Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

DOT and Ydanis Rodriguez Break Ground on Uptown Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jun 12, 2015 | 10 Comments

Don’t underestimate the importance of this development: Today, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez announced the groundbreaking for new bike routes linking the Hudson River Greenway to the restored High Bridge, which connects Upper Manhattan to the Bronx. The shovels-in-the-ground moment and its sibling, the ribbon-cutting-with-oversized-scissors, are irresistible to elected officials everywhere. Usually, this feeds into the political incentive […]

CB 7 Committee Asks DOT for Amsterdam Protected Bike Lane “Immediately”

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 7 Comments

On Tuesday, the Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee unanimously passed a resolution asking DOT to immediately install a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue in the neighborhood. DOT has built out a southbound protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue from 110th Street almost to Columbus Circle over the past five years, but the city has not created a […]

DOT Replaces a Block of the Fifth Avenue Bike Lane With Sharrows

By Stephen Miller | Jun 11, 2015 | 13 Comments

DOT’s recent design tweaks to Eighth Street have come with an unwelcome change on Fifth Avenue. As the Fifth Avenue bike lane approaches Eighth Street, it now morphs into sharrows that overlap with a turning lane for motorists. The dedicated space for cycling is gone, and the new design is incompatible with the protected bike lane that advocates and […]

Eyes on the Street: The Case of the Missing Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Jun 10, 2015 | 34 Comments

The streets have been repaved. Lane striping, crosswalks, and stop bars have been added back. But there’s something missing from two streets in DOT’s bike network: bike lanes. In Williamsburg, Driggs Avenue has been repaved — but you would never know it’s a key bike connection from the Williamsburg Bridge. The street has all its stripes back except […]

Queens CB 2 Votes Unanimously in Favor of Queens Blvd Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 5, 2015 | 11 Comments

Big changes are coming to Queens Boulevard in Woodside this summer after a unanimous vote last night from Queens Community Board 2 for a DOT redesign. The plan will add protected bike lanes and expand pedestrian space on 1.3 miles of the “Boulevard of Death,” from Roosevelt Avenue to 74th Street [PDF]. Six people were killed on this stretch of […]

DOT, CB 12 Hold Firm as Cranks Attack Fort George Hill Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Jun 4, 2015 | 32 Comments

Fort George Hill co-op owners had a freak-out over a new protected bike lane at a Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee meeting Monday evening. The bike lane, installed earlier this year to provide a safe two-way connection between Washington Heights and Inwood, was among a handful of streets CB 12 suggested to DOT for bike lanes in 2012. […]

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