Archive: News
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Oct 18, 2010
No CommentsOctober Greenway Update
What RIOC giveth, NYC DOT taketh away… The E. 78th Street Pedestrian Bridge We gave an enthusiastic high-five to ourselves today when we saw the fencing that had been barricading the 60th Street entrance ramp to the East River Greenway at York Avenue for months had finally been taken down. But just as RIOC puts...
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Aug 12, 2010
No CommentsRide to Support the East River Greenway!
The East River Greenway is poised to become the backbone of an incredible sustainable transportation network on the East Side…but first we need to complete it! Join us as we showcase the best and the worst of the East River Greenway. We will be inviting East Side elected officials to come along for the ride...
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Aug 12, 2010
No CommentsRide to Support the East River Greenway!
The East River Greenway is poised to become the backbone of an incredible sustainable transportation network on the East Side…but first we need to complete it! Join us as we showcase the best and the worst of the East River Greenway. We will be inviting East Side elected officials to come along for the ride...
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Jul 20, 2010
No CommentsCritical Greenway Meeting this Thursday
This Thursday evening the Environment & Sanitation and 197a committees of Community Board 8 will be discussing whether to support retaining the caissons from the former FDR Drive Outer Detour Roadway, to be used as part of the project to close the midtown gap in the East River Greenway. Its crucial that we have as...
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May 26, 2010
No CommentsA New Vision for the East Side Waterfront
As the City unveils a brand new over-water segment that will give the West Side Greenway a continuous bike path from the Battery to the George Washington Bridge (with some inland detours), the gap in the East River Greenway still remains. Many people forgo using the East River Greenway altogether because of the dangerous detour...
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May 03, 2010
No CommentsTonight! CB6 Vote on Midtown Protected Bike Lanes
From the TA East Side Volunteer Committee: Tonight is the critical CB6 meeting where the transportation committee will vote on a official resolution regarding the transportation improvements for 1st and 2nd Avenues from 14th to 59th, including the DOT’s proposed safety upgrade of the bike lane from sharrows to a Class 2, green, curbside bike...
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Feb 01, 2010
No CommentsDOT to Roll Out SBS plans to East Side Community Boards
This month NYC DOT will be making the rounds to the various East Side Community Boards to present their plans for bus and bicycle infrastructure improvements along 1st and 2nd Avenues from Houston to 125th Street. Check out the schedule below: Community Board 6 –February 1, 2010 (TONIGHT!), 7 pm NYU Medical Center 550 First...
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Jan 24, 2010
No CommentsA Productive Conversation with DEC
When a large barge parked itself next to the East River caissons at 53rd Street, we put a call into DEC and a day later to see what was really going on. After some initial phone wrangling, I was able to speak with a high ranking official at DEC about the matter. DEC explained that...
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Jan 13, 2010
No CommentsBarge (and Cranes) in the East River at 54th Street
A potentially troubling development today as I rode through Sutton Place via the Greenway detour: The first thought that popped to mind was that the caissons were being prepared to be removed. This would seriously delay any expansion of the Greenway south. Repeated calls to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have gone...
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Jan 13, 2010
No CommentsRoosevelt Island Tram Rehab to Impact Greenway and Bridge Access
Last week the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation and their project consultants presented plans to rehabilitate the aerial tram system that connects Roosevelt Island to Manhattan at the Transportation Committee meeting of Community Board 8 Manhattan. After many delays, construction is finally slated to begin on March 1st and last through the summer. The project will...