Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Merchant Ire Over Deliveries, Placards Dominates UWS Bike Lane Meeting

By Noah Kazis | Nov 9, 2010 | 45 Comments

Columbus Avenue merchants on the two blocks between 81st and 83rd Street led a chorus of complaints against that avenue’s new protected bike lane at a raucous meeting of Manhattan CB 7’s transportation committee last night. The committee co-chairs limited the discussion only to criticism of the bike lane, which runs from 96th to 77th […]

Monday’s Your Chance to Defend the Columbus Ave Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Nov 5, 2010 | 5 Comments

Okay, we finally have a fixed date and time for the Manhattan Community Board 7 meeting where the protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue is expected to be a hot topic. Mark Monday, November 8, on your calendars. The board’s transportation committee will be meeting and word is that bike lane opponents are massing for […]

Heads Up: Columbus Ave Bike Lane Discussion Not Happening Tonight

By Ben Fried | Nov 3, 2010 | No Comments

Adjust your calendars: Manhattan CB 7 is pushing back its full board meeting, originally scheduled for tonight, to next Tuesday, the 9th. So you have a few more days to hone your Columbus Avenue bike lane testimony.

Defend the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane [Updated]

By Ben Fried | Nov 2, 2010 | 4 Comments

UPDATE: This meeting has been postponed to next Tuesday. We mentioned this in the calendar post on Monday but it bears repeating: If you support the new Columbus Avenue bike lane and want to see the safety benefits of pedestrian refuges and physically-separated bikeways extend elsewhere on the Upper West Side, come out to the […]

Streetfilms Shorties: Celebrating the Columbus Avenue Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2010 | 10 Comments

For your viewing pleasure this weekend — Clarence filmed this short, exhilarating group ride down the brand new protected bike path on Columbus Avenue. New Yorkers won this mile of safer street after a down-to-the-wire Community Board 7 vote in favor of the plan. A lot of hard work and organizing went into that vote, […]

Last Chance to Tell Lander and Levin How You Feel About the New PPW

By Ben Fried | Oct 29, 2010 | 4 Comments

Today is the last day you can fill out the Prospect Park West bike lane survey. City Council members Brad Lander and Steve Levin set up the survey a few weeks ago to see what their constituents think of the redesigned PPW. If you haven’t filled out the survey yet (and especially if you live […]

Show More Stories