Department of Transportation Archives

NYC Release Winter Outdoor Dining Guidance From Harlem To Hollis

Mayor Bill de Blasio joined the Department of Buildings (DOB), Department of Transportation (DOT), and the Fire Department of New York (FDNY) today to release thorough guidance for city restaurantsContinue reading

NYC Limits By 5 MPH On Nine Major Streets Citywide From Harlem To Hollis

Mayor Bill de Blasio announced today that speed limits will be reduced by 5 MPH on 25 miles of major streets with some the highest rates of crashes across the five boroughs.Continue reading

NYPD And Dot Announce Return Of Warm Weather Weekends Traffic Safety Campaign

The New York City Police Department and the Department of Transportation (DOT) today issued an alert that with beautiful weather forecast for this weekend, the Vision Zero “Warm Weather Weekends” safety campaign would be in effect.Continue reading

1.5K Public Urinators Ticketed Near Closed Harlem Toilet

Advocates rallied Tuesday at the site of a now-defunct public restroom in East Harlem and called on the city to rehabilitate and reopen the facility.Continue reading

Mayor de Blasio Announces Record 5,000 Lane Miles Of City Roadways Have Been Repaved

Mayor Bill de Blasio today announced that thanks to a ten-year investment of $1.6 billion in street repaving, New York City had this week paved its 5,000th lane-mile since 2014.Continue reading

Thirteen Harlem River Bridges To Receive Upgrades

Patch reports that thirteen bridges spanning the Harlem River and connecting Harlem, Washington and Inwood to the Bronx will receive upgrades to walking and biking infrastructure, the city Department of Transportation announced Friday.Continue reading

Uptown Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez Issues A Statement On Bollards Bill

Uptowns Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez issued a statement on the eve of Introduction 1658 becoming law. Continue reading

Approaching Snow Coming To Harlem

125th Street BID reports that the New York City Department of Sanitation has issued a Snow Alert for Wednesday, January 3, 2018 at 6 p.m.Continue reading

Major Announcement On Safety Bollards By Harlem Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez

By Ydanis Rodriguez Today, January 2, 2018, the Administration of Mayor Bill de Blasio and the New York City Council announced a plan to bring permanent perimeter barriers, or "safety bollards", to high-profile sites and to create a process to simplify their design and construction. Continue reading

City Wants Bike Lane Connecting Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park With Central Park

Patch reports that the city Department of Transportation is moving forward with Harlem bike lane improvements first proposed this summer.Continue reading

City To Extend Amsterdam Bike Lane In Harlem

The city Department of Transportation proposed extending the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane — which currently spans West 76th to 110th streets — as far as West 162nd Street in Washington Heights.Continue reading

Harlem Woman Wants Park lights To Go On Earlier

Carmen Peguero walks to the subway every morning and night at 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue to get to the subway in Harlem, New York. Continue reading

Harlem City Council Speaker Mark-Viverito Gets The Fix In Harlem

City Council Speakers are just like all the rest of us — they're told to direct their complaints to the 311 black hole, too.Continue reading

Inexpensive Flights To Cuba Are Coming—But When?

As President Obama makes his historic trip to Cuba this week, interest in travel to the island nation is surging, with search engine Hopper reporting a 500 percent increase in search activity on various online agencies over the last year. Continue reading