Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

The Select Bus Service project on Woodhaven Boulevard, a major north-south route in Queens, promised to make streets safer. But people who want to travel by bike have no safe routes to other parts of Queens in this transit and bike desert. But there's plenty of free parking!

Op-Ed: Let’s Build Bus and Bike Infrastructure Together

By Samuel Santaella | Oct 23, 2019 | No Comments

It is disappointing that, as the boroughs finally modernize their bus services with bus lanes, stop-consolidation and more, cycling again seems left out of the picture.

CB9 Transportation Committee Co-Chairwoman Carolyn Thompson (in pink) predicts a battle over every parking space in Harlem when Citi Bike wants to site its docks. Photo: Dave Colon

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Manhattan CB9 Big: Citi Bike Won’t Get ‘Our’ Parking Without A Fight

By Dave Colon | Oct 22, 2019 | No Comments

There's gonna be a showdown over parking, says Carolyn Thompson.

Andrew Yang is one of the most bike-friendly presidential candidates in the 2020 election. Image: Marc Nozell

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Live from NY: It’s Andrew Yang On A Bike!

By Aaron Short | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

Here's one election cycle that Andrew Yang is winning.

The Trump circus came to town on Sept. 25, in the form of self-styled climate activist John DeLiva Halpern getting up on a chair and yelling, "You want to clown around with me?" Photo Jake Offenhartz via Twitter

Op-Ed: The Latest Bikelash Has An Odious, Trumpist Feel

By Eric McClure | Oct 21, 2019 | No Comments

The lunatic fringe is pushing a truly "fake news" message that cars are virtuous and bikes are dangerous.

NYPD Secretly Alters Victim-Blaming Narrative of Death of E-Bike Rider and Charges Trucker

By Julianne Cuba | Oct 18, 2019 | No Comments

"There is no excuse for this practice," said Marco Conner of Transportation Alternatives.

The chart on the left estimates just how "good" the bike infrastructure is in certain neighborhoods. The chart at right is a map of NYC median incomes. Photo: Ryan Morgan (left), Business Insider (right)

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In NYC, the Best Bike Lanes are in Rich Neighborhoods*

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 17, 2019 | No Comments

* But it may not be exactly what you think.

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