Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Amsterdam Bike Lane Will Get Full CB 7 Vote, Despite Transpo Committee

By David Meyer | Jan 13, 2016 | 43 Comments

Upper West Siders may finally get a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue — but it won’t be due to the support of Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee. Last night, in a split 4-4 vote, the committee failed to support a resolution in favor of DOT’s plan for a protected bike lane from 72nd Street […]

DOT Extends Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Plan to 8th Street

By David Meyer | Jan 8, 2016 | 47 Comments

DOT is extending its plan for a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue six blocks and will include some concrete pedestrian islands in the project. Previously, the plan called for a protected bike lane between 14th Street and 33rd Street with painted pedestrian islands at intersections. The revised plan extends south to 8th Street and will […]

DOT Proposes Complete Street for Second Ave Above 68th Street

By David Meyer | Jan 7, 2016 | 76 Comments

With the conclusion of Second Avenue Subway construction on the horizon, DOT is preparing to move forward with a 2010 plan to add a bus lane and protected bike lane to Second Avenue on the Upper East Side. The project will close a gap in the Second Avenue bus lane and extend the protected bike lane […]

What Protected Bike Lanes on Midtown Cross Streets Might Look Like

By David Meyer | Dec 9, 2015 | 19 Comments

We reported yesterday that DOT is exploring the potential for crosstown protected bike lanes in Midtown. Currently, the painted crosstown bike lanes on Midtown cross streets tend to get blocked by cars. Here’s how one reader put it: My main complaint as a crosstown cyclist in midtown during the workday are streets that are so calm that nothing […]

6 Manhattan Electeds Ask DOT for Complete Streets on Fifth and Sixth Ave

By David Meyer | Dec 4, 2015 | 11 Comments

DOT has put out a plan to add a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue from 14th Street to 33rd Street [PDF], and Manhattan electeds want more. A letter from State Senator Brad Hoylman and five other representatives calls for a more thorough complete street redesign along all of Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue from Greenwich Village to Central […]

CB 5 Committee to DOT: You Oughta Take a Traffic Lane Outta Sixth Avenue

By David Meyer | Nov 24, 2015 | 23 Comments

Like their counterparts at Community Board 4, members of the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee think DOT’s proposed redesign of Sixth Avenue isn’t bold enough. Unlike CB 4, the committee voted for the plan anyway in a unanimous decision last night. The proposal would add a protected bike lane from 14th Street to 33rd Street, narrowing […]

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