Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

A Proposal for NYPD: Protect New Yorkers From Jerks on the Road

By Ben Fried | Sep 20, 2010 | 45 Comments

The state of pedestrian-cyclist relations got some ink in the Times this weekend, in a piece the headline writers chose to run under the banner “The Cyclist-Pedestrian Wars.” That’s a pretty inflammatory choice of words, especially when you consider that the Times style guide still calls for using the non-confrontational “accident” to describe traffic collisions […]

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The Taming and Reclaiming of Prospect Park West

By Robin Urban Smith | Sep 9, 2010 | No Comments

Up until this summer, speeding was the norm on Brooklyn’s Prospect Park West. With three wide lanes inviting motorists to hit the accelerator, it was a street monopolized by car traffic. That changed in a big way in June, when NYC DOT converted one vehicle lane to a two-way bikeway separated from traffic by the […]

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Street Safety Projects Threatened as States Give Transpo $ Back to Feds

By Tanya Snyder | Aug 18, 2010 | No Comments

It’s payback time again for state DOTs. The fine print on the jobs bill Congress just passed includes a $2.2 billion rescission from state transportation funding, and projects to make biking and walking safer are especially at risk of losing out. State DOTs have to return funding to the feds, and programs to improve biking […]

Friday Bikeway Omnibus Review

By Ben Fried | Aug 6, 2010 | 11 Comments

Furman Street, under the BQE. Photo: Paco Abraham We’ve got a few different bikeway-related reader submissions that have come over the wire recently. First up, Dave "Paco" Abraham sends this picture of a two-way barrier-separated bikeway going in on Furman Street by the downtown Brooklyn waterfront. Furman is on the route of the Brooklyn Waterfront […]

The Soft Innovations of London’s “Cycle Superhighways”

By Jacob Dunbar | Jul 21, 2010 | 12 Comments

"Trixi" mirrors help drivers of large vehicles see cyclists at intersections. Physical infrastructure is only one component in London’s "cycle superhighways" initiative. Photo: I Bike London Earlier this week, London launched its first two "cycle superhighways" to decidedly mixed reviews. First announced by then-mayor Ken Livingstone in 2008, the cycle superhighways haven’t quite lived up […]

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Cycling in Copenhagen, Through North American Eyes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jul 15, 2010 | No Comments

Last month, Streetfilms paid a visit to Copenhagen for the Velo-City 2010 conference. While we were there, of course we wanted to showcase the city’s biking greatness. With such an abundance of bike advocates, planners, and city transportation officials attending from the U.S. and Canada, we also wanted to get their reactions to the city’s […]

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