Bay Ridge Community Board Presses DOT for Better East-West Bike Connections
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DOT's plan for southern Brooklyn is mostly sharrows, and people who bike in the area say that's not good enough.
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Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman
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Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.
Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted
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"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.
Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes
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Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.
Queens Boulevard Redesign Coming to Forest Hills in July
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DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.
Ydanis Rodriguez and CB 12 Call on DOT to Make Dyckman More Dangerous
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Putting a two-way bike lane on the north side of Dyckman, as Rodriguez and CB 12 propose, will guarantee more crashes and injuries than the current design.