Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Driver Backing Up to Park Severely Injures Cyclist in Middle Village [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jul 13, 2016 | 8 Comments

A driver in pursuit of a parking spot severely injured a cyclist in Queens this morning. The victim, a 64-year-old man, was traveling northbound on Lutheran Avenue, near Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, at about 8:35 a.m., NYPD told Streetsblog. Near the intersection of Juniper Boulevard North, a 71-year-old backing up to park hit him with […]

Electeds Urge DOT to Make Safety Improvements PS 41 Parents Asked For

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2016 | 10 Comments

Local, state, and federal electeds are calling on DOT to make long-sought safety improvements in the West Village, including a protected bikeway on Seventh Avenue South. In a June 30 letter to DOT, City Council Member Corey Johnson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, State Senator Brad Hoylman, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler […]

To Improve Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River, DOT’s Thinking Big

By David Meyer | May 17, 2016 | 11 Comments

There are 16 bridges linking Manhattan and the Bronx, but if you walk or bike between the boroughs, safe, convenient routes are still scarce. That could change if DOT follows through on ideas the agency released this spring to improve walking and biking access over the Harlem River bridges [PDF]. Currently, 13 of the 16 bridges along the […]

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Ride the New Pulaski Bridge Bikeway With Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2016 | No Comments

Today was a milestone for traveling between Brooklyn and Queens: NYC DOT opened the Pulaski Bridge bike path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride. Before today, the Pulaski Bridge walking and biking path was dangerously congested, with more pedestrians and cyclists crammed on to its narrow right-of-way every year. The solution? Convert one lane of the roadway to a two-way […]

Streetfilms Flashback: The Bad Old Days of the Pulaski Bridge

By Ben Fried | Apr 29, 2016 | 5 Comments

Later this morning, officials will cut the ribbon on the long-awaited Pulaski Bridge bikeway. Pretty soon, it will be tough to remember the claustrophobic anxiety of navigating the narrow path — just 8.5 feet wide, and even less at pinch points — that pedestrians and cyclists made do with before today. So here’s some footage for posterity that Clarence […]

Seaman Ave. Has a Bike Lane and Sharrows, But It’s Still a Speedway

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2016 | 17 Comments

The thermoplast is down on the new northbound Seaman Avenue bike lane — but it’s really a bike lane and sharrows. Unless DOT makes a bolder move and puts a protected bike lane next to Inwood Hill Park, not much is going to change on this important Upper Manhattan bike route I’ve written about this project, which […]

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