Petition for a continuous East River Greenway/Esplanade from 38-61 streets in Manhattan
Nine Bicyclists have been killed in East Midtown from 1995-2007 and hundreds injured. Every day, hundreds of bikers have to use heavily congested First and Second Avenues in competition with trucks, buses, taxis, cars, road construction, 3 major exits/entrances to the FDR, hills, and even other bikers, when just a couple of blocks to the east sits the unfinished Greenway that serves as a highway for bikers around the rest of Manhattan Island. This Greenway would serve as just one of hundreds being built down the coast from Maine to Florida! We New Yorkers don't want to be last in doing our part, do we?
A Greenway and Esplanade would be good for the environment by encouraging people to get out of their cars, good for people's health, good for all New Yorkers by linking neighborhoods together, and even good for the remaining traffic in East Midtown, Manhattan.
There is no East Midtown Greenway/Esplanade in Manhattan or even a marked Avenue-based bike lane in East Midtown - nothing to keep a bicycle rider or jogger safe from the cars, trucks, buses and pedestrians in this most clogged part of the East Side.
Just 23 blocks, some of them easily reclaimed from the FDR shoulder or from parking lots and old detours, that’s all it would take to complete the Manhattan Greenway/Esplanade along the scenic East River from Battery Park to 125 Street.
This section might be constructed like the cantilevered Greenway/Esplanade over the Hudson River beside Riverside Park in the west 80s, and by utilizing existing pylons in the East River by the FDR tunnel from 54 Street - 59 Streets.
We propose that our elected and appointed representatives complete the Greenway/Esplanade for bikers and walkers from east 38th Street (the end of Glick Park), to East 61st Street (the current end of Bobby Wagner Walk) alongside the East River with:
1. Two-way bike lanes.
2. Pedestrian walkways and seating.
3. A permanent and safe barricade between the FDR and the Greenway/Esplanade.
4. Additional access points from 38 Street to 61 Street, where feasible.
Dear Representative
[Your name]
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, Jim Jordan, Chuck Schumer, Sherrod Brown, Liz Krueger, Bob Latta, John Boccieri, George Voinovich, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, John McCain, Jon Kyl, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Ann Kirkpatrick, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Lamar Alexander, Bob Corker, Liz Krueger, Phil Roe, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Pat McHenry, Carolyn Maloney, Richard Burr, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Kay Hagan, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Rosa DeLauro, Carolyn Maloney, Chris Dodd, Joe Lieberman, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to John Mica, Carolyn Maloney, Bill Nelson, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Kirsten Gillibrand, George LeMieux, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, John Kerry, Chuck Schumer, Scott Brown, Liz Krueger, Niki Tsongas, James McGovern, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Susan Davis, Brian Bilbray, Carolyn Maloney, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Mark Udall, Michael Bennet, Jared Polis, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
Sent letter to Carolyn Maloney, Chuck Schumer, Liz Krueger, Kirsten Gillibrand, Scott Stringer (Manhattan Borough President), Daniel Garodnick (District 4 Council Member), and Jessie Adair (Dept. Of Transportation)
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