Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

Mayor’s Report Card: NYC Traffic Fatalities Up, NYPD Enforcement Down

By Stephen Miller | Sep 20, 2012 | 14 Comments

The Mayor’s Management Report, an annual summation of how well city agencies are doing their jobs, includes bad news for traffic safety and sustainable streets. In the last fiscal year, traffic fatalities were at their highest level since 2008, and NYPD moving violations summonses were at a 10-year low. Meanwhile, DOT missed its bike lane and […]

Markowitz: Loosen Downtown BK Parking Regs for Older Buildings Too

By Stephen Miller | Aug 16, 2012 | 7 Comments

Borough President Marty Markowitz wants to reduce parking minimums in Downtown Brooklyn, and he thinks developers should be able to convert existing parking spots to other uses. This spring the Department of City Planning unveiled a plan to cut Downtown Brooklyn’s onerous parking requirements in half, and Markowitz’s recommendations [PDF] are the latest step on […]

The Case of the Condemned Bike Rack: Solved!

By Noah Kazis | Jul 27, 2012 | 5 Comments

Earlier this week, East Village blogger EV Grieve posted the above picture of an Astor Place bike rack scheduled for removal. He surmised that the bike rack could have been on the way out to make room for the 55-dock bike-share station planned for the location, but fear not: No such personal bike vs. shared […]

Grassroots Coalition Crafts Action Plan for Lower East Side Cycling

By Noah Kazis | Jun 4, 2012 | 1 Comment

After a year and a half of grassroots activism, last week the Lower East Side’s Local Spokes coalition released a wide-ranging action plan to improve cycling in the neighborhood [PDF]. The plan includes both actions that Local Spokes member organizations plan to undertake, like developing a bicycle safety curriculum for area residents and organizing businesses to […]

Eyes on the Street: The Bike Corral Has Arrived in Park Slope

By Noah Kazis | May 17, 2012 | 11 Comments

On her way into the office this morning, Streetsblog development manager Christa Orth spotted some fluorescent safety vests as she pedaled up Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue. A DOT crew was out in front of local coffee shop Gorilla Coffee, which had agreed to maintain a new bike corral in front of their store. One parking space […]

Bad News: Forest City Breaks Bike Parking Vow; Good News: Less Car Parking

By Noah Kazis | May 4, 2012 | 19 Comments

When Brooklyn’s Barclays Center opens with a Jay-Z concert this September, it will be one of the most transit-accessible arenas in the United States. But as Streetsblog has noted before, the transportation planning for the stadium is excessively car-oriented. Developer Forest City Ratner had been planning to build an 1,100-space surface parking lot, marring the pedestrian […]

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