Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

At Long Last, DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Jun 6, 2013 | 14 Comments

Responding to years of citizen advocacy and a resolution from Manhattan Community Board 12, DOT has proposed bike lanes for a number of streets in Upper Manhattan. Most of the lanes, concentrated in Washington Heights [PDF], would be installed next year, after a consultation with CB 12 this fall. One would be protected by parked […]

Daily News Tries Race-Baiting to Gin Up Controversy Over Safer Streets

By Brad Aaron | May 29, 2013 | 12 Comments

It’s truly amazing how much work the tabloids put into opposing measures that save lives. Take today’s Daily News, which resorted to race-baiting to gin up controversy over hard-won bike lanes in Upper Manhattan. Residents of Inwood and Washington Heights have been working for safer neighborhood streets for a long while. My first story on […]

Cyclist Captures Harassment on Camera in South Williamsburg

By Stephen Miller | May 10, 2013 | 133 Comments

Elevated from today’s headline stack, via Animal NY: A driver on a South Williamsburg street refused to share the road with cyclist Rafael Huerta, and after harassing Huerta in the street three times with his vehicle, refused to take responsibility for his actions. Instead, he claimed the cyclist was at fault — but video from […]

NYPD Ticketing Cyclists for Late-Night Hudson River Greenway Commutes

By Stephen Miller | Apr 12, 2013 | 66 Comments

NYPD is ticketing cyclists riding on the Hudson River Greenway after 1:00 a.m., which is the Parks Department’s citywide closing time, according to a reader who was stopped by police on the greenway last night. A Streetsblog reader who gave her name as Ellen says she was commuting home at around 1:30 a.m. early this […]

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