Manhattan CB 4 Asks DOT for Safer Intersections on Protected Bike Lanes
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Four Manhattan community boards have now endorsed advocates' concept for better-protected intersections.
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Atlanta Erases Major New Bike Lane Segment, Replaces It With Parking
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After a city installs a bike lane, there's typically some pushback for a while from people who object to the change. What's unusual is when a city loses its nerve and decides to remove the bike lane. But that's what Atlanta has done on a 1,000-foot stretch of Westview Drive.
Queens Community Board 11 Got Up to Some Monkey Business Last Night
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One member of the board is dead-set against repurposing street space on high-speed Northern Boulevard so people can safely bike to Joe Michaels Mile.
NYPD Surrounds Flatiron Plaza With Concrete Barriers, Because Terrorism
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Sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, NYPD surrounded Flatiron Plaza, where Broadway crosses Fifth Avenue, with concrete barriers. Similar barriers could be coming to public spaces throughout the city in the name of NYPD's counterterror initiatives.
Yes, There’s Room for a Protected Bike Lane on 43rd Avenue
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In April, a drunk driver killed Gelacio Reyes, 32, on 43rd Avenue at 39th Street as he biked home in the early morning from work in Midtown Manhattan. Now advocates are renewing their call for DOT to install a protected bike lane on 43rd Avenue and its westbound counterpart, Skillman Avenue, which connect the Queensboro Bridge to the protected bike lanes on Queens Boulevard.
Queens CB 11 Plans Secret Meeting to Delay Northern Blvd Safety Fixes [Updated]
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Earlier this year, Queens Community Board 11 voted for a DOT project to create several miles of protected bike lanes linking to the Joe Michaels Mile bike path. There were multiple public meetings about the redesign, but now members of the board are planning a closed meeting on Monday to hear objections to it.