Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Kosciuszko Bridge

Friday’s Headlines: Mayor Adams Should Crush on This Driver Edition

By Streetsblog | Jul 8, 2022 | No Comments

A crazy driver used the Kosciuszko Bridge bike and pedestrian path as an extra lane. Plus all the other news.

The Queensboro Bridge, packed with essential workers just trying to get to and from work. File photo: Melodie Bryant

OPINION: The Next Steps on the Queensboro Bridge

By Juan Restrepo and Laura Shepard | Apr 8, 2021 | No Comments

Two leaders of the campaign for bike and pedestrian equity on our bridges outline a program to enhance access for all.

A portion of the new $48 million ramp under construction from the RFK (Triborough) Bridge to the northbound Harlem River Drive soars over the Williis Avenue Bridge. When completed, the project will sever one of the two sidewalks on the RFK Bridge's Manhattan span. Photo: Adam Light

OPINION: The Real Reason We Can’t Bike Over MTA Bridges

By Ed Ravin | Sep 8, 2020 | No Comments

As its latest project shows, the Robert Moses-founded agency still valorizes motor traffic while ignoring cyclists and pedestrians.

Yes, the NYPD will still show up to these kinds of crashes. But cops will no longer respond to minor crashes — a policy change with massive ramifications that remain unvetted. File photo: Gersh Kuntzman

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Monday’s Headlines: Weekend of Carnage/Morning of Times Idiocy Edition

By Streetsblog | Dec 9, 2019 | No Comments

Lots of crashes, plus more news from the weekend.

From the wrong angle, it might look like a new gate on the Kosciuszko Bridge might limit cyclist and pedestrian access. But it turns out, it's just a zig-zag so riders don't pick up too much speed. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

WHEW! New Gates on Kosciuszko Bridge Bike Path Aren’t What We Feared

By Streetsblog | Dec 8, 2019 | No Comments

Mystery solved: The new gates at the Queens foot of the Kosciuszko Bridge bike and pedestrian path don't fully close, meaning that they can't be deployed to close the roadway for non-motorists as some cyclists had feared.

Hands on: Gov. Cuomo will show off the Kosciuszko Bridge to Streetsblog (and others) on Tuesday. Photo: Governor's Office

Tuesday’s Headlines: Live from the Kosciuszko Bridge Edition

By Streetsblog | Aug 27, 2019 | 20 Comments

Today is a big day for all us bike lane nerds at Streetsblog: at 11:15, Gov. Cuomo himself will personally give us a preview of the new bike and pedestrian path on the soon-to-open second span of the Kosciuszko Bridge. That and the day's other news by clicking the headline above.