Eyes on the Street: 8th Avenue

By Aaron Naparstek
Sep 20, 2006

Orcutt wrote:

Manhattan’s 8th Avenue below 34th Street late this morning was not moving. Guess which special lane along the left side of the avenue frustrated drivers decided to use (where it wasn’t already blocked by a truck) to try to gain some ground? (Hint: See file photograph at right)

ALSO ON STREETSBLOG

At 23rd Street, the Fifth Avenue bike lane is now protected from moving traffic by parked cars. Photo: Justin Pollock

Eyes on the Street: The Fifth Avenue Bike Lane Gets Flipped

By David Meyer | Aug 18, 2017

DOT crews made quick progress on striping Fifth Avenue's new protected bike lane this week. The project flips the parking lane along 15 blocks of the old buffered bike lane, providing protection from moving traffic between 23rd Street and 8th Street.

Eyes on the Street: What’s Up With the 8th Ave Bike Lane at Penn Station?

By Ben Fried | Mar 25, 2014

Yesterday the Tri-State Transportation Campaign tweeted this photo of the new Eighth Avenue bike lane alignment between 31st Street and 33rd Street. On this stretch, there’s no longer physical protection for cyclists, and motorists can double-park in the bike lane. What gives? It turns out this is not about clearing room for NYPD’s rush-hour parking […]

Eyes on the Street: Commissioner Sadik-Khan’s Commute

By Aaron Naparstek | May 15, 2007

This is how newly appointed transportation commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan got to work this morning. Accompanied by DOT director of street management and safety Ryan Russo, assistant commissioner and director of signs and markings Gerard Soffian, and bicycle program coordinator Josh Benson (pictured above, left-to-right), she took the scenic route, traveling along 9th Avenue through the […]

The new protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue between 29th Street and 28th Street. Photo: Christa Orth

Eyes on the Street: Meet the 7th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2017

Markings are in place for at least several blocks of the Seventh Avenue protected bike lane, which will extend from 30th Street in Chelsea to Clarkson Street in the West Village when complete.

Eyes on the Street: Bike-Ped Improvements on 6 1/2 and Eighth Avenues

By Noah Kazis | Jul 2, 2012

Safer streets are taking shape in Midtown, with work underway to create new paths through the heart of the city for pedestrians and cyclists alike. Crosswalks and street signs are in place for one of the Department of Transportation’s most original projects, a pedestrian thoroughfare designated as 6 1/2 Avenue. Thanks to a 1980s zoning provision, a […]

15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring

By David Meyer | Mar 3, 2017

Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.