Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Should I Wear a Helmet Today?

By Aaron Naparstek | May 20, 2009 | 71 Comments

The Naparstek boys riding last year’s Summer Streets event… wearing helmets. Sarah’s "Too Much Emphasis on Safety" post yesterday brings up the question in the headline above. A Canadian Broadcasting TV crew doing a documentary on biking is filming me as I take my two sons to school on our Dutch cargo bike today. While […]

Harlem Bike Improvements on Hold After CB10 Meeting

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2009 | No Comments

Image: DOT On Wednesday night, Manhattan Community Board 10 voted not to approve a buffered bike lane along Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard but left the door open for a second vote and a different outcome. The decision followed a unanimous vote by the board’s transportation committee in favor of the new lane. For the […]

Safer Streets Under Fire at Gerson “Town Hall”

By Ben Fried | May 6, 2009 | 29 Comments

It’s safer to cross Grand Street. The arrogance! Lower Manhattan City Council rep Alan Gerson held a "transportation town hall" Monday night, following up on his pledge last year to closely monitor creeping safety enhancements to New York streets. Fellow City Council member John Liu, a candidate for comptroller, also made an appearance at the […]

Tonight: Friendly Voices Needed for Harlem Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | May 6, 2009 | No Comments

Just a reminder that Community Board 10 will consider a new buffered bike lane for Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard tonight. The lane, from W. 118th to W. 153rd Street, would complete a direct cyclist route between Central Park and the Macombs Dam Bridge, and would serve to calm traffic as well, as bikes would […]

Wednesday: CB 10 to Consider Harlem Bike Improvements

By Brad Aaron | May 5, 2009 | 3 Comments

Image: DOT Plans for new bike and traffic-calming facilities in Harlem will go before Community Board 10 tomorrow night. As we reported last month, DOT intends to replace one lane of auto traffic with a buffered bike lane on Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard between W. 118th and W. 153rd Streets [PDF], completing a direct […]

New Twist in Kent Ave Saga: Safer Bike Path Plus Parking

By Ben Fried | May 4, 2009 | 4 Comments

Photo: i’m not sayin, i’m just sayin After a contentious few months full of clowns, scantily-clad women, illegal billboards, and community board strife (since resolved), we may finally be approaching the denouement to the city’s most talked about bike lane drama. The Brooklyn Paper reports on the latest Kent Avenue development: In an attempt to […]

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