Ninth Avenue / Columbus Avenue is a southbound thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Traffic runs downtown (southbound) along the full stretch from Chelsea to the Upper West Side, except for the initial 3 blocks (from Gansevoort Street to 14th Street) where traffic runs northbound carrying traffic from Greenwich Street. In 2008 the portion between 31st and 14th Streets, and in 2011 the portion between 96th and 77th Streets[1] were remodeled with a bicycle lane between the eastern curb and the parking lane.