Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Madison Lyden's ghost bike, commemorating where she was killed by a driver in 2018. Photo: David Meyer

Upper West Siders To DOT: Make Central Park West Bike Lane Even Safer

By Dave Colon | Jul 18, 2019 | 2 Comments

Not content with stopping at a Central Park West bike lane, Upper West Side activists are asking for a way to make crossing the street and boarding the bus safer as well.

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Cyclists Demand More Bike Lanes, Less Community Boards and Even Some Roads of their Own

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 18, 2019 | 9 Comments

One hundred miles of protected bike lanes in two years. No cars on some key routes for cyclists. Less engagement with community boards. And no more delays in life-saving road redesigns "for non-transportation-related political reasons." It's a start.

Last year, Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg rode Citi Bikes to herald a coming expansion. Well, planning is finally underway. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor: I Want to Do Citi Bike on the Cheap (And I’ll Try to Keep Riders Safe)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 17, 2019 | 20 Comments

Citi Bike is the only form of mass transit that does not get a public subsidy. Mayor de Blasio does not want to change that.

Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams on a Citi Bike . File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Here’s One Way to Fix Citi Bike So It Doesn’t Only Serve Rich People Who Already Live Near Subways

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 10, 2019 | 26 Comments

Citi Bike serves mostly rich white people. All you need to do is look at the coverage map to see that. So where should it expand next to change that dynamic?

A summer weekend in New York's richest neighborhoods means empty streets. So why should we care what car owners think is just?

New York is Really Awesome When the Rich People Leave and Take their Cars on Vacation

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 5, 2019 | 101 Comments

Car owners are an entitled, selfish class of moochers — and it's time to stop catering to them by worrying about where they park their cars.

Writing condolences at the vigil for dead cyclist Robyn Hightman. Photo: Yosef Kessler

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After Cyclist Was Killed, City Wrote 40 Percent of its Blitz Tix to … Cyclists!

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 26, 2019 | 9 Comments

New York’s Finest said they had written 77 moving violation tickets between the time when Hightman's blood was washed off the street and Wednesday morning — 29 tickets went to bikers and 48 to drivers of cars and trucks.

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