Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Construction of East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes Slated to Start This Month

By Ben Fried | Aug 2, 2012 | 13 Comments

Before cleaning his workspace yesterday and packing up for New Haven, Noah Kazis snagged one more piece of good news, which it is my pleasure to report: DOT will begin constructing a protected bike lane on Second Avenue in East Harlem at the end of August. The first section to be built will stretch from […]

Eyes on the Street: Lines Forming for Ninth Ave Protected Bike Lane

By Brad Aaron | Jul 11, 2012 | 31 Comments

Construction on Midtown protected bike lanes continues apace. Reader Hilda Cohen sends in the above shot from Ninth Avenue, where she says “contractors are out marking lines between 47th and 39th.” “Traffic was already moving smoother,” writes Hilda. On Twitter, @andrewneidhardt posted this photo of Ninth at 38th. Regular Streetsblog readers may know that I […]

Eyes on the Street: Concrete Progress on Eighth Ave Protected Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Jul 6, 2012 | 13 Comments

Doug Gordon of Brooklyn Spoke fame sends these shots of another milestone in the extension of the Eighth Avenue protected bike lane: The pedestrian islands are going in. These pools of pure unspoiled concrete were spied at the intersection of 35th Street. Watching this NYC DOT safety project take shape in the heart of Midtown, a favorite […]

Eyes on the Street: Bike-Ped Improvements on 6 1/2 and Eighth Avenues

By Noah Kazis | Jul 2, 2012 | 6 Comments

Safer streets are taking shape in Midtown, with work underway to create new paths through the heart of the city for pedestrians and cyclists alike. Crosswalks and street signs are in place for one of the Department of Transportation’s most original projects, a pedestrian thoroughfare designated as 6 1/2 Avenue. Thanks to a 1980s zoning provision, a […]

Eyes on the Street: New Manhattan Bikeways in Progress

By Ben Fried | Jun 7, 2012 | 8 Comments

Photo contributor extraordinaire Jacob-uptown has uploaded a new batch to the Streetsblog Flickr pool, taking us on a tour of the major new bikeways DOT is implementing in Manhattan. The extension of the First Avenue bike lane from the Queensboro Bridge up to 72nd Street is nearly complete. It’s the first protected bike infrastructure on […]

West Side Study Offers Lots of Little Improvements, No Transformations

By Noah Kazis | Apr 27, 2012 | 2 Comments

The Department of Transportation has completed a multi-year transportation study of the Upper West Side, and Wednesday night the agency walked local residents through the many proposed changes [PDF]. The suggestions for the area between 55th and 86th Streets, west of Central Park, include a number of valuable intersection-level improvements to pedestrian safety, but left […]

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