Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

First Avenue Bike Lane Fix on Hold Until Pope and UN Leave Town

By Stephen Miller | Sep 16, 2015 | 11 Comments

DOT was supposed to start filling the gap in the First Avenue protected bike lane in Midtown this summer, but the agency says it’s waiting until the Pope leaves town and the UN General Assembly adjourns before moving forward. When the First Avenue bike lane was installed in 2011, DOT left a gap of 10 blocks south of […]

CB 12 Committee Backs Road Diet, Bike Lanes on St. Nicholas Ave

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2015 | 25 Comments

A DOT proposal for a road diet and bike lanes St. Nicholas Avenue in Washington Heights got a vote of support last night from the Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee. The project could get striped next spring. The bike lanes will connect with newly-installed bike lanes near the High Bridge in Washington Heights, and to a […]

Before Riding the New Queens Blvd, Go Down Memory Lane With Streetfilms

By Stephen Miller | Aug 27, 2015 | 1 Comment

A celebratory bike ride this evening will mark the installation of bike lanes on Queens Boulevard — a safety improvement years in the making. Take a ride down Queens Boulevard in 2009 with this Streetfilm featuring the “bike pool,” organized to encourage safety in numbers for cyclists on the Boulevard of Death. Things will look quite […]

DOT’s Fear of Community Boards Leads to Bike Lane Gaps in Brooklyn

By Stephen Miller | Aug 24, 2015 | 27 Comments

Disjointed street design changes coming to Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue illustrate how DOT’s sheepish approach to bike lane implementation interferes with the development of a connected bike network. At Fulton Street in Bed-Stuy, these north-south routes connect with Tompkins Avenue and Throop Avenue, which both have bike lanes. But for years, the bike lanes didn’t extend south […]

Reappointed by Rosenthal, Dan Zweig Already Trashing Amsterdam Ave Plan

By Stephen Miller | Aug 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

Bike lane opponent Dan Zweig is at it again. The longtime Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair was quoted in a Post article trashing the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane before DOT even presents its design, set to be released in September or October. “There is very heavy traffic [on Amsterdam] and it is a truck […]

Street Seats and Bike Lanes Come to Brownsville and East New York

By Stephen Miller | Aug 12, 2015 | 11 Comments

Livable streets improvements are rolling out for residents of Brownsville and East New York. Two new Street Seats have popped up just blocks from each other on Pitkin Avenue and Mother Gaston Boulevard. Meanwhile, DOT is installing the neighborhood’s latest round of bike lanes. After a community-based planning process that began in 2011, the first phase […]

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