Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan Bridge

Coming through! Cyclists navigate the tight space left as stored construction block much of the bike path on the Manhattan Bridge. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Manhattan Bridge Squeeze: Construction Narrows Tight Bike Paths for Months

By Kevin Duggan | Nov 18, 2022 | No Comments

The Manhattan Bridge's popular bike path has become a dangerous bottleneck because of construction materials stored there for months — and cyclists are calling on the city to make more room on the span.

Canal Street. File photo: Joseph Tedeschi

OPINION: What Should Be Done About Canal Street?

By Annie Weinstock | Aug 9, 2021 | No Comments

The nostrums are no mystery. Rather than doing a million more studies, the city should just fix it.

Someone pasted posters on the Brooklyn Bridge reminding the Department of Transportation that our bridges used to be more useful ... before cars. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

Signs Point the Way ‘Back to the Future’ for East River Bridges

By Eve Kessler | Jul 13, 2021 | No Comments

Hey, DOT, wanna use the spans to get people into Manhattan? Get rid of the cars.

Crush city: the combined bike and pedestrian path on the Queensboro Bridge. Photo: Melodie Bryant

Cycling is Up, Car Trips are Down, De Blasio is Confused

By Julianne Cuba | Dec 7, 2020 | No Comments

Here's some fuzzy math: Cycling over the city's East River bridges continues to increase, while car traffic over the very same spans continues to fall — yet the de Blasio administration is doing nothing to add space for bike riders.

You'd look sweet, upon the seat, of a bicycle built for two as you cross the Williamsburg Bridge. Photo: Dave Colon

Bike Advocates Kick Off Campaign for Lanes on East River Bridges

By Dave Colon | Sep 2, 2020 | No Comments

TransAlt sets sights on claiming space for cycling in the roadbed.

Photo-realistic rendering of the car-free Brooklyn Bridge, with the southern roadway re-designed for walkers and runners. © 2020 Massengale & Co LLC, rendering by Zeke Mermell.

TO END THE MESS: Make the Brooklyn Bridge Car-Free

By Streetsblog | Jul 9, 2020 | No Comments

An architect's intriguing vision for the iconic span banishes automobiles.

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