Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

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.

A rendering imagines what the F train York Street Station would look like with pulsating lights. Image: Delson or Sherman

Op-Ed: Fix DUMBO’s Dangerous Subway Station

By Jeffrey Sherman | Dec 3, 2019 | No Comments

The fire-trap F train station at York Street desperately needs a second entrance, but the MTA has no plans to fix it.

The Goethals Bridge bike and pedestrian path remains closed until DOT builds safe routes to access it. Photo: Vince DiMiceli

EXCLUSIVE: First Look at City Plan for Goethals Pedestrian Path

By Vince DiMiceli | Oct 8, 2019 | 8 Comments

The city has finally figured out a way to get cyclists safely to a year-old pathway that is yet to open.

Pedestrians and cyclists going east and west on the Queensboro Bridge share a narrow path. Photo: Clarence Eckerson Jr.

Streetfilms: Yes, the Bike/Ped Situation on the Queensboro Bridge Is That Bad!

By Gersh Kuntzman | Oct 2, 2019 | 14 Comments

We covered last week's renewed call for pedestrian and bike safety fixes on the dangerous Queensboro Bridge, but you have to see Clarence Eckerson's latest Streetfilm to really understand the situation.

TransAlt says the city should create more space for cyclists, like these crowded riders sharing space with pedestrians on the Queensboro Bridge, during the crisis. Photo: Clarence Eckerson

Council Members: DOT Stalling on Queensboro

By Gersh Kuntzman | Sep 26, 2019 | 56 Comments

The city's failure to give more space to the increasing number of pedestrians and cyclists on the Queensboro Bridge is a betrayal of Vision Zero — and that failure seems based solely on a fealty to car traffic.

We call this the Ballad of the Costa Concrescentia. Photo via Juan Restrepo

Astoria Council Member Backs Protected Bike Lane Linking Queensboro and Triborough bridges

By Dave Colon | Sep 18, 2019 | 3 Comments

"We want that connectivity, and the only way to do that is with a protected bike lane. To do just sharrows or paint is not the solution we're looking for."

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