Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

DOT to Present Manhattan Bridge Plans to CB 3 Tonight

By Brad Aaron | May 14, 2008 | 10 Comments

From Transportation Alternatives: Tonight the DOT will be presenting their plans for improved Manhattan Bridge bike access via the Chrystie Street bike lane to Community Board 3. This plan is going to involve the removal of parking along Chrystie Street, so it is anticipated that there will be resistance at the Community Board level. It […]

Survey Finds New Yorkers Anxious About Congestion and Safety

By Brad Aaron | Apr 28, 2008 | 13 Comments

Following a three day period that saw three pedestrian fatalities in Brooklyn — preceded by two cyclist deaths in Manhattan one week earlier — the Citizens Committee for New York City has released its annual "Speak Out New York" survey, citing pedestrian safety as one of two top concerns of city residents. The number one […]

Eyes on the Street: Portland Bike Boxes

By Brad Aaron | Mar 25, 2008 | 8 Comments

Not only are Portland, Oregon’s new bike boxes to be accompanied by a motorist safety campaign, they’re also making them hard for drivers to miss at street level. Note the "Get Behind It" sign to the right. Compare the Portland version to a New York bike box: Could this call for a green […]

Moses to LaGuardia: Bikes Have No Place on the Street

By Ben Fried | Mar 19, 2008 | 4 Comments

Dave Lutz of the Neighborhood Open Space Coalition has been digging through the Municipal Archives and look what he found: a 1938 memo from Robert Moses to Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia about the need to create a network of dedicated bike paths in city parks. Moses’s reasoning looks odd to modern eyes, in part because he […]

On Potato Omelets and Winter Cycling

By Alex Marshall | Mar 18, 2008 | 36 Comments

A Spanish tortilla, unlike the Mexican version, is essentially a potato omelet. You fry some diced-up onions and potatoes in oil, and then pour in some beaten egg. Flip it over, and voila, you have a tasty, round golden thing to cut into slices and eat. Back when I was living in Spain some 25 […]

London’s Very Cool “Look Out for Cyclists” Ad

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 13, 2008 | 10 Comments

Watch out NYC DOT with your LOOK campaign. Here comes Transport for London with a new bike safety advert called, Do the Test. Have you done it yet? You’ll spend the first minute or so having absolutely no idea what any of it has to do with traffic safety or cycling. But stick with it. […]

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