Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Our Parks Are Secure. What About Our Streets?

By John Kaehny | Oct 30, 2009 | 2 Comments

When are the police finally going to reclaim the streets from speeding and dangerous driving? When will pedestrians and cyclists be able to feel safe and secure on New York City streets? Photo: Bryan Goebel. For decades New Yorkers feared public spaces like Times Square, Herald Square and Bryant Park. They feared the people who […]

On Wednesday, Tell CB 8: Protected Bike Lanes Protect Everyone

By Brad Aaron | Oct 20, 2009 | 1 Comment

The Community Board 8 committee vote this month in support of protected bike lanes for Manhattan’s Upper East Side was nothing short of momentous. Wednesday’s full board decision presents an even bigger hurdle, though by no means an insurmountable one. The reason, says Caroline Samponaro, director of bicycle advocacy for Transportation Alternatives, is community input. […]

CB 8 Transpo Committee Approves UES Protected Bike Lane Reso

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2009 | 4 Comments

We didn’t want to let the week slip by without following up on some promising news from the Upper East Side. On Wednesday, a day after Community Board 7 deliberated, and ultimately approved, a resolution supporting protected bike lanes, Community Board 8’s transportation committee considered a similar reso: WHEREAS, Manhattan Community Board 8 is concerned […]

More Than Just Same-Old at Upper East Side Bicycle Forum

By Charles Komanoff | Oct 2, 2009 | 11 Comments

From the first (and only) town-hall meeting of the Manhattan Borough President’s Planning for Pedestrians Council in 1987, to Manhattan Community Board 8’s “Bicycle Forum” this week, I’ve sat through innumerable gatherings on cyclist-pedestrian conflicts. Cycling and pedestrian advocates, with Charles Komanoff at left, gather on the UES in 2007. Photo: Jonathan Barkey Each session […]

Tomorrow: TA Rides for James Langergaard on Queens Boulevard

By Ken Coughlin | Oct 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Site of James Langergaard’s fatal August 14 crash This past August, a young cyclist and a beloved Transportation Alternatives volunteer, James Langergaard, was struck and killed by a car at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street. Tomorrow, TA will be holding a special Queens Boulevard Bike Pool ride in honor of James. The ride will pause […]

Bill Thompson Was for Bike Lanes Before He Was Against Them

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2009 | 35 Comments

The current iteration of Grand Street, by most any objective measure, has to be considered a success. In the year since it was reconfigured to host the city’s first parking-protected bike lane, with the blessing of Community Board 2, injuries are down 30 percent, with about 1,000 cyclists using the lane daily. Thompson tells NY1 […]

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