Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycling

The DOT now says the south outer roadway will be open for pedestrians in mid-2024.

Not Again: Queensboro Bridge Pedestrian Path Delayed Til ‘Mid-2024’

By Julianne Cuba | May 23, 2023 | No Comments

A city plan to give both pedestrians and cyclists their own space on the crowded Queensboro Bridge won’t be done until at least the middle of next year, the DOT now says.

The crash site on Ninth Street, where Sarah Schick (inset) was killed by a truck driver. Photo: Henry Beers Shenk (main photo has been slightly altered)

Widowed Husband of Slain Cyclist Says Ninth Street Redesign ’Falls Short’

By Julianne Cuba | May 19, 2023 | No Comments

The city's proposed changes to a dangerous stretch of Ninth Street in Gowanus do not go far enough to make the street safer, the widowed husband of a cyclist killed there earlier this year charged on Wednesday.

Transportation Alternatives, Los Deliveristas Unidos, United Parcel Service, Oonee, Open Plans, WE ACT for Environmental Justice and other groups will gather on Wednesday at 10 a.m. on 19th Street and Ninth Avenue in Manhattan to demand changes.

Advocates: City Must Make E-Mobility Safer and More Widespread — And Here’s How To Do It

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 17, 2023 | No Comments

The bike boom is now going vroom, vroom.

STREETSBLOG USA

Truck Deaths Are Up 71% — Will Feds Require New Tech?

By Kea Wilson | May 15, 2023 | No Comments

Will U.S. regulators let thousands of U.S. residents die preventable deaths just to save fleet operators a few dollars?

Frederique Uster-Hug lays flowers down for her husband Adam Uster, who was killed on May 1 by a truck driver at the corner of Franklin and Lexington Avenues. Photo: Julianne Cuba

Thursday’s Headlines: Honoring Adam Uster Edition

By Streetsblog Editorial Board | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

A dispatch from a vigil where family and friends of 39-year-old Adam Uster gathered. Plus other news.

It just takes a second for a cyclist to be killed. Left, Adam Uster on Franklin Avenue last week. Right, Broadway at 231st Street, where our writer had a close call. Photo: Maneka Kapoor

KOMANOFF: You Nearly Die, You Keep Going

By Charles Komanoff | May 11, 2023 | No Comments

What is the difference between life and death for a cyclist? This week, I wondered that question anew after I was nearly struck by a reckless driver in The Bronx while Adam Uster was killed by a reckless driver in Brooklyn.

Show More Stories