of official announcement. The project, reviled by Chinatown residents and...
The Transportation Committee of Community Board 3 has a full agenda tonight. Among the issues they'll address:
A request from residents and the Seward Park Co-op Board to put up signs on East Broadway limiting truck traffic to local deliveries.
A...
From New York City's Department of Transportation:The Williamsburg Bridge will have two lanes eastbound and four lanes
westbound open to traffic on Saturday from 5:00 am to 3:00 pm. From
3:00 pm Saturday to 8:00 pm on Sunday three lanes eastbound...
