Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: Kent Avenue Progress Report

By Ben Fried | Sep 2, 2009 | 20 Comments

Clarence sends these shots from Kent Avenue, where the striping and painting of the city’s first two-way, on-street parking protected bike lane is currently in progress. This is the view looking north from the vicinity of Clymer Street. The project will be completed in two phases. According to DOT’s project presentation [PDF], the current work, […]

Eyes on the Street: A Safer, More Sociable Boulevard Takes Shape

By Ben Fried | Aug 31, 2009 | 11 Comments

A reader sends this view of Pike Street, taken from the Manhattan Bridge bike path late last week. You’ll notice the square of light pavement connecting two mall segments. That’s the intersection with Monroe Street, one of four locations slated for pedestrian plazas in DOT’s most recent plan for Pike and Allen Streets [PDF]. A […]

Today: Celebrate a Livable Streets Milestone With TA

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2009 | 4 Comments

Workers add markings to the Sands Street lane. Photo: brooklynbybike/Flickr Later today, Transportation Alternatives will mark the completion of a major Brooklyn livable streets improvement — a protected bike lane on the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge. Sands Street is where, in 2005, TA Senior Policy Advisor Noah Budnick was seriously injured after […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike Traffic on Eighth = Rolling Goldmine

By Ben Fried | Jul 16, 2009 | 15 Comments

Thanks to BicyclesOnly for posting this shot from yesterday morning’s commute to the Streetsblog Flickr pool. By my count, we’ve got six people riding bikes here on a one-and-a-half block stretch of the Eighth Avenue protected path, with two or three others farther back, in the shade. As far as I can tell, everyone is […]

First Look: A Walkable, Bikeable Gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 30, 2009 | 24 Comments

The proposed boulevard-style entryway to the Brooklyn Bridge. Image: NYCDOT. Last week DOT unveiled this conceptual plan for a better gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge [PDF]. For the thousands of pedestrians and cyclists who access the bridge on the Brooklyn side every day, it’s a winner. Presented at a public meeting in downtown Brooklyn, the […]

Streetfilms: BRT and Bikes on LA’s Orange Line

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 23, 2009 | 10 Comments

Who would have thought that one of the best Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) systems in the U.S. would be in its most sprawling city? In October 2005, the Los Angeles County Metro Authority (or Metro) debuted a new 14-mile BRT system in the San Fernando Valley using a former rail right-of-way. Unlike many "rapid" bus […]

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