Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Dispute Over Kent Avenue Bike Lanes Keeps Rolling

By Sarah Goodyear | Jan 5, 2009 | 25 Comments

The reinstalled detour sign on Kent Avenue. Photo via Gothamist. The controversy over the new bike lanes on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg (which recently resulted in the ouster of livable streets activist Teresa Toro as chair of the CB1 transportation committee) was chronicled in the New York Times over the weekend: New York City has […]

The Livable Streets Backlash Claims a Victim at Brooklyn’s CB1

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 24, 2008 | 25 Comments

Teresa Toro, one of New York City’s most productive livable streets activists in recent years, has been deposed as chair of Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Transportation Committee. CB1 covers the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn and has recently been embroiled in bitter fighting over the new bike lanes on Kent Avenue. CB1’s executive committee […]

Council Members Surprised to Hear CBs Approved Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

With news swirling about possible cuts to New York’s bike network build-out and City Council oversight of street re-designs, we’d be remiss not to pass along this anecdote from the Bikes in Buildings hearing earlier this week. After DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan wrapped up her testimony to council members, she was peppered with questions about […]

City Council Proposes Slashing Funds for Bike Network

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 22 Comments

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her city-owned Chevy Suburban. Photo copyright Steven Hirsch. New bike infrastructure in New York City could be on the chopping block as the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg revise spending projections downward. On Sunday, Speaker Christine Quinn and the City Council released $495 million in proposed budget cuts over […]

Will Transit, Bikes, and Peds Get a Stimulus We Can Believe In?

By Ben Fried | Dec 5, 2008 | 11 Comments

The Smith/9th St. subway station is one of many that could benefit from stimulus spending. Photo: Victoria Belanger/Flickr Sam Schwartz has an op-ed in today’s Daily News urging New York’s leaders to get ready for the massive stimulus package taking shape in Washington: Billions of dollars are being dangled in front of big cities in […]

SF Responds to Bike Injunction With 1,353 Page Enviro Review

By Matthew Roth | Nov 28, 2008 | 20 Comments

Two-and-a-half years after a judge issued an injunction preventing the city from adding any new bicycle infrastructure to its streets, the San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency (SFMTA) and the San Francisco Planning Department have released a 1353-page Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) on the San Francisco Bicycle Plan. At a cost of more than $1 million, the city has attempted to demonstrate in excruciating detail what would seem to be obvious: better bicycle amenities contribute to increased cycling and an improved environment.

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