Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

This Block Now Has a Protected Bike Lane and a Wider Sidewalk

By David Meyer | Aug 7, 2017 | 26 Comments

Midtown Manhattan avenues have a problem: The sidewalks aren't wide enough for all the people walking on them. People have to walk in the roadbed to get where they're going. On avenues with protected bike lanes, this means people on foot spill over into bikeways, rendering them all but impassable for cyclists. Now there's a single Midtown block with a protected bike lane that also has a wider sidewalk.

The first bike lane in Rego Park. Photo: RegoParkQueens/Twitter

Eyes on the Street: The Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Reaches Rego Park

By David Meyer | Aug 4, 2017 | 3 Comments

The next segment of the Queens Boulevard safety overhaul is well underway. For the third summer in a row, DOT crews are laying down green paint for bike lanes on the Queens Boulevard service roads and expanding pedestrian space in the medians.

Cyclists want more protected bike lanes — and it's not protected if someone can park on it. Photo: Paco Abraham

DOT Won’t Take This Simple Step to Keep Police Cars Out of the Union Square Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 3, 2017 | 26 Comments

Ever since DOT added a two-way protected bike lane around the northern and eastern edges of Union Square last year, the project has been marred by NYPD parking near the intersection with 15th Street. Plastic posts were supposed to keep cars out where police park, but it looks like DOT has jettisoned that idea and has no plans to revive it.

Queens CB 11 chair Christine Haider says Northern Boulevard needs all this asphalt to move cars. Photo: Google Maps

Queens CB 11 Chair Asked DOT to Scrap Northern Blvd Bike Lane That Her Board Endorsed

By David Meyer | Aug 2, 2017 | 11 Comments

Board chair Christine Haider sent a letter to DOT attempting to negate CB 11's full board vote for a protected bike lane on part of Northern Boulevard. DOT says it's moving forward with the project.

DOT won't actually implement the yellow plastic "tuff curbs" that were supposed to protect cyclists during rush hour. Image: DOT

Tuff Luck: DOT Nixes Rush Hour Protection on 2nd Ave Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Aug 1, 2017 | 22 Comments

Last summer, DOT put forward a plan to install a protected bike lane on Second Avenue between 59th Street and 43rd Street. Now the new bike lane is in place, but the "tuff curbs" that are supposed to protect it during rush hour are nowhere to be seen, and DOT has no intention of adding them.

DOT will focus on these neighborhoods in Queens and Brooklyn with its next round of additions to the bike network. Image: DOT

These 10 Neighborhoods Won’t Be Voids in the Bike Network Much Longer, Says DOT

By David Meyer | Jul 31, 2017 | 3 Comments

Cycling in NYC is much safer than it was a generation ago, when the city had only a bare-bones bicycle network, but there's still a lot of ground to cover before most New Yorkers feel comfortable getting around by bike. In a new report from DOT, the Department of Health, and NYPD, the city takes stock of its progress on bike safety and lays out its next steps.

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