Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Park Slope Passes on Traffic-Calming, Ped Safety & Bike Lanes

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 6, 2007 | 24 Comments

Gowanus Lounge reports on the debate over DOT’s 9th Street redesign plan at last night’s Park Slope Civic Council meeting. The Civic Council voted overwhelmingly to "table" a plan that would provide the neighborhood with improved pedestrian safety on one of the most hazardous streets in the area, enhanced cyclist safety along a key access […]

DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St.

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2007 | 29 Comments

Last Tuesday night Ryan Russo and Josh Benson from the Department of Transportation presented a plan to Manhattan’s Community Board 2 to create a safer east-west bike route across Lower Manhattan. With three cyclists having been killed on Houston Street over the last two years and major reconstruction of the street currently underway, members of […]

DOT Proposes Solution to Houston Street Cycling Danger

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 12, 2007 | 59 Comments

In response to the deaths of three cyclists on Houston Street in two years and the ensuing community pressure to make the area safer for biking, the Department of Transportation is proposing to establish two new bike lanes along streets running parallel to traffic-heavy Houston Street. DOT’s plan seeks to transform Bleecker and Prince Streets […]

StreetFilms: “Something Has to Be Done”

By Sarah Goodyear | Mar 6, 2007 | No Comments

Emergency Pedestrian Safety RallyRunning time: 4 minutes 38 seconds Here are some highlights from Sunday’s rally for pedestrian safety. In the words of Audrey Anderson, whose 14-year-old son, Andre, was killed by an SUV while he was riding his bike: "Drivers who kill and are not apparently drunk walk away from crash sites as free […]

Hyping the HyperBike

By Jason Varone | Feb 14, 2007 | 10 Comments

Inventor Curt DeForest Jr. claims that his HyperBike will be the fastest and safest human-powered vehicle ever built. It’s roll cage supposedly can withstand a 200 mph impact. DeForest writes: I set out to create a machine that would promote good health and good posture, could travel great distances at top speeds, did not use […]

Meeting Tonight on Westside Greenway Bike Safety

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 20, 2006 | 9 Comments

Photo: Metrolens Will of On NY Turf is urging people who care about bike safety on the Hudson River Greenway to attend tonight’s meeting of Manhattan Community Board 4’s Transportation Committee. Less than a month after a drunk driver leaving a party at Chelsea Piers drove onto the Hudson River Greenway and killed cyclist Eric […]

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