Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

T.A. activists riding in the recently-inaugurated protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue. Photo: David Meyer

TA Celebrates Manhattan’s New Bike Lanes With Local Electeds

By David Meyer | Nov 15, 2016 | 10 Comments

Advocates won some hard-fought battles for safer bike infrastructure this year, and on Sunday they celebrated with a ride on Manhattan's newest protected bike lanes, starting at the foot of the Manhattan Bridge and ending at Amsterdam Avenue and West 105th Street, thanking supporters along the way.

No More Stalling: DOT Redesigns Gerritsen Ave After Teen Cyclist’s Death

By David Meyer | Oct 24, 2016 | 9 Comments

DOT will install a two-way protected bike lane and other traffic-calming measures on Gerritsen Avenue, the street next to Marine Park in southern Brooklyn where a drunk driver killed a teenage cyclist this summer [PDF]. On the night of July 19, Thomas Groarke, 24, overtook another driver on the left and sped into the wide painted median on […]

DOT Compromises 111th Street Redesign to Win Francisco Moya’s Support

By David Meyer | Oct 20, 2016 | 22 Comments

DOT has released a watered-down version of its redesign for 111th Street in Corona. The compromise has won over Assembly Member Francisco Moya, who had withheld his support for the original plan, saying 111th Street needed to retain more car lanes. The new design will not be as safe to cross as the original proposal. Instead of […]

DOT and Citi Bike Celebrate Sixth Avenue Bikeway and #WomenWhoBike

By Brad Aaron | Oct 19, 2016 | 14 Comments

DOT and Citi Bike marked the return of a protected bike lane to Sixth Avenue today with a ribbon-cutting and celebratory ride. The event also served to highlight Women’s Bike Month and a Motivate campaign to encourage women in NYC to ride bikes. The new Sixth Avenue bikeway runs from Eighth Street to 33rd Street, the same street where […]

DOT Floats Greenwich Avenue Protected Bike Lane to Manhattan CB 2

By David Meyer | Oct 14, 2016 | 16 Comments

DOT may create a safer cycling connection between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue with a two-way parking protected bike lane on most of Greenwich Avenue — if Manhattan Community Board 2 votes for it. Greenwich is a short street but an important east-west connection in an area where the Manhattan grid breaks down. Even though there is […]

Eyes on the Street: Making Room for the Chrystie Street Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Oct 10, 2016 | 7 Comments

Before DOT can stripe a two-way protected bike lane on Chrystie Street, it has to relocate three pedestrian islands to make room for the bikeway. Work on those islands — at Canal, Broome, and Delancey streets — appears to be mostly complete. The protected bike lane along the eastern curb of Chrystie will replace today’s un-protected painted lanes, which leave […]

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