Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Transportation Alternatives

Cyclists and pedestrians are using the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway in huge numbers this year. Photo: Brooklyn Greenway Initiative.

The Bike Boom Continues — Cycling Triples on the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 8, 2020 | No Comments

More and more cyclists, but only a slow increase in infrastructure.

Crush city: the combined bike and pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Melodie Bryant

Cycling is Up, Car Trips are Down, De Blasio is Confused

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 7, 2020 | No Comments

Here's some fuzzy math: Cycling over the city's East River bridges continues to increase, while car traffic over the very same spans continues to fall — yet the de Blasio administration is doing nothing to add space for bike riders.

A stretch of protected bike lane that the city built in The Bronx in 2020.

Bronx Cyclist Injuries Will Keep Rising Without Protected Bike Infrastructure, Advocates Say

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 1, 2020 | No Comments

If you don't build it, they will come — and get hurt.

Footage from the scene after a delivery worker was killed in 2020 underneath the wheels of a Bud Light truck in Queens. Source: Citizen

Truck Driver Kills Scooter Rider Near New Queens ‘Protected’ Bike Lane

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 12, 2020 | No Comments

An e-scooter delivery worker is dead after getting run over by the driver of a massive beer distribution truck in Queens.

The Harlem corner where 3-year-old Bertin DeJesus died after the driver of a pickup truck struck him as walked with his mom. Source: Citizen

Warrant Out for Trucker Who Killed 3-Year-Old in Harlem Last Year

By Julianne Cuba | Nov 2, 2020 | No Comments

Jaime Sabogal, who struck little Bertin DeJesus, failed to appear in court to answer graver charges.

20th Cyclist of 2020 Killed in Upper East Side Hit-And-Run

By Dave Colon | Nov 2, 2020 | No Comments

Delivery biker was mowed down by the driver of a Chevy Tahoe SUV.

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