Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Mark-Viverito: Let’s Make the Whole Grand Concourse Safe for Biking

By David Meyer | Oct 5, 2016 | 3 Comments

Add City Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito to the list of elected officials calling on DOT to get serious about protected bike lanes on the Grand Concourse. The speaker penned a letter last week to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg asking DOT to study protected bike lanes on the corridor from 138th Street to 158th Street [PDF], where DOT plans so far have not included […]

Ferreras Joins Corona Families to Demand Action From de Blasio on 111th St

By David Meyer | Oct 4, 2016 | 12 Comments

More than a year after DOT first proposed a redesign of 111th Street in Corona to make it safer for residents to access Flushing Meadows Corona Park, the city has failed to follow through and implement the project. Today, parents and children from Corona and Jackson Heights joined Council Member Julissa Ferreras-Copeland on the steps of City […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes Around Union Square

By David Meyer | Sep 28, 2016 | 3 Comments

DOT began installing new bike lanes leading to and around Union Square this week. The project — which will eventually include a two-way protected lane around the park’s eastern and northern edges — is not nearly complete, but fresh paint along Fourth Avenue between 12th and 15th heralds bigger changes on the way. In addition […]

Bronx Electeds Call for “Complete” Concourse for Buses, Bikes, and People

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2016 | 10 Comments

With momentum building for a complete street and fully-protected bikeway along the Grand Concourse, Council Member Andrew Cohen joined Bronx activists on the steps of the Bronx County Courthouse this morning to call on the city to redesign the street thoroughly and expeditiously. “The entire length of the Concourse… [represents] a design from the 1950s — all about […]

Good Riddance to the Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit

By Ben Fried | Sep 22, 2016 | 47 Comments

The people suing to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane have given up, more than five years after initiating a lawsuit that nearly sank New York City’s bike program. In a statement, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes and Seniors for Safety (“organizations” that, to the best of my knowledge, now stand in for two people — former […]

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Vancouver’s Breathtaking Network of Safe, Protected Bike Lanes

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 20, 2016 | No Comments

In 2012, the Vancouver City Council set an ambitious goal for bicycle mode share — 7 percent of all trips by 2020. The city proceeded to hit the mark in 2015, five years ahead of schedule! When you ride around Vancouver’s fantastic network of bike lanes, it’s no wonder the city is experiencing a leap in ridership. […]

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