Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Here's why you can't trust cops to do bike lane enforcement. File photo: Dan Miller

DOT Wants Cameras to Catch Bike-Lane Blockers (But Will Albany Allow It?)

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 24, 2021 | No Comments

Lights, camera ... get that cop out of my bike lane!

Is someone gonna do something this year or what? File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

New Bike Lanes Coming to Howard Beach — But Not on the Damn Addabbo Bridge

By Dave Colon | Sep 15, 2021 | No Comments

How come the Brooklyn Bridge can get thousands of pounds of new jersey barriers, but the existing barriers on the Addabbo Bridge can't simply be moved?

A delivery worker with his e-bike and multiple batteries. File photo

Deliveristas Face Yet Another Deadly Threat — Exploding Cheap E-Bike Batteries

By Julianne Cuba | Sep 9, 2021 | No Comments

“We want to really stress the seriousness of this situation,” said FDNY Commissioner Daniel Nigro.

The DOT proposal for Navy Street set to be installed in September. Photo: DOT

DOT Will Pull the Trigger on Navy Street Protected Bike Lane

By Dave Colon | Sep 7, 2021 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation quietly announced on Tuesday that it was moving ahead with a protected bike lane on Navy Street, filling in a missing link connecting the Brooklyn waterfront to DUMBO and the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges.

1,000! Clarence Eckerson’s Streetfilms Hits the Ultimate Milestone

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 3, 2021 | No Comments

The 'Orson Welles of the Streets' looks back on the advent of his 1,000th installment.

Mobileye — and the Met. Photo: Mobileye, an Intel Company

Self-Driving Car Industry, Promising Safety, Pushes Back on DOT Plan to Regulate Testing

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 1, 2021 | No Comments

The proposed rules would make NYC "inhospitable" to life-saving autonomous vehicle technology, reps for tech giants said at a hearing on Wednesday.

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