Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

In Streetopia, Traffic Won’t Scare People Away From Biking

By David Meyer | Jul 7, 2017 | 1 Comment

As part of the recently-launched Streetopia campaign, Clarence Eckerson put together this short video rundown of how our existing bike network falls short -- and what needs to happen to make it better. Take a look.

To keep making progress on traffic safety, redesigns as substantial as this protected bike lane planned for Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn will have to be implemented citywide. Image: NYC DOT

Let’s Not Get Complacent as Traffic Deaths Continue to Fall in NYC

By Ben Fried | Jul 7, 2017 | 1 Comment

The de Blasio administration's Vision Zero policies are working. And the safer streets get, the harder the city will have to work to keep making progress.

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Caving to Resentment Politics, Oregon Enacts a Bike Tax

By Angie Schmitt | Jul 7, 2017 | No Comments

Congrats to Oregon on its preposterous bike tax that accomplishes no discernible transportation goal except dampening demand for new bicycles.

Advocates laid out an policy agenda for transit, biking, and walking this morning that they want NYC candidates for office to endorse. Photo: Ben Fried

Here’s How NYC’s 2017 Candidates Can Get Behind Better Transit, Biking, and Walking

By David Meyer | Jul 6, 2017 | No Comments

With primaries for all New York City elected offices coming up in just a few months, advocates have a message for the candidates: The ability to get around without owning a car is what underpins economic opportunity in NYC, and it's up to local elected officials to deliver better conditions for transit, biking, and walking.

Without access to the north outer roadway, cyclists have to either wait for a circuitous shuttle bus or find another way over the bridge. Photo: Angela Stach

How About Opening Up Another Lane on the Queensboro Bridge for Walking and Biking This Summer?

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2017 | 3 Comments

The Broadway plazas debuted during Memorial Day weekend, and car-free hours in parks usually expand during the summer. Why not try out a car-free south outer roadway on the Queensboro Bridge with a summer trial?

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