Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Is an NYPD Bike Crackdown Underway?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 6, 2008 | 10 Comments

Even before the NYPD identified a hooded cyclist as the this morning’s likely Times Square bomber, two reports of bike commuters being ticketed and harassed by the police have already hit the Streetsblog inbox. Perhaps it’s just that the weather’s getting nicer and more people happen to be out on bikes but at least one […]

All Eyes on Portland at Bike Summit

By Ben Fried | Mar 6, 2008 | 30 Comments

An organized ride on one of Portland’s bike boulevards. If there was a star at yesterday’s National Bike Summit, it was Portland, Oregon. After Earl Blumenauer, one of the city’s congressional reps and a former county commissioner, delivered the morning address, Portland’s bike planners and advocates shared their strategies at some of the more urban-focused […]

The Vicious Cycle of Anti-Cyclist Bias

By Ben Fried | Mar 5, 2008 | 16 Comments

From the National Bike Summit: At a panel on cyclists’ rights, Bob Mionske, a Portland, Oregon attorney and founder of Bicycle Law, offered a cogent explanation of the obstacles cyclists face when it comes to public perception, police enforcement, and holding motorists accountable for injuring and killing cyclists. “Anti-cyclist bias is endemic in the police, […]

2008: Year of the Bicycle?

By Jason Varone | Mar 3, 2008 | 8 Comments

Ahead of this week’s National Bike Summit in Washington, DC, syndicated columnist Neal Peirce wonders if 2008 will be "bicycling’s best year since the start of the auto age." He writes about developments promoting the bicycle as a legitimate form of transportation around the world, many of which have been featured right here on Streetsblog: […]

Citizens Propose Cycle Track Greenway Connector in Inwood

By Brad Aaron | Feb 15, 2008 | 29 Comments

Broadway at Dyckman/200th Street and Riverside Drive: a confusing, foreboding free-for-all Livable streets advocates in Northern Manhattan are proposing a cycle track, similar to the one on Ninth Avenue in Chelsea, to link the Hudson River and Harlem River Greenways at 200th/Dyckman Street in Inwood. Dyckman currently has bike lanes at its east and west […]

StreetFilm: How to Use a Bike Box

By Jason Varone | Jan 10, 2008 | 23 Comments

The New York Times doesn’t seem to have noticed, but DOT has been quietly rolling out dozens of bike boxes all over the city. As many cyclists don’t seem to know exactly what bike boxes are or how to use them yet, StreetFilms thought the time was right for this instructional video. Related: How About […]

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