Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

U.S. DOT Releases New Guidance to Make Streets Safe for Cycling

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 10, 2014 | No Comments

Last month in Pittsburgh, Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx unveiled a new federal initiative aimed at reducing pedestrian and cyclist fatalities. Despite declining overall traffic fatalities, people walking and biking are being killed more often on American streets, a disturbing trend that U.S. DOT wants to reverse. Now we’re beginning to see what the feds have in […]

Manhattan CB 6 Backs East River Greenway Connector on 37th Street

By Stephen Miller | Oct 9, 2014 | 12 Comments

It’s going to become safer and easier to access the East River Greenway, thanks to a vote last night by Manhattan Community Board 6. In a surprisingly drama-free meeting, the board backed the recommendation of DOT and its own transportation committee for a two-way bike path on a single block of 37th Street, connecting the […]

Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Likely Delayed Until Next Year

By Stephen Miller | Oct 8, 2014 | 13 Comments

One of the most anticipated livable streets projects of 2014 probably won’t get built until next year. NYC DOT’s plan to convert a traffic lane on the Pulaski Bridge to a two-way protected bike path, which would relieve crowding on the bridge’s narrow bike-ped path and calm traffic heading toward McGuinness Boulevard in Brooklyn, is […]

Want Safer Connections to the East Side Greenway? Tell CB 6 on Monday

By Stephen Miller | Oct 3, 2014 | 6 Comments

On Monday, the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee is set to reconsider a plan to install a two-way protected bike lane on a block of East 37th Street, connecting First Avenue with the East River Greenway. The plan has run up against stiff opposition from residents of an adjacent condominium tower who don’t want a […]

Eyes on the Street: The Evolution of the Bergen Street Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Oct 1, 2014 | 31 Comments

What began as an ad hoc fix for a bike lane chronically clogged by cars has become permanent after DOT installed a block-long barrier on the Bergen Street bike lane in front of the 78th Precinct in Prospect Heights. It started more than two years ago when Ian Dutton moved some leftover ConEd cones a […]

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“Build It for Isabella”: Putting a Face on Why People Hesitate to Bike

By Michael Andersen | Sep 10, 2014 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Eight years ago, Portland Bicycle Coordinator Roger Geller wrote one of the most influential pieces of modern American bike-planning theory when he divided the potential transportation bikers in his city into four […]

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