Here’s the DOT Plan to Make the Bronx Side of the Madison Ave Bridge Less Terrifying
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A stretch of 138th Street linking the Bronx to Manhattan is in line for walking and biking improvements from DOT.
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Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
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It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
Busting the Myth of the “Scofflaw Cyclist”
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According to a certain perspective that seems to hold sway among local newspaper columnists, bicyclists flout the road rules that everyone else faithfully upholds. But the results of a massive survey point to a different conclusion -- everyone breaks traffic laws, and there's nothing extraordinary about how people behave on bikes.
DOT Has a Fix for the Crummy Bike Connection Between Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
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The big change in DOT's plan is a two-way section of bike lane protected by a concrete barrier on Park Row, plus a short contraflow lane on Spruce Street. It's not a lot of bike lane mileage, but it's a key link in the network that will be dramatically improved.
Your Post-Stella Thread to Report Bridge Path/Bike Lane/Sidewalk Snow
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The city isn't taking 311 complaints about sidewalk conditions, but you can vent to Streetsblog. Tell us all about your post-Stella walking and biking travails.
When Will America’s Street Design Bible Enter the 21st Century?
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Last year, the number of people killed on U.S. roads surged back above 40,000. But you don't see much urgency on the part of the transportation engineering establishment to change a failing street design paradigm. So we checked in with one of the engineers in charge of America's street design bible.