Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Which Bike Amenities Do You Value Most? Take the Survey

By Noah Kazis | Feb 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

If you ride a bike in New York and have five minutes to spare, one Streetsblog reader is looking to hear from you. Brendan Shera, a master’s student in Columbia’s urban planning program, is writing his thesis about what kinds of infrastructure NYC cyclists prefer to use. Is secure parking more important to you than […]

High Bridge Restoration Off and Running

By Brad Aaron | Feb 11, 2010 | 3 Comments

Photo:rickweller/Flickr It’s about a year-and-a-half behind the schedule announced in 2007, but the rehabilitation of the High Bridge, a pedestrian and cyclist link between Upper Manhattan and the Bronx, is off the ground. Per an email from project coordinator Ellen Macnow of the Parks Department, via Inwood and Washington Heights Livable Streets: A contract has […]

Marty Markowitz Derails Prospect Park West Bike Lane — For How Long?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 25, 2010 | 56 Comments

A city plan designed to make Prospect Park West safer and more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians has not materialized months after its promised delivery date, the Brooklyn Paper reports, and Brooklynites have Marty Markowitz to thank for it. A safer path to Prospect Park? Fuhgeddaboudit! Photo: New York Post The borough president last year […]

Report: Tame Traffic, and More People Will Choose to Walk and Bike

By Noah Kazis | Jan 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

Research shows that more traffic means fewer cyclists. Photo by jaygoldman via Flickr. It may seem obvious that speeding traffic discourages walking and biking. But the evidence is scarce and scattered. A new paper by Peter Jacobsen, Francesca Racioppi and Harry Rutter aims to improve the understanding of how traffic affects cyclist and pedestrian behavior […]

Streetfilms: Copenhagen’s Climate-Friendly, Bike-Friendly Streets

By Elizabeth Press | Dec 14, 2009 | 9 Comments

Tens of thousands of people from nearly every nation on earth have descended on Copenhagen this month for the UN climate summit. As the delegates try to piece together a framework for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, they’re also absorbing lessons from one of the world’s leading cities in sustainable transportation. In Copenhagen, fully 37 percent […]

Dyckman Cycle Track Proposal Still in Limbo After Two Years

By Brad Aaron | Dec 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

After almost two years of waiting for DOT analysis of a proposed cycle track for Dyckman Street in Upper Manhattan, advocates this week were promised … more waiting. Dyckman at Nagle Ave. Photo: Dry Fly Guy/Flickr At Monday’s meeting of the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee, bike path supporters expected a short update […]

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