Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

DOT Lincoln Square Plan Leaves Cyclists Knotted in Dangerous Bowtie Traffic

By Stephen Miller | Dec 10, 2014 | 21 Comments

A DOT safety plan for streets near the Lincoln Square bowtie focuses mostly on pedestrians while leaving cyclists to mix it up with cars and trucks for five blocks near the complex crossing. The proposal, which includes expanded sidewalks, additional crosswalks, new turn restrictions, and a few bike lane upgrades, could be on the ground as soon as next […]

Eyes on the Street: Greenway Link That Burns Up Kips Bay Condo Owners

By Stephen Miller | Nov 7, 2014 | 26 Comments

DOT has striped and painted an important greenway connection on one block of East 37th Street, which received the support of Manhattan Community Board 6 last month. DOT began installing the bike lane this week, and the agency says the full project will be complete by the end of next week. This short but crucial greenway […]

Kips Bay Condo Owners Don’t Want Bike Lane By Their Door, So They’re Suing

By Stephen Miller | Nov 4, 2014 | 28 Comments

Lawsuits against bike lanes and bike-share stations have all gone down in flames in New York City courts, but that’s not stopping Kips Bay condo owners from suing NYC DOT over a short, very useful connection linking the East Side Greenway and the First Avenue bike lane. The bike lane has the backing of local […]

Highlights From Today’s City Council Transportation Infrastructure Hearing

By Stephen Miller | Nov 3, 2014 | 9 Comments

Today, the City Council transportation and economic development committees held a marathon joint hearing on New York’s transportation investment needs. Top staff from the MTA and NYC DOT, including Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg, fielded questions from council members for the better part of the day. Here are some highlights: Council members Jimmy Van Bramer and […]

DCP Sketches Out Waterfront Transit and Safer Streets for Western Queens

By Stephen Miller | Oct 10, 2014 | 11 Comments

A new transitway from LaGuardia Airport to Downtown Brooklyn is the most ambitious recommendation in a draft report [PDF] from the Department of City Planning on transportation in Western Queens, which also includes a raft of smaller changes that would make the streets of Astoria and Long Island City safer and more livable. While the transitway is the […]

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