Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

Police officers blocking the Brooklyn entrance to the Williamsburg Bridge bicycle and pedestrian path last night. Photo: @davejohannes

NYPD Celebrates Independence Day By Closing Off Bridge Paths for Biking and Walking

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2017 | 26 Comments

Officers were stationed at both sides of the Manhattan and Williamsburg bridge bicycle and pedestrian paths for hours last night, blocking access across the East River for people biking and walking.

Central Avenue, just east of Linden Street, in Bushwick, where a motorist struck and killed Ronald Burke early Friday morning. Photo: Google Maps

NYPD Blames Victim After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Ronald Burke in Bushwick

By Brad Aaron | Jul 3, 2017 | 55 Comments

A hit-and-run driver killed a man cycling in Bushwick early Friday morning, and a yellow cab driver killed an elderly man walking in Greenwich Village last night. NYPD blamed the victim in both cases.

The parking-protected bike lanes would narrow the dangerously wide motor vehicle lanes on a stretch of Fountain Avenue in East New York. Image: DOT

DOT Proposes Protected Bike Lane Connecting East New York and Jamaica Bay

By David Meyer | Jun 28, 2017 | 3 Comments

Building on the rollout of painted bike lanes in Brownsville and East New York that began in 2013, DOT is now planning for the area's first on-street protected lanes on Fountain Avenue, which would connect to the Jamaica Bay Greenway.

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What Do Drivers Really Think of Cyclists?

By Stephen Miller | Jun 28, 2017 | No Comments

There’s ample research out there backing up the safety benefits of streets with protected bikeways and slow car speeds. But what about the critically important yet less tangible factor of individual attitudes — how does the mind of the person behind the wheel affect driver behavior toward cyclists?

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A Tour of Dutch Bicycle Streets and Intersections

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 27, 2017 | No Comments

The 2017 Velo-city conference in the Netherlands this June was full of excitement, information, and enlightenment. And the pinnacle was seeing Dutch bike infrastructure first-hand, with guides who know it inside and out.

The cars (and dumpster) that intrude into the bike lane by the 88th Precinct aren't going anywhere -- it's the bike markings that are shifting over. Photo: David Meyer

88th Precinct Won’t Stop Blocking the DeKalb Ave Bike Lane, So DOT Is Removing the Buffer

By David Meyer | Jun 21, 2017 | 18 Comments

Instead of changing how police park so their vehicles don't obstruct the bike lane and the sidewalk, a segment of the bike lane will lose its buffer from car traffic.

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