Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

Larry Silverstein: Most Buildings Can Comply With Bikes in Buildings Law

By Ben Fried | Dec 10, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo of 7 World Trade: G. Paul Burnett/New York Times. With the Bikes in Buildings Law taking effect in less than 24 hours, this story in the Times is a must-read. Here on Streetsblog, we’ve mostly covered the more intransigent elements within the real estate industry — the folks clinging to an antiquated cultural aversion […]

This Friday: Bicycle Access Law Takes Effect

By Ben Fried | Dec 7, 2009 | 11 Comments

Bicycles inside Silverstein Properties’ 7 World Trade Center. Photo: Transportation Alternatives. It’s been almost 120 days since the Bicycle Access Bill was signed into law, which means that this Friday, December 11, the law will actually take effect. If you work in an office building (with a freight elevator) where bikes are currently banned, you’ll […]

NYPD Sidewalk Hogs Make Way for Bike Parking and Benches (Updated)

By Ben Fried | Nov 30, 2009 | 13 Comments

Elizabeth Press sends these shots of the northeast corner of Hoyt and Schermerhorn in downtown Brooklyn. In what may be a first for New York City, this nifty little DOT reclamation includes bike racks installed on the roadbed, not the sidewalk. (Update: DOT confirms that yes, this is something new for the city.) More on […]

Feds Propose to Expand Opportunities for Biking and Walking to Transit

By Elana Schor | Nov 16, 2009 | 3 Comments

When it comes to infrastructure improvements that encourage more people to walk or bicycle to transit stations, how long will commuters be willing to travel? The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has officially answered that question, proposing a significant expansion of the rules governing how close bike-ped projects should be to transit in order to receive […]

DOT Says Inwood Bike Shelter Didn’t Get Enough Use

By Brad Aaron | Nov 13, 2009 | 8 Comments

Impromptu bike parking on Dyckman Street after the de-installation of a bike shelter, which for a year stood on the fresh patch of concrete in the background. Photo: Brad Aaron A brief follow-up to our earlier story on Inwood’s disappearing Dyckman Street bike shelter. According to DOT, while it was located near a bike shop […]

Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Vanishing Bike Shelter

By Brad Aaron | Nov 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

Now you see bike infrastructure, now you don’t. Photos: Brad Aaron Last October, DOT installed Inwood’s first bike shelter on Dyckman/200th Street at Broadway. A little over a week ago, it disappeared without a trace. According to a blurb in the Manhattan Times, a spokesperson with DOT said the shelter was removed due to lack […]

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