Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Does Its Part to Fuel Brooklyn Bridge Tensions

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2014 | 21 Comments

Embarrassed by two German artists who reached the top of the Brooklyn Bridge’s west tower this summer (or was it the All-Powerful Bike Lobby?), NYPD has adopted an ingenious solution: Put a motor vehicle on it! A reader who wishes to remain anonymous sends these observations about the new NYPD security theater at NYC’s most […]

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Counting Bicyclists on the Manhattan Bridge!

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Oct 9, 2014 | No Comments

Since this has been an such amazing year for NYC bike commuting (after all Bicycling Magazine says we’re the #1 bike city, right?) two dear friends of Streetfilms (Steven O’Neill & Brooklyn Spoke‘s Doug Gordon) who frequently ride the Manhattan Bridge bike path joined me this morning to count some bicycles. We spent 20 minutes during the morning […]

EPA Rejects Cuomo’s Clean Water Money Grab for Highway Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Sep 16, 2014 | 17 Comments

This morning, the Environmental Protection Agency rejected the $510.9 million federal loan New York state had requested from a clean water program to pay for the Tappan Zee Bridge replacement project. Only $29 million worth of TZB work is eligible for clean water money, the EPA’s regional office ruled, averting a dangerous precedent that could have […]

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Need to Add a Bike Lane to a Bridge? Experiment Like Pittsburgh Did

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Sep 12, 2014 | No Comments

The Pro Walk Pro Bike Pro Place 2014 conference took place this week in Pittsburgh. Even though the Andy Warhol Bridge already has a nice shared bike-ped path on it, for one week the city decided to put bike lanes on its roadway. It’s the simplest design you can imagine, just two rows of small traffic barriers and a little […]

Seeking Safer Routes to Walk and Bike Across the Harlem River

By Stephen Miller | Jul 23, 2014 | 12 Comments

Have you ever tried biking or walking across the Harlem River? Despite a plethora of bridges, walkers and bikers often face crossings and approaches that are confusing or downright hostile. A new campaign from Transportation Alternatives and local residents aims to focus DOT’s attention on making it safer for New Yorkers to get between the […]

State Panel OKs $255 Million Clean Water Raid for Tappan Zee Bridge

By Stephen Miller | Jul 16, 2014 | 9 Comments

This afternoon, the Public Authorities Control Board signed off on a loan from the state’s clean water fund to help finance the new Tappan Zee Bridge. The board approved half of the $511 million loan that Governor Andrew Cuomo is seeking, but the administration called it “the first installment” of the loan, creating the expectation of […]

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