Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

CB 7 Approves Reso Favoring Protected UWS Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Oct 8, 2009 | 7 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 7 approved a resolution Tuesday in support of protected bike lanes for the Upper West Side. According to Streetsblog readers who attended and the Westside Independent web site, a mostly positive discussion on the merits of such improvements — in front of a packed house of residents wearing "Protected Bike Lanes Protect […]

Tonight: CB 7 to Take Up Protected Bike Lane Resolution

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2009 | 6 Comments

Tonight Manhattan Community Board 7 will vote on a resolution supporting the installation of protected bike lanes on the Upper West Side. Having cleared the board’s transportation committee last week, the reso would align the full board behind the concept of protected bike lanes on Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from 59th to 110th Streets. As […]

CB 7 Committee Passes Reso Favoring Protected UWS Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Oct 1, 2009 | 14 Comments

At a lengthy meeting Wednesday night, the transportation committee of Community Board 7 passed a resolution in support of the "concept" of protected bike lanes on Columbus and Amsterdam Avenues from 59th to 110th Streets. The 6-2 committee vote came after testimony from area residents, business people, and community board members from Hell’s Kitchen and […]

Streetfilms: The Sands Street Bike Path, a New Kind of Bridge Approach

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 25, 2009 | 10 Comments

Chalk up more bikeway innovation to the folks at the NYC Department of Transportation. Nearly complete, the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge is now safer and more enjoyable thanks to a New York City first: a center-median, two-way protected bike path. The facility is a perfect solution to counter the dangers posed by […]

Latest Kent Avenue Bike Lane Complaint: Truck Traffic

By Ben Fried | Sep 18, 2009 | 27 Comments

One section of the Kent Avenue two-way bike path has been painted. Two more will follow. Image: NYCDOT [PDF]. We’ve got another dispatch from the ongoing bike lane drama that is Kent Avenue. At Wednesday night’s information session hosted by Brooklyn CB1, the DOT team gave a short presentation [PDF] outlining their plan to address […]

Double-Parkers Gravitate Into Sands Street Bike Path

By Ben Fried | Sep 8, 2009 | 8 Comments

Time Warner sets up an operation in the Sands Street bike path. Photo: Gothamist. Cyclists riding across the Manhattan Bridge have had about a month to try out the new Sands Street bike path, and based on the reviews so far, two major kinks are marring an otherwise sterling project. First, motorists, especially delivery vehicles, […]

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