Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Trottenberg: DOT Will Soon Propose Amsterdam Avenue Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Aug 14, 2015 | 22 Comments

DOT will release a long-awaited proposal for a bike lane and other traffic calming measures on Amsterdam Avenue on the Upper West Side this September or October, Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg said on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show this morning. The announcement comes after years of requests from local advocates and Manhattan Community Board 7 for a […]

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It Just Works: Davis Quietly Debuts America’s First Protected Intersection

By Michael Andersen | Aug 11, 2015 | No Comments

Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. The city that brought America the bike lane 48 years ago this summer has done it again. Davis, California — population 66,000, bike commuting rate 20 percent — finished work last week […]

Pulaski Bridge Bike Path Delayed Again, Now Scheduled for April 2016

By Stephen Miller | Aug 6, 2015 | 23 Comments

Construction delays will push completion of the Pulaski Bridge protected bike lane to 2016, says DOT, the second setback for the project. Until the dedicated bikeway is built, the bridge’s narrow walking and biking path will only get more cramped as Citi Bike debuts in the neighborhoods on both sides of the bridge. The bike path would […]

Levine to DOT: The Time Is Now for Amsterdam Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 29, 2015 | 12 Comments

City Council Member Mark Levine sent a letter today urging Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg to put a protected bike lane on Amsterdam Avenue. Levine’s district encompasses much of the Upper West Side north of W. 95th Street. Calling on DOT to act, he pointed to unsafe conditions on Amsterdam, attendant wrong-way cycling on the Columbus Avenue southbound protected […]

Attn DOT: Amsterdam Avenue Is Begging for a Protected Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2015 | 41 Comments

DOT is in the process of repaving Amsterdam Avenue from 79th Street to 93rd Street. Here’s the scene at 84th Street yesterday afternoon, courtesy of Community Board 7 member Ken Coughlin. Think there’s enough space for a protected bike lane? Nine feet is all you need. Amsterdam is one of the big voids in the […]

Tish James Calls on DOT to Make Bike Lanes Standard on Vision Zero Projects

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

Have you noticed that DOT street safety projects are leaving out bike lanes even when there’s plenty of room for them? So has Public Advocate Tish James. In a letter to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg last week, James called on DOT to make bike lanes a default feature of street redesigns, especially on wide arterial streets where […]

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