Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

How About Two Bike Lanes Per Street?

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 9, 2008 | 58 Comments

Now for something completely different: Clarence Eckerson snapped these photos of a double bike lane on both sides of Second Avenue between 1st and 2nd Streets. The new street design also includes a rather massive bike box. Has New York City ever had a street with bike lanes running along both sides? This seems to […]

Nature’s Traffic Count

By Aaron Naparstek | Jan 8, 2008 | 7 Comments

Hudson River Greenway near 125th Street. Photographer Lars Klove writes, "I’ve always wondered how many people are riding their bicycles to work. This morning the pavement had a thin layer of moisture that counted the bicycles."

Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride Marks Another Year of Loss

By Charles Komanoff | Jan 7, 2008 | 3 Comments

Grief, solidarity and resolve brought out two hundred New York cyclists yesterday for the third annual Ghost Bikes Memorial Ride, to commemorate cyclists killed by motor vehicle drivers last year. At the Canal Street & Bowery triangle by the entrance to the Manhattan Bridge bike path, Steve Hindy raised his empty arms in a pantomime […]

Daily News to Deceased Cyclists: “Your Fault.”

By Brad Aaron | Dec 14, 2007 | 8 Comments

Cyclists protest on Sixth Avenue following the death of David Smith Last week, we criticized accounts of the death of 63-year-old cyclist David Smith, who was memorialized Wednesday with a Ghost Bike and a die-in on Sixth Avenue. Though Smith was riding in the bike lane and was knocked into traffic by an illegally parked […]

NY1 Snap Poll: How to Make NYC Safer For Cyclists?

By Jason Varone | Dec 13, 2007 | 6 Comments

A week after two cyclists were killed in midtown, NY1 wants to know, in its very limited multiple choice format, what needs to be done to make New York City safer for cyclists. Your options are: New & improved bike lanes Traffic enforcement Bike safety education Cast your vote in NY1’s "Snap Poll" here.

Replace Penn Station Rats’ Warren With a Pedestrian Boulevard

By Brad Aaron | Dec 7, 2007 | 5 Comments

Penn Station concourse under West 33rd Street Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer wants to trade parking spots for wider sidewalks and bike infrastructure on West 33rd Street, moving more Moynihan Station commuters above-ground. AMNY has the story: Stringer will float the idea to widen sidewalks and create bike lanes at a public hearing [Thursday] on […]

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