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New Riverside Park Master Plan May Send Greenway Cyclists on Hilly Detours

By David Meyer | Jun 29, 2016 | 62 Comments

The waterfront greenway in Riverside Park is one of New York’s most popular places to bike and walk. During the summer, it can get crowded — so crowded that the Parks Department is proposing new detour routes to divert cyclists away from the waterfront path. Those routes are hillier and poorly lit, however, and advocates are worried that the department will compel […]

Manhattan CB 8 Votes Against Basic Striped Crosstown Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | May 19, 2016 | 63 Comments

Last night, by a vote of 25-19 with one abstention, Manhattan Community Board 8 voted against DOT’s plan for three pairs of painted crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. Despite four months of deliberations, bike lane opponents managed to achieve their desired outcome last night, sending a strong signal that no bike lane design is too mild to avoid their wrath. […]

Melinda Katz Tries to Kill Queens Blvd Bike Lane in the Name of “Community”

By Ben Fried | May 13, 2016 | 86 Comments

This was the community’s reaction to the @NYC_DOT proposal @MelindaKatz @StreetsblogNYC pic.twitter.com/JyyXFroWwK — Jaime Andrés (@jaimeamonc) May 12, 2016 Tuesday night’s meeting on the redesign of Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst was one of the uglier exercises in petty community board obstructionism in recent memory. Queens Community Board 4 District Manager Christian Cassagnol said the safety of cyclists […]

Reason Prevails at the End of Upper East Side Bike Lane Meeting

By David Meyer | May 5, 2016 | 21 Comments

Bringing some resolution to one of the more absurd bike lane stories in recent memory, last night the Manhattan Community Board 8 transportation committee voted 9-2 in favor of a DOT plan to add three pairs of crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side. First came many protestations about how these bike lane stripes have no place […]

Will DOT Make Safety Upgrades Over Objections of Sheepshead Bay Cranks?

By Brad Aaron | Apr 21, 2016 | 4 Comments

Update: DOT confirmed this project is happening. DOT intends to go ahead with a project to straighten out a bus route and add pedestrian space in Sheepshead Bay, reports the Brooklyn Daily. DOT had let the project stall after Council Member Chaim Deutsch and Community Board 15 opposed it, but after a bus driver killed […]

Adding Curb Space for Cars vs. Space for Bikes — DOT’s Double Standard

By Brad Aaron | Apr 19, 2016 | 24 Comments

Thanks @NYC_DOT for removing the loading zone on our block to gain two parking spaces. Guess what happens now? pic.twitter.com/BKVeRDKoay — Brooklyn Spoke (@BrooklynSpoke) April 15, 2016 Whenever curb space is reallocated for bike parking in New York City, the process is intensive. Getting NYC DOT to install a bike corral usually involves lots of signature gathering, and […]

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