Drivers Enjoy Special New Standing Zone

By Brad Aaron
May 16, 2008

Fresh tipster shots from Prince Street. E-mail subject line: "Happy ‘Bike to Work’ Day."

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Eyes on the Street: Lafayette Street Gets Its Bike Lane Back

By David Meyer | Apr 21, 2016

One of New York City’s most faded bike lanes has gotten its shine back. There’s a fresh coat of thermoplast on the Lafayette Street bike lane between Spring Street and Canal Street, which for a while had almost completely disappeared. The erosion of bike markings and the long lag times between resurfacing streets and restriping bike lanes became such […]

Eyes on the Street: Progress on the First Ave Bike Lane. Terrorists Rejoice!

By Noah Kazis | Jul 8, 2011

As Marcia Kramer informed CBS2 viewers last night, construction has begun on the extension of the First and Second Avenue bike lanes from 34th Street to 57th Street. The section of First Avenue from 34th Street to 47th Street is the only part of this project where the bike lane will be physically protected from […]

Eyes on the Street: Tillary Street Bike Lane Parking Lot

By Jason Varone | May 9, 2007

Ian Dutton, organizer of the Houston Street bike safety initiative, made this brief StreetFilm while riding in the physically-separated bike lane on Tillary Street approaching the Brooklyn Bridge. On his YouTube page, Dutton writes, "I was on my way from SoHo to Park Slope when I saw a most remarkable assemblage of press vehicles in […]

DOT plans to add a five-foot protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks of 26th and 29th streets. Image: DOT

Protected Bike Lanes for 26th Street and 29th Street Are Home Free

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2018

Manhattan Community Board 5 endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night by a vote of 30 to 6. DOT has said installation will likely begin in "late spring."

Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Missing Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jun 10, 2015

The streets have been repaved. Lane striping, crosswalks, and stop bars have been added back. But there’s something missing from two streets in DOT’s bike network: bike lanes. In Williamsburg, Driggs Avenue has been repaved — but you would never know it’s a key bike connection from the Williamsburg Bridge. The street has all its stripes back except […]

Painted markings for 26th Street's forthcoming protected bike lane adjacent to the memorial bike for Dan Hanegby, killed biking there last June. Photo: Twitter/Jeff Novich

Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018

DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.