Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

DOT Unveils Union Square Upgrades to Manhattan CB 5

By Noah Kazis | Apr 27, 2010 | 27 Comments

NYCDOT’s plans for Union Square would add pedestrian plazas and better bike facilities on Broadway and 17th Street. Image: NYCDOT. For a larger version, click here. Last night NYCDOT showed plans for a package of safety upgrades and public space improvements for Union Square [PDF] to Manhattan Community Board 5’s transportation committee. Under the plan, […]

Can a Greenway and Two-Way Traffic Both Fit on Flushing Ave?

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2010 | 32 Comments

The greenway segment on Flushing Avenue would connect Navy Street to Williamsburg Street West. Image: Google Maps The current concept for the Flushing Avenue segment of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway footprint calls for converting the street to one-way westbound traffic flow. Two-way vehicle traffic, say DOT planners, will create conflicts that endanger cyclists and pedestrians […]

Anonymous Bike Lane Opponent Scores Media Coup on NY1

By Ben Fried | Apr 21, 2010 | 14 Comments

Will we ever see the headline "Bike Lane Opponent Resorts to Misinformation and Lies"? Image: NY1 This report on the proposed Prospect Park West bike lane from NY1’s Jeanine Ramirez doesn’t quite stoop to Marcia Kramer levels of fabrication, but that might make it even more insidious. Slap together a few shots of ill-informed people […]

Bronx Rep Promises to “Make Every Effort to Avoid Blocking the Bike Lane”

By Ben Fried | Apr 8, 2010 | 12 Comments

The rules don’t apply to you if you’ve got one of these on the dash. Photos: Boogiedowner Via Gothamist, here’s a story that nicely encapsulates why parking placards should be completely abolished. On Monday, a Boogiedowner reader caught Bronx Assembly member Vanessa Gibson parking in the bike lane on the Grand Concourse, NYPD-issued placard on […]

MTA Committed to October Launch Date for East Side Select Bus Service

By Noah Kazis | Apr 6, 2010 | 17 Comments

Two months after the MTA and NYCDOT first presented East Side Select Bus Service to Manhattan Community Board 6, officials were back with a modified plan last night, hoping to get a vote from the transportation committee. After a combative couple of hours, they didn’t get one. The committee chose to put off a vote […]

CB 6 Committee Votes on East Side Bus+Bike Improvements Tonight

By Ben Fried | Apr 5, 2010 | 1 Comment

Sorry for the late notice folks, but there’s one more public meeting on this week’s busy schedule with big implications for street safety, and it’s happening tonight. The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 is expected to draft and vote on a resolution regarding plans for Select Bus Service and protected bike lanes on […]

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