Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Streetfilms: NYC Bike Lanes 101

By Elizabeth Press | Oct 19, 2009 | 23 Comments

Bike lanes: In some cities people are so desperate for them they’ll go so far as to mark their own. Here in New York City, it feels like every time I get on my bike there is a new bike lane — sometimes on the left, sometimes buffered, and sometimes completely separated from automobile traffic. […]

Thompson vs. Bloomberg: The Ultimate Bicycling Referendum?

By Ben Fried | Oct 13, 2009 | 18 Comments

Tonight’s debate will be broadcast on NY1. Tonight at 7:00, mayoral contenders Mike Bloomberg and Bill Thompson face off in the first debate of the general election. Andrew Hawkins at City Hall News has some good pre-debate reading for New Yorkers who care about how this election will affect the future of our streets and […]

Streetfilms Shorties: NYPD Blockage on Manhattan Bridge Approach

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 18 Comments

The debut Streetfilms Shortie caught an errant scooter blocking a bike lane. This time it’s New York’s Finest, camped out in the Manhattan Bridge bike path at Canal and Chrystie. A half-step forward, two steps back.

Eyes on the Street: AAA Approved Roadside Dining

By Brad Aaron | Sep 29, 2009 | No Comments

A reader sent in this photo from Park Slope, where restaurateur Irene Lo Re has been railing against the Fifth Avenue bike lane. It is in Aunt Suzie’s window now, along with the sign for free bike air. Is this just another salvo in AAA’s war against people-friendly city streets — or maybe a small […]

Bill Thompson Was for Bike Lanes Before He Was Against Them

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2009 | 35 Comments

The current iteration of Grand Street, by most any objective measure, has to be considered a success. In the year since it was reconfigured to host the city’s first parking-protected bike lane, with the blessing of Community Board 2, injuries are down 30 percent, with about 1,000 cyclists using the lane daily. Thompson tells NY1 […]

Latest Kent Avenue Bike Lane Complaint: Truck Traffic

By Ben Fried | Sep 18, 2009 | 27 Comments

One section of the Kent Avenue two-way bike path has been painted. Two more will follow. Image: NYCDOT [PDF]. We’ve got another dispatch from the ongoing bike lane drama that is Kent Avenue. At Wednesday night’s information session hosted by Brooklyn CB1, the DOT team gave a short presentation [PDF] outlining their plan to address […]

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