Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bollards

Tillary Street: Bike Lane or Parking Space?

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 7, 2006 | 20 Comments

Guess what Transportation Alternatives’ Brooke DuBose and Streetfilms’ Clarence Eckerson found in Downtown Brooklyn’s physically-separated bike lane on Tillary Street this morning? Cars and trucks, of course. Four of them driving, parking or unloading in the "protected" bike lane in just ten minutes of filming. Streetsbloggers who have been debating bike lane design and enjoying Bollard Porn, will appreciate Clarence’s […]

Bollard Porn

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 6, 2006 | 29 Comments

Anyone who is upset about cars driving on the Hudson River Greenway or has doubts that New York City’s bus rapid transit experiment will work without physical barriers to prevent motorists from driving and parking in bus lanes will find profound satisfaction in this video from Manchester, England. Watch as scofflaw motorists try to sneak […]

“Officials Deny” That Flatbush and Glenwood is Dangerous

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 9, 2006 | 4 Comments

The green circle with the red dot in the middle marks the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Glenwood Road where, between 1995 and 2001 there were 23 pedestrian injuries and one fatality. More recent data shows the intersection to be one of the most dangerous in New York City. Source: Crashstat.org Yesterday morning, the driver of an SUV […]

Grand Army Plaza Bollards: Saving Lives and Wrecking Cars

By Aaron Naparstek | Nov 8, 2006 | 1 Comment

The scene on Monday morning at the pedestrian refuge island in the middle of Flatbush Avenue between Prospect Park and the Brooklyn Public Library. The bollards this guy smashed into surround the infamous pedestrian refuge island where the "little walk man" beckons people into the middle of Flatbush Avenue and then sadistically traps them there as heavy traffic flies […]

NYC Finally Cracking Down on Security Barriers

By Aaron Naparstek | Oct 9, 2006 | 1 Comment

In the aftermath of September 11th, concrete and steel barriers sprouted like mushrooms around big buildings in New York City. It almost seemed to me to be a kind of status symbol. You knew you worked in an important building if your landlord had hardened it against truck bombs. The barriers were often ugly and […]

This is What a Bike-Friendly City Looks Like

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 27, 2006 | 24 Comments

Montreal: Youth, extraordinary bravery and helmets are unnecessary. Montreal: A two-way, buffered bike lane on a residential street. Montreal: A two-way, physically-separated bike lane on a busy avenue. Berlin: Bike lanes along this busy avenue are clearly differentiated from the street and sidewalk using color and physical separation. Berlin: Bike lanes often share sidewalk space […]

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