Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Eyes on the Street: It’s Not Easy, Being the Right Shade of Green

By Stephen Miller | Sep 5, 2014 | 18 Comments

With construction on the massive Third Water Tunnel shifting east along Grand Street, the section of the street through Soho, Little Italy, and Chinatown is getting repaved for the first time in years. Along with the new surface comes restoration of Grand Street’s protected bike lane — this time with a twist: Unlike other NYC bike […]

Eyes on the Street: Our Long PPW Bike Lane Nightmare Is Almost Over

By Stephen Miller | Aug 29, 2014 | 10 Comments

Lesson learned? Last week, DOT wiped away the Prospect Park West bike lane for street repaving without installing any temporary cones to preserve the bike route during construction. Drivers parked at the curb, pushing northbound cyclists into oncoming traffic or onto the sidewalk. Now, DOT has demarcated the bike lane with orange cones as it […]

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Pittsburgh Business Leaders See Bikeways as Cure for Road-Space Shortage

By Michael Andersen | Aug 28, 2014 | 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. Downtown Pittsburgh has a perfectly good reason to be running out of room for more cars: Its streets have been there since 1784. “In Pittsburgh, we have too many cars chasing too […]

Eyes on the Street: DOT Replaces PPW Bike Lane With Parking

By Stephen Miller | Aug 22, 2014 | 25 Comments

During the warm summer months, lots of New Yorkers decide to hop on their bicycles and head for the nearest bike lane. That’s also when the city does much of its street repaving, and new asphalt is coming to Prospect Park West. But instead of maintaining the heavily used bike path with temporary materials, our […]

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Why It Makes Sense to Add Biking and Walking Routes Along Active Rail Lines

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 18, 2014 | No Comments

This post is part of a series featuring stories and research that will be presented at the Pro-Walk/Pro-Bike/Pro-Place conference September 8-11 in Pittsburgh. You’ve heard of rail-trails — abandoned rail lines that have been turned into multi-use paths for biking and walking. There are more than 21,000 miles of rail-trails across the country, in urban, suburban, and rural areas. […]

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One-Day Protected Bike Lane Demos Have Swept America this Summer

By Michael Andersen | Aug 14, 2014 | 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. This is what a tipping point looks like. Around the country in the summer of 2014, community groups across the United States have been using open-streets events and other festivals to give […]

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