Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Activists to DOT: ‘This Smashed Tomato Could Be My Head!’

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 26, 2019 | 22 Comments

Activists around the country are laying red Solo cups along the edges of unprotected bike lanes, but here in New York, at least one is making his anger about dangerous streets far more graphic.

A truck delivering to The Sandwich Shop blocking the eastbound bike lane on Tuesday morning. Photo: David Meyer

De Blasio Announces Grand Street Bike Lanes Will Stay, Ending L-Train Uncertainty

By David Meyer | Apr 24, 2019 | 18 Comments

The future of the bike lanes had been uncertain since the day Governor Cuomo canceled the L-train shutdown. But Mayor de Blasio is suddenly on a roll.

That was then. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms Wayback Machine: When Union Square Sucked (Before DOT Fixed It!)

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 17, 2019 | 5 Comments

Let's go to the Streetfilms archive to see some really great footage of just how terrible Manhattan's Union Square was before it was transformed.

The Council wants more of this! Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Council to Mayor: Do More to Break the Car Culture

By Gersh Kuntzman | Apr 11, 2019 | 5 Comments

The official response to the mayor's proposed 2020 budget calls for far more livable streets initiatives.

The city needs even more of these kinds of protected bike lanes. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Community Board Panel OK’s More Protected Bike Lanes in Midtown

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 26, 2019 | 5 Comments

Not every community board is opposed to street safety, you know.

The ghost bike of Robert Spencer is a reminder of the need for safety in Long Island City. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Vigil for Robert Spencer — And More Demands for Polly Trottenberg to Just Build Bike Lanes

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 16, 2019 | 6 Comments

A family mourns — and demands that the city do more to make sure a seventh cyclist isn't killed this year.

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