Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

With Pedestrian Deaths Up, Mayor, DOT, and NYPD Pledge Safer Streets

By Ben Fried | Jan 27, 2010 | 10 Comments

Pledging that "even one traffic fatality is one too many," Mayor Bloomberg joined DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and NYPD transportation chief James Tuller today to release new information on traffic deaths in New York City. In 2009, 256 people died as a result of traffic-related injuries on city streets, a 12 percent drop from 2008 […]

Delhi Turns to Bike Lanes to Tame World’s Most Dangerous Traffic

By Noah Kazis | Jan 25, 2010 | 2 Comments

Space is at a premium on Delhi’s streets. Photo: DaveBleasdale/Flickr Delhi, home to over 12 million people and the seat of India’s national government, is widely considered to have the most dangerous traffic in the world. As the Guardian wrote recently, traffic safety in Delhi basically consists of "good horns, good brakes, good luck." Nationally, […]

Marty Markowitz Derails Prospect Park West Bike Lane — For How Long?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 25, 2010 | 56 Comments

A city plan designed to make Prospect Park West safer and more accessible for cyclists and pedestrians has not materialized months after its promised delivery date, the Brooklyn Paper reports, and Brooklynites have Marty Markowitz to thank for it. A safer path to Prospect Park? Fuhgeddaboudit! Photo: New York Post The borough president last year […]

Report: Tame Traffic, and More People Will Choose to Walk and Bike

By Noah Kazis | Jan 5, 2010 | 3 Comments

Research shows that more traffic means fewer cyclists. Photo by jaygoldman via Flickr. It may seem obvious that speeding traffic discourages walking and biking. But the evidence is scarce and scattered. A new paper by Peter Jacobsen, Francesca Racioppi and Harry Rutter aims to improve the understanding of how traffic affects cyclist and pedestrian behavior […]

Guerrilla Stripers Paint Back Bedford Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Dec 7, 2009 | 12 Comments

Looks like some New Yorkers who bike on Bedford Avenue decided not to sit idly by after the city removed 14 blocks of bike lane in South Williamsburg. Multiple sources informed Streetsblog this morning that DIY, unofficial bike lane striping has appeared along the stretch of Bedford Avenue that was sandblasted last week. We don’t […]

Hudson Greenway “Cherry Walk” Users to Remain in the Dark

By Brad Aaron | Nov 17, 2009 | 13 Comments

Nighttime visibility on the Hudson River Greenway north of W. 102nd Street has not improved since Jacob-uptown took this photo a year ago. In the fall of 2007, 2008, and again this year, Streetsblog readers have alerted us to hazardous conditions on the "Cherry Walk" segment of the Hudson River Greenway. According to the city, […]

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