Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Chicago Police Say It Loud: Bikes Belong

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2009 | 9 Comments

Traffic Enforcement for Bicyclist Safety from Chicago Bicycle Program on Vimeo. This amazing video, via Chicago Bicycle Advocate, was produced for the Chicago Police Department to educate drivers, cyclists and officers on traffic laws pertaining to bikes. Considering the consistent disregard and hostility projected by New York’s Finest, that such videos exist (San Francisco has […]

Eyes on the Street: A Safer, More Sociable Boulevard Takes Shape

By Ben Fried | Aug 31, 2009 | 11 Comments

A reader sends this view of Pike Street, taken from the Manhattan Bridge bike path late last week. You’ll notice the square of light pavement connecting two mall segments. That’s the intersection with Monroe Street, one of four locations slated for pedestrian plazas in DOT’s most recent plan for Pike and Allen Streets [PDF]. A […]

Cyclist Injured in Collision on Jay Street This Morning

By Ben Fried | Aug 31, 2009 | 19 Comments

A cyclist was struck this morning at around 9:30, riding on Jay Street near the Manhattan Bridge. Reader Dave Abraham emailed this report about the scene of the collision. Cyclist struck, male, probably late twenties, lying on the ground, bleeding from the mouth and face. Small gray sedan with Jersey plates was parked by the […]

Now That’s What I Call a Neckdown!

By Ben Fried | Aug 28, 2009 | 19 Comments

Since the spring, DOT construction crews have been building out traffic calming improvements all over the neighborhoods near downtown Brooklyn. When the years-in-the-making Downtown Brooklyn Traffic Calming Project wraps up, pedestrians will have safer crossings at dozens of intersections. The sidewalk extension at the northwest corner of Smith and Bergen, shown here, is especially impressive. […]

What’s Happening to the Manhattan Bridge Bike Path at Canal Street?

By Ben Fried | Aug 26, 2009 | 14 Comments

Cyclists who’ve crossed the Manhattan Bridge this summer should be familiar with this sight. It’s the construction project at the foot of the bike path on the Manhattan side. This is the view from Canal and Chrystie. We’ve been trying to find out exactly what’s going on here, but so far the answers from DOT […]

Gerson on Grand Street Safety: Never Mind the Facts

By Ben Fried | Aug 21, 2009 | 19 Comments

City Council member Alan Gerson didn’t have much new to say at his sidewalk protest of the Grand Street bike lane. But a handful of reporters and a few cyclists pressed him to defend the idea that projects designed to improve street safety should be subject to greater City Council review. Gerson’s assertion of "dangerous […]

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