Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Fifth Ave Merchants: Delivery Problems Have Nothing to Do With Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jun 11, 2009 | 14 Comments

Many Fifth Avenue merchants do see cyclists as customers, not obstacles. Photo: Ben Fried. Tuesday’s post about the Fifth Avenue bike lane in Park Slope gave me the chance to talk to several retail merchants about how they receive their deliveries, and whether the Class 2 bike lane is causing them any trouble. According to […]

Streetcars in Seattle, Or Why America Should Mind Its Transit Gaps

By Alex Marshall | Jun 9, 2009 | 34 Comments

Photo: Don Maxwell/Flickr The rider went down — Boom! — just as she turned to see if the streetcar was getting close to her. Turning to look was her undoing, because her wheel got caught in the big gap between rail and street, toppling her hard. The big blue streetcar was only ten feet or […]

Tonight: Speak Up for Safer Cycling on Kent Ave

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

If you live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint, you can’t miss this community board action. DOT will present its revised plan for Kent Avenue tonight to Brooklyn CB1. Public support for the proposed two-way protected bike path will be critical, and if you sign up by 6:15 p.m., you can speak in favor of an improvement […]

Fifth Ave BID, CB6 District Manager Take Aim at Park Slope Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2009 | 64 Comments

Fifth Avenue in Park Slope on a weekday morning. What’s wrong with this picture? Photo: Ben Fried. Just about every New York City neighborhood has to deal with the consequences of dirt cheap on-street parking. When you practically give away spaces at rock-bottom prices, it guarantees double parking and endless cruising for spots by bargain […]

Safety in Numbers: It’s Happening in NYC

By Ben Fried | Jun 5, 2009 | 19 Comments

The city’s expanding bike network is paying dividends — boosting the level of cycling and making streets safer in the process. Snagged from the latest issue of TA’s StreetBeat, this graph is a great illustration of the "safety in numbers" effect identified by researcher Peter Jacobsen in a landmark 2003 paper published in Injury Prevention. […]

Cyclist Struck Yesterday Morning at Third and Atlantic in Brooklyn

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2009 | 7 Comments

A reader emailed yesterday reporting that a bicyclist had been struck and seriously injured at the corner of Third Avenue and Atlantic Avenue near downtown Brooklyn. NYPD confirmed the collision late yesterday afternoon: This morning at approximately 0723 hours, in the confines of the 84 precinct, Police responded to 3rd Avenue & Atlantic Avenue on […]

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