Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

Has DMV Relapsed Into Its Old Habit of Ripping Off Cyclists?

By Ben Fried | Apr 30, 2018 | 47 Comments

Four years after the Department of Motor Vehicles was caught systematically overcharging cyclists who received traffic tickets, the attorney who brought the scandal to light thinks the agency might be making the same mistakes again.

Cyclists on the main part of the greenway.

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Houston’s Getting Ready for a Flurry of Bike Lane Expansion

By Angie Schmitt | Apr 25, 2018 | No Comments

The city has an ambitious bike plan. And for the first time, it has resources to act on it.

The bike-share coverage NYC could have if City Hall wasn't so squeamish about replacing on-street parking spaces. Image: Department of City Planning

NYC Has a Bike-Share System That Works. Why Aren’t We Expanding It?

By David Meyer | Apr 25, 2018 | 43 Comments

Instead of extending the usefulness of Citi Bike to more of the city, a two-tiered system could emerge in which neighborhoods outside the current Citi Bike service area get frozen out.

Missing from the Sixth Avenue entrance of soon-to-be-car-free Central Park: safe space for biking. Photo: Google Maps

With Central Park Car-Free, There’s One Less Excuse Not to Extend the 6th Ave Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Apr 24, 2018 | 18 Comments

Car traffic will shift away from Sixth Avenue, opening up room to extend the protected bike lane that currently ends at 33rd Street.

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Biking for Safer Streets With Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 24, 2018 | No Comments

On Monday, Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams hosted his fourth annual Bike-to-Work Ride, taking off from Prospect Park and ending at Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn.

Video still: Streetfilms/Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Let’s Start Calling Bicycling Renewable Energy

By Rich Miller | Apr 23, 2018 | 20 Comments

Why should a human being on a bicycle be considered renewable energy? Simple. We can’t be depleted.

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