Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Mischaracterizations From Marty Seep Into Vacca Op-Ed on PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Aug 24, 2010 | 16 Comments

City Council Member Jimmy Vacca has made several public shows of support for street safety initiatives since taking over as chair of the transportation committee at the beginning of the year. To draw attention to the statewide complete streets bill, he stood with Speaker Christine Quinn at 23rd Street, using the Ninth Avenue bike lane […]

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Discovered on Columbus Ave

By Ben Fried | Aug 23, 2010 | 10 Comments

Felix Morales tries out the freshly painted lane on his scooter. Photo: Ken Coughlin After a lot of great advocacy from the Upper West Side Streets Renaissance and a down-to-the-wire vote at Community Board 7 this spring, DOT crews are laying down the first on-street protected bikeway above 34th 59th Street, on Columbus Avenue between […]

What They’re Saying About Protected Bike Lanes in East Harlem

By Ben Fried | Aug 19, 2010 | 7 Comments

Writing letters to the mayor in support of protected bike lanes for uptown. Photo: BicyclesOnly/Flickr Last Saturday, a group of volunteers with Transportation Alternatives set up a table on East 117th Street, gathering handwritten letters urging Mayor Bloomberg to extend protected bike lanes up to 125th Street, as originally planned. I’ve been meaning to write […]

Manhattan CB4 Wants the Full Safety Treatment for Eighth Ave Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jul 22, 2010 | 17 Comments

Last night Manhattan Community Board 4 voted unanimously in favor of an 11-block extension for the Eighth Avenue bike lane, which would bring the protected bikeway up to 34th Street. In an interesting flourish, the board asked that the extension include separate left-turn phases for bikes and cars. Top: Left-turn zone on Second Avenue. (Photo: […]

Facebook Tally: PPW Bike Lane Support Outnumbers Opposition 4 to 1

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2010 | 52 Comments

A lot of neighborhood activists swear by the maxim that it’s easier to organize against something than to drum up support for something new. But apparently this rule of thumb doesn’t apply to the Prospect Park West bike lane. Based on the latest tallies from Facebook, the incipient skirmish over New York’s newest two-way protected […]

Eyes on the Street: The Nascent First Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jul 12, 2010 | 69 Comments

The beginnings of the First Avenue protected bike lane, at St. Mark’s Place. Photo: Ben Fried It’s not finished yet, but some segments of the First Avenue bike lane are quite rideable. I used about eight blocks of it this weekend. This Saturday, I was able to bike from my apartment in Prospect Heights to […]

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