First and foremost, thanks again to the over 40 people who showed up at Community Board 7 to express their support for the DOT’s proposal to install buffered bike lanes on W. 106th St., which will provide a crucial crosstown park-to-park linkage.  In the wake of that first meeting local stakeholders, including the Jewish Home and Hospital and Greenmarkets, have been taking part in ongoing discussions about how to best implement the bike lane plan without disrupting residents daily lives.

Best of all, the DOT is moving forward with the plan, and are projecting a completion date of June, 2008.  In other words: in less than two months!  This is a fantastic example of a community coming together behind a beneficial project, and the city listening.  Moving forward, there is another meeting of the CB7 Transportation Committee on May 13th, where the proposal is expected to pass without any resistance.

The most important date to mark in your calendar is June 3rd.  This is when the full board of CB7 will meet to hear the proposal, and vote yes or no.  It is crucial that we turn out big support at this meeting, so that CB7 and the DOT will know that this is a plan which the community supports.  The details are below, hope to see you there!

CB7 Full Board Meeting

St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital 

1000 Tenth Avenue

(58th - 59th Streets)

7:00 pm

June 3rd