Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Armoring Up on the Streets of New York

By Alex Marshall | May 31, 2007 | 34 Comments

We’re pleased to announce that Alex Marshall will now be contributing to Streetsblog. As a journalist and author Alex has written extensively on how transportation shapes our cities. He is a columnist at Governing Magazine and a senior fellow at the Regional Plan Association where he edits the bi-weekly Spotlight on the Region newsletter. Here […]

Swerve and Protect: Boston’s Bicycle Bible

By Jason Varone | May 11, 2007 | 12 Comments

In this month’s issue of the Boston Phoenix, a 20 page supplement called the Bicycle Bible offers advice on bicycle safety and how to stay alive on the streets of Boston. Although there is a nice piece on Boston’s Livable Streets Alliance, the paper may have done more harm than good. With subtitles like "Urban […]

CB2 Signs Off On Prince-Bleecker Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Apr 20, 2007 | 2 Comments

After over an hour of public comment, and another hour of deliberation, Community Board 2 last night voted to recommend the DOT proceed with bike lanes parallel to Houston Street, to be located primarily on Prince and Bleecker. The resolution crafted last week by CB2’s Traffic & Transportation Committee — defining the new bike […]

CB2 Committee Approves “Additional” Prince/Bleecker Routes

By Brad Aaron | Apr 12, 2007 | 3 Comments

The CB2 Traffic & Transportation Committee met at the LGBT Center on Tuesday. A crowded and often contentious Tuesday night meeting yielded a compromise on proposed bike lanes through Lower Manhattan, one some fear could come at a cost. The Traffic & Transportation Committee of Community Board 2 voted 8-1 to recommend the DOT add […]

DOT’s 9th Street Plan: Frequently Asked Questions

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007 | 8 Comments

Print this DocumentNinth Street at Eighth Avenue in Park Slope, outside of Dizzy’s Diner. The Department of Transportation’s plan for pedestrian safety, traffic-calming and bike lane for Park Slope’s 9th Street is causing quite a bit of anxiety. Some of this angst, clearly, has been generated due to DOT’s failure to bring community stakeholders into […]

Who Opposes A Plan for Safer, More Livable Streets and Why?

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 11, 2007 | 9 Comments

The scene in front of Dizzy’s Diner on 9th Street and Eighth Avenue. Park Slope’s 9th Street corridor, with Prospect Park on one end and the Battery Tunnel on the other, has long been known as one of the most dangerous streets in the neighborhood when it comes to car crashes. In March 2004 two […]

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