Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Queens Boulevard Needs Better Barriers to Protect Cyclists From Idiots Like This Guy

By Brad Aaron | Jun 8, 2018 | 22 Comments

DOT's design for the Queens Boulevard capital project calls for placing the bike lane on a mountable curb, which would do little to prevent incidents like this.

Members of Queens Community Board 2 voted 27-8 last night against DOT's plan to redesign Skillman and 43rd avenues. Photo: David Meyer

Ignorance Reigns as Queens CB 2 Votes Against Protected Bike Lanes for 43rd and Skillman

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2018 | 8 Comments

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer and U.S. Representative Joe Crowley have indulged an atmosphere of hysteria that was on full display last night.

Soon to be ex Congressman Joe Crowley — still fighting, still wrong. Photo: Flickr/Office of NY Governor Andrew Cuomo

U.S. Rep Joe Crowley Goes Full NIMBY on Skillman and 43rd Avenue Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2018 | 17 Comments

Crowley claims to be listening to the “community,” but plenty of his Sunnyside constituents want to see the redesign happen.

Community Board 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith, far right, was unable to stop the plan for protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman avenues from advancing out of committee. Photo: David Meyer

Queens CB 2 Committee Endorses Skillman/43rd Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jun 5, 2018 | 8 Comments

Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, who has yet to take a position on DOT's plan, could put it over the top if he endorses the project ahead of the full board vote on Thursday.

The basic template for the redesign of Ninth Street (exact dimensions haven't been finalized yet). Image: DOT

De Blasio: Protected Bike Lanes Coming to 9th Street in Park Slope This Summer

By David Meyer | May 30, 2018 | 20 Comments

The redesign will shorten crossing distances for pedestrians and shield cyclists from car traffic.

Gregg Baker sustained a broken clavicle, two broken ribs, and a collapsed lung when an unidentified man knocked him off his bike in the Eighth Avenue bike lane on May 14.

Eighth Avenue’s Narrow Sidewalks Land a Cyclist in the Hospital

By David Meyer | May 30, 2018 | 43 Comments

With six lanes for traffic and parking but only a narrow band for the much larger number of people on foot, it was only a matter of time before tensions boiled over.

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