Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

As news of her death spread yesterday and today, Kelly Hurley's friends and acquaintances paid tribute to her life by placing flowers at the site where she was struck. Photo: Doug Gordon

9th Precinct Tickets Cyclists One Block From Where Kelly Hurley Was Struck and Killed

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2017 | 7 Comments

One block north of the bouquets placed in memory of Kelly Hurley, who was fatally struck by a turning truck driver while biking last week, officers from the Ninth Precinct were ticketing cyclists.

City Council Majority Leader Jimmy Van Bramer, podium, speaking this morning alongside Flor Jimenez, left, whose husband Gelacio Reyes was killed biking on 43rd Avenue on April 1. Photo: David Meyer

Van Bramer Calls for Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2017 | 4 Comments

After two crashes in ten days at the same Sunnyside intersection left one cyclist dead and another in critical condition, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer is calling on DOT to take immediate action and install a protected bike lane on 43rd Avenue between Queens Boulevard and Roosevelt Avenue.

This intersection design might have saved Kelly Hurley's life. Image: Reed Rubey

A Plea for DOT to Design Bike Lanes With Safer Intersections

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2017 | 77 Comments

On Tuesday, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 unanimously passed a resolution calling on DOT to replace "mixing zone" intersections on protected bike lanes along Columbus Avenue and Amsterdam Avenue with designs that maintain more physical separation between cyclists and motor traffic.

No more! NYPD's e-bike seizures impose a heavy cost on low-wage delivery workers. Photo: NYPD

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

9th Precinct Tickets Cyclists One Block From Where Kelly Hurley Was Struck and Killed

Van Bramer Calls for Protected Bike Lanes on 43rd Avenue in Sunnyside

A Plea for DOT to Design Bike Lanes With Safer Intersections

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