Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Bikes Belong to Help Six Cities Build Protected Bikeways

By Angie Schmitt | Feb 8, 2012 | No Comments

Six cities will adopt innovate street designs for safer cycling over the next two years as part of a new program from Bikes Belong. The Green Lane Project will provide financial and technical assistance for cities to develop physically protected cycling infrastructure. The six to-be-determined cities will then serve as models for other American cities […]

With 8 Percent Bump in 2011, NYC Bike Count Has Doubled Since 2007

By Ben Fried | Dec 8, 2011 | 10 Comments

The New York City Department of Transportation recorded an eight percent increase in the number of people biking into Manhattan below 50th street this year. The bike count has now doubled since 2007, when the city’s first on-street protected bike lane was installed on Ninth Avenue. This year’s increase is less than the double-digit increases […]

Has DOT Decided Against Designing a Safer Delancey Street? [Updated]

By Noah Kazis | Sep 6, 2011 | 32 Comments

Three concrete walls will soon surround the Manhattan entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge, as reported in Gothamist and the Villager. The construction, already underway and due to be completed at the beginning of next year, is part of a Department of Transportation effort to force cyclists coming down the ramp from the bridge to slow […]

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Breathtaking Bike Infrastructure: Minneapolis’s Martin Olav Sabo Bridge

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Aug 11, 2011 | No Comments

In 2007, in order to route cyclists away from a challenging 7-lane crossing on busy Hiawatha Avenue, Minneapolis built the Martin Olav Sabo Bridge. The first cable-stayed bridge of any kind in the state, it’s breathtaking, even to the people who have been riding it for years. It provides a safe, continuous crossing and offers up […]

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Bike League: “Eligibility” for Bike-Ped Isn’t the Same As “Dedicated Funding”

By Ben Fried | Jul 27, 2011 | No Comments

At this point, we’re not expecting any movement on a transportation bill, in either house, before the August recess. (After that, get ready for a panicked frenzy of activity ahead of the September 30 deadline.) From what we hear from Sen. Barbara Boxer’s staff, the EPW bill includes dedicated funding for bicycle and pedestrian projects. […]

CB 12’s Bike Resolution Testifies to Uptown Support for Safer Streets

By Noah Kazis | Jul 12, 2011 | No Comments

In the wake of its long-planned bike lane forum, Manhattan Community Board 12 has finalized a resolution calling for a major study of bike infrastructure of Upper Manhattan, available in full above. Overall it’s a strong demonstration of support for the expansion of bikeways in the area. Perhaps most importantly, the resolution, which passed by […]

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