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Queens Boulevard Safety Plan Has First Encounter With a Community Board

By Stephen Miller | Apr 1, 2015 | 18 Comments

Skepticism from the Community Board 2 transportation committee toward DOT’s proposed changes for Queens Boulevard wore off over the course of a meeting last night, as board members learned more about the project for 1.3 miles of safety improvements [PDF]. DOT will return to the committee again after tweaking the plan, which appears to be on track to receive CB 2’s backing by […]

More Details From DOT’s Plan to Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd

By Stephen Miller | Mar 31, 2015 | 31 Comments

Here’s a closer look at DOT’s plan to add protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures to 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard. DOT will be presenting these slides tonight to the Queens Community Board 2 transportation committee [PDF]. The top image shows the proposed layout on blocks where drivers can exit the central roadway to access the service […]

Boulevard of Life, Phase 1: DOT Will Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd

By Stephen Miller | Mar 31, 2015 | 71 Comments

A key section of Queens Boulevard will get protected bike lanes this summer, DOT announced today. The improvements are the first phase of a broader $100 million overhaul that will encompass seven miles of the notoriously dangerous street. Queens Boulevard is one of the only continuous east-west connections in the borough, making it a natural biking route, but […]

Bruckner Boulevard Protected Bikeway Clears Bronx CB 2 Committee

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | 4 Comments

A DOT plan to add pedestrian space and create a two-way protected bikeway along a key half-mile stretch of Bruckner Boulevard received a unanimous thumbs-up from Bronx Community Board 2’s economic development committee Wednesday night [PDF]. “Bruckner Boulevard is a very wide, multi-lane boulevard,” said DOT project manager Kimberly Rancourt. “It has lots of traffic but […]

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“Race, Ethnicity & Protected Bike Lanes” Report Explores Equitable Streets

By Michael Andersen | Mar 6, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Almost as soon as PeopleForBikes selected its first six Green Lane Project focus cities, we started hearing from their staffers that they wanted to better understand how the values of diversity and […]

CB 12 Committee Puts Parking Over Safety in Vote on Uptown Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Mar 5, 2015 | 35 Comments

DOT is proposing significant bicycle and pedestrian upgrades in Washington Heights, but the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee wants to nibble away at a protected bike lane in the plan. The committee voted to support the DOT plan but with modifications that would shrink a proposed protected bike lane on Edgecombe Avenue to preserve […]

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