Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Cyclists wait to make the transition from the east. side of Bedford Avenue to the west side of the block. Photo: Dave Colon

Cycling Advocates To DOT: Great Bedford Avenue Bike Lane Plan, Here’s How To Make It Better

By Dave Colon | May 24, 2023 | No Comments

Cycling advocates in Brooklyn gave the Department of Transportation high marks for its proposed protected bike lane upgrade on Bedford Avenue, but said there's a couple of tweaks that can turn it from good to great.

Council Member Selvena Brooks-Powers. Photo: Gerardo Romo / NYC Council Media Unit

Council Transportation Committee Chair Says City Needs More Parking

By Julianne Cuba | May 22, 2023 | No Comments

The city should provide motorists with more parking spaces citywide in order to clear bus and bike lanes of illegal parking, the chair of the City Council’s Transportation Committee apparently said on Friday.

DOT Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez watches workers filling in concrete at Meeker Avenue at a press event on April 18. Photo: DOT

No Green: Meeker Bike Lane Delayed; DOT Blames Traffic Light Contractor

By Kevin Duggan | May 12, 2023 | No Comments

The upgrades — which promise to improve a mile-long stretch that is now a dangerous sluice between the Kosciuszko Bridge and Metropolitan Avenue — were slated to be done by the end of last year, but the DOT will only be part of the way done by the end of this year.

The writer would prefer to bike along the curb. Photo: DOT

OPINION: Center-Running Bike Lanes Aren’t as Good as Proponents Suggest

By Samuel Santaella | May 9, 2023 | No Comments

Accessing community amenities requires access to the curb — which is where bike lanes belong, our contributor writes.

McGuinness Boulevard is like a highway cutting through Greenpoint — but not for long, promises the DOT (inset). File photo

EXCLU: McGuinness Blvd. to Go On Road Diet for Protected Bike Lanes

By Kevin Duggan | May 3, 2023 | No Comments

The city plans to install protected bike lanes on both sides of deadly McGuinness Boulevard and remove a car lane in each direction as part of a major redesign of the highway-like north Brooklyn road, Streetsblog has learned.

If you build them bike lanes (and somewhere to park), they'll ride. Photo: David Meyer

Cyclists Statewide Agree: More Bike Lanes Means More People On Bikes

By Dave Colon | May 1, 2023 | No Comments

Cyclists across New York said that better bike infrastructure is the key to unlocking more bike trips across the state, according to the newly released New York Cycling Census.

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