Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer called for a protected bike lane on 43rd Avenue in April 2017 alongside Flor Jimenez, whose partner Gelacio Reyes had been killed biking on the roadway — a call that set into motion a year of "regrets." Photo: David Meyer

Jimmy Van Bramer Consummates His Craven Reversal on Protected Bike Lanes for Sunnyside

By David Meyer | Jun 20, 2018 | 6 Comments

Last April, Van Bramer stood next to a grieving widow and called for a protected bike lane on 43rd Avenue. DOT produced a plan, but Van Bramer refused to support it.

DOT's redesign of Broadway reduces crossing distances by 30 percent. Photo: Susan Brenner

Made in the Shade: First Look at the Broadway Bike Lane By Van Cortlandt Park

By David Meyer | Jun 19, 2018 | 37 Comments

Backed by Council Member Andy Cohen, it's the first protected bike lane in the northwest Bronx.

Chrystie and Grand, 6 p.m. Photo: Ben Fried

Bicycle Rush Hour on Chrystie Street

By Ben Fried | Jun 15, 2018 | 9 Comments

It's now common to see bike traffic outnumber car traffic on this connection to the Manhattan Bridge. The Chrystie Street protected bike lane and the Jay Street protected bike lane, on top of the bike network development that came before them, plus the availability of Citi Bike, are clearly moving the needle.

The new bikeway taking shape on Flushing Avenue in Brooklyn. Photo: Twitter/Brian Howald

Eyes on the Street: Signs of Greenway Progress on Flushing Avenue

By David Meyer | Jun 15, 2018 | 11 Comments

Construction on the two-way protected bikeway is underway, three years behind schedule.

Crankiness About Car Storage Can’t Stop the Queens Boulevard Redesign

By David Meyer | Jun 14, 2018 | 15 Comments

It's an example of what the de Blasio administration can accomplish when it decides to take its public safety mandate seriously.

Painted markings for 26th Street's forthcoming protected bike lane adjacent to the memorial bike for Dan Hanegby, killed biking there last June. Photo: Twitter/Jeff Novich

Eyes on the Street: Start the Countdown for Midtown’s Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 13, 2018 | 9 Comments

DOT crews were out installing preliminary markings on 26th Street today.

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