Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring

By David Meyer | Mar 3, 2017 | 11 Comments

Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.

Ann Pfoser Darby, facing the camera, was first appointed to Queens CB 4 in 1987 and held her seat for 30 years, until she was canned for cheering on deportations. Photo: Juan Restrepo

Queens CB 4 Member: No One Will Need Bike Lanes “Once Trump Removes the Illegals”

By David Meyer | Mar 1, 2017 | 43 Comments

Ann Pfoser Darby, a long-time member of Queens Community Board 4, argued last night that 111th Street by Flushing Meadows Corona Park doesn't need a protected bike lane because Donald Trump will deport "all the illegals." City Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland is now calling for Borough President Melinda Katz to remove Darby from the board.

Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Slated for 210th Street in Eastern Queens

By David Meyer | Feb 28, 2017 | 6 Comments

A wide street by Cunningham Park and M.S. 74 in Windsor Park is slated for pedestrian safety improvements and a two-way protected bike lane alongside the park. The Queens Community Board 11 transportation committee voted unanimously for the DOT plan last night.

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Street Transformation: The Chrystie Street Protected Bike Lane

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Feb 27, 2017 | No Comments

At the end of 2016, NYC DOT completed work on the protected bike lane on Chrystie Street, a key connection between the Manhattan Bridge and the rest of the Manhattan bike network. The story of this bike lane is a case study in how good things happen when city officials are willing to listen to advocates with smart ideas.

Take a Ride on New York City’s Bike Lanes — in 2002

By Ben Fried and Brad Aaron | Feb 2, 2017 | 16 Comments

New York still has a lot of work to do to create an all-ages, low-street citywide bike network, but let's pause for a moment to appreciate how far the city has come.

Bronxites to DOT: Grand Concourse Is Awful for Walking and Biking

By David Meyer | Jan 20, 2017 | 12 Comments

When it was built at the turn of the 20th Century, the Grand Concourse was envisioned as the Bronx’s Champs Elysées. But generations of car-oriented development have reduced the Concourse to a speedway for motor vehicle traffic, despite low rates of car ownership in the neighborhoods that surround it.

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