Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

DOT Revs Up its “Alternative Modes” Department

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
A rendering of the Sands Street bike path on the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge Here is yet another sign that change is afoot at New York City’s Department of Transportation: Insiders are reporting that Ryan Russo has been promoted from the Brooklyn Borough Commissioner’s office to take over as the new Director of Alternative Modes. […]

Ex-DOT Bike Director Speaks

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
In today’s New York Sun Bradley Hope scoops up the first follow-up interview with former DOT Bicycle Program Director Andrew Vesselenovitch after his controversial resignation letter. Vesselenovitch has a big story to tell and I have a feeling that this isn’t the last we’ve heard of it: Mr. Vesselinovitch relinquished his job as director of the bicycle program at the Department […]

Bridges Burning at DOT

By Aaron Naparstek | | 8 Comments
Outgoing Bike Program Director Rips Agency Bosses The long-time Director of the New York City Department of Transportation’s Bicycle Program says that Commissioner Iris Weinshall and her top deputy for traffic operations, Michael Primeggia have burdened the city with unnecessary law suits and stymied the progress of the city’s bicycle programs. "I waited for a […]

This is What a Bike-Friendly City Looks Like

By Aaron Naparstek | | 24 Comments
Montreal: Youth, extraordinary bravery and helmets are unnecessary. Montreal: A two-way, buffered bike lane on a residential street. Montreal: A two-way, physically-separated bike lane on a busy avenue. Berlin: Bike lanes along this busy avenue are clearly differentiated from the street and sidewalk using color and physical separation. Berlin: Bike lanes often share sidewalk space […]

Billyburg bike bandits strike again

By Aaron Naparstek | | 5 Comments
On Sunday, the New York Times City section ran a story called "The Bicycle Thief: It’s Not Who You Think." It went like this: On Wednesday, 28-year-old graphic designer Miao Wang rode her bicycle 12 blocks from her apartment in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, to the Bedford Avenue L subway station. She locked up, boarded her train […]