Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Former Deputy Mayor Under Dinkins Lobbies City Hall to Kill PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 28, 2010 | 64 Comments

Last week’s rally to defend the Prospect Park West bike lane, organized in response to a concurrent anti-bike lane protest, was a clear-cut demonstration of the public support enjoyed by a project that’s calmed speeding traffic and made cycling more attainable for people of all ages. By most estimates, supporters of the new PPW outnumbered […]

Eyes on the Street: Working Out the Kinks in the Columbus Ave Bike Lane

By Noah Kazis | Oct 26, 2010 | 44 Comments

Upper West Side residents can ride with a new sense of safety and comfort on the recently installed Columbus Avenue protected bike lane, but between 81st and 82nd Streets, the bike lane has been consistently blocked by a minivan owned by Quality Florist, a local business located on that block. A tipster sent us pictures […]

Marty’s Message: If You Disagree With Marty, You Don’t Count

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2010 | 66 Comments

At yesterday’s day of action on Prospect Park West, one contention from the opposition especially didn’t sit well with everyone who turned out to support the redesigned, traffic-calmed street. With hundreds of bike lane supporters gathered on the sidewalk a few feet away, Borough President Marty Markowitz’s chief of staff, Carlo Scissura, told the assembled […]

Results of the New PPW: Speeding Down Dramatically, Cycling Up Big

By Ben Fried | Oct 22, 2010 | 14 Comments

Kate Hinds at Transportation Nation got her hands on an advance copy of DOT’s Prospect Park West radar gun study and cyclist counts [PDF]. The data on traffic speeds confirm the results that Park Slope Neighbors observed this summer: The new configuration — two traffic lanes and a two-way protected bike path instead of three […]

Marty’s Message

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2010 | 8 Comments

I’m with Naparstek. This was the sign of the day.

Hundreds Rally in Support of Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2010 | 78 Comments

Hundreds of Brooklynites gathered this morning at Grand Army Plaza to show their support for the redesigned Prospect Park West. They made a statement that should be hard for elected officials and the press to miss: Most people who live in the neighborhoods near PPW like biking and walking on the new, traffic-calmed street and […]

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