Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

The DOT plan converts unprotected bike lanes on Skillman Avenue and 43rd Avenue to parking-protected lanes. Image: DOT

DOT Plans for Protected Bike Lanes Linking Queensboro Bridge and Queens Blvd

By David Meyer | Nov 7, 2017 | 14 Comments

The redesign of 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue would make for a nearly-continuous protected east-west bike route between the East Side of Manhattan and central Queens.

The intersection of 43rd Avenue and 39th Street in Sunnyside, where a drunk driver struck and killed Gelacio Reyes as he biked home from work in April. Image: Google Maps

Tonight: DOT Presents Redesign for Skillman and 43rd Avenues

By David Meyer | Nov 6, 2017 | 3 Comments

Cyclists are vulnerable to motor vehicle traffic on these two streets, which should be safe connections between the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Boulevard.

Eyes on the Street: Leading Bicycle Intervals and Semi-Protected Intersections

By Ben Fried and David Meyer | Oct 27, 2017 | 12 Comments

Readers are spying new DOT intersection treatments for bikeways popping up in Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Fifth Avenue is the most heavily cycled southbound avenue in Manhattan, even though it doesn’t have a protected bikeway. Image: Google Maps

Elected Officials Join Call for Midtown Fifth Avenue Bikeway

By David Meyer | Oct 26, 2017 | 7 Comments

For the second time, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Dan Garodnick, and State Senator Brad Hoylman called on DOT to make walking and biking safer on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.

The new protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue between 29th Street and 28th Street. Photo: Christa Orth

Eyes on the Street: Meet the 7th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2017 | 1 Comment

Markings are in place for at least several blocks of the Seventh Avenue protected bike lane, which will extend from 30th Street in Chelsea to Clarkson Street in the West Village when complete.

Fifth Avenue at 48th Street: Lots of space for cars, cramped conditions on the margins for people walking and biking. Photo: Google Maps

TransAlt to DOT: Street Redesigns Aren’t a Zero-Sum Game

By David Meyer | Oct 12, 2017 | 4 Comments

The redesign of Fifth Avenue isn't "a zero sum game" where better transit has to take priority over safe bicycling, or vice versa.

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