New Community Board 8 Chair Promises 'Timely' Meetings, 'New Chapter' - Upper East Side, NY - Elections were held last week for key seats on the Upper East Side's Community Board including for the board chair.
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Renderings were presented to Community Board 8 this week, showing the pedestrian-only space planned for the Queensboro Bridge s south outer roadway that is currently shared with cyclists. (NYC DOT)
UPPER EAST SIDE, NY An Upper East Side community board got its first glimpse this week at the soon-to-be-installed bike lanes across the Queensboro Bridge, which were announced this winter after years of demands by advocates.
As it stands, the bridge s north outer roadway is shared by pedestrians and cyclists, a claustrophobic setup that has led to numerous crashes. Safe-streets advocates, elected officials and the Upper East Side s Community Board 8 had called on the city to ease the congestion by opening up the bridge s south outer roadway currently reserved for cars to either cyclists or pedestrians.