Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

No matter the circumstances of a cyclist fatality, this is how the local precinct responds. Photo: Rob Foran

NYPD: Ticketing Cyclists After a Driver Kills a Cyclist Is "Strategy"

By Brad Aaron | Sep 12, 2017 | 35 Comments

The assumption among NYPD brass seems to be that they're protecting cyclists from themselves. But it's preposterous to think people walking and biking will fear a ticket more than being battered by a motor vehicle.

The intersection of Ocean Parkway and Quentin Road immediately after an eastbound driver fatally struck Chaim Miller.

Bearing Witness to the Crash That Claimed the Life of Chaim Miller

By Charles Komanoff | Sep 6, 2017 | 30 Comments

This account of the crash that took the life of cyclist Chaim Miller in Brooklyn last Friday was written by an eyewitness who wishes to remain anonymous.

Park Row Security Zone to Reopen With Two-Way Bike Lane and Wider Sidewalk

By Brad Aaron | Aug 31, 2017 | 25 Comments

Park Row in Chinatown, which NYPD has treated as a security checkpoint since 9/11, will get a bi-directional bikeway and 10,000 square feet of painted sidewalk from Worth Street to Frankfort Street.

What does it mean to be a "good" cyclist? And should we even care?

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Transportation Safety Establishment Finally Starting to Understand Bicycling

By Angie Schmitt | Aug 31, 2017 | No Comments

Making bicycling safe entails more than delivering lectures about helmets. National safety groups are starting to get that.

The Triboro Bridge pedestrian path, which cyclists aren't allowed to use per MTA rules. Photo: Google Street View/Samuel Baumel

Heads Up: MTA Fining People for Biking on the Triboro Bridge Car-Free Path

By David Meyer | Aug 28, 2017 | 82 Comments

The agency seems to want biking across its bridges to be as inconvenient and financially risky as possible.

Sixth Avenue between 47th and 48th streets, where a driver injured a Citi Bike rider last winter. Photo: Google Maps

Bike or Walk in Midtown? Make Sure Tonight’s CB 5 Meeting Isn’t an Anti-Bike Kvetchfest

By Brad Aaron | Aug 28, 2017 | 4 Comments

If you know what it's like to walk on Midtown's cramped sidewalks or bike on its frenetic, car-dominated streets, consider dropping in on tonight's Community Board 5 transportation committee meeting.

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