Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Behold, New York's newest protected bike infrastructure. Photo: Dave Colon

Eyes On The Street: The 38th And 39th Street Bike Lanes Are Not Ready For Prime Time

By Dave Colon | May 29, 2020 | No Comments

It would be misleading to say Manhattan's newest crosstown bike lanes are unsafe, because that statement would imply that the lanes exist in any recognizable form.

Here's Prospect Park West at the start of the open streets program. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Mayor Reveals 12 More Miles of Open Streets, Plus 9 Miles of Bike Lanes

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 13, 2020 | No Comments

Twelve more miles of open streets start today for socially responsible recreation. But like the bike lanes, they're temporary.

Queens Boulevard in its early days. File photo: Stephen Miller

The Final Phase of the Queens Boulevard Safety Redesign is On Ice For This Year At Least

By Gersh Kuntzman | May 12, 2020 | No Comments

DOT confirmed on Tuesday that it had put off the project for the year — at least.

Council Member Ben Kallos (inset) and his dream machine.

Don’t Let Coronavirus Prevent NYC from Buying Small Snowplows (…Wait, Wut?)

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 2, 2020 | No Comments

That's a bizarre headline, but it makes sense when you consider what Council Member Ben Kallos is hoping to do on the Upper East Side and, eventually, all of Manhattan!

Going, going, gone: The protected portion of the 13th Street bike lane was destroyed in 24 hours.

Eyes on the Street: Drivers Destroyed a Protected Bike Lane … in 24 Hours!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Feb 29, 2020 | No Comments

Here's why we can't have nice things: drivers.

DOT Commissioner Polly Trottenberg (Ieft with TransAlt Executive Director Danny Harris and StreetsPAC Executive Director Eric McClure) in better days. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Brooklyn Rides de Blasio’s ‘Green Wave’ with 10 Miles of PBLs This Year

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jan 29, 2020 | No Comments

"This is meant to be a huge focus on Brooklyn, given the terrible spate of cyclist of fatalities last year," Department of Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg told Streetsblog.

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