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Today: Celebrate a Livable Streets Milestone With TA

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2009 | 4 Comments

Workers add markings to the Sands Street lane. Photo: brooklynbybike/Flickr Later today, Transportation Alternatives will mark the completion of a major Brooklyn livable streets improvement — a protected bike lane on the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge. Sands Street is where, in 2005, TA Senior Policy Advisor Noah Budnick was seriously injured after […]

Status Report: Sands Street Bike Path Ready Next Week

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2009 | 12 Comments

You’re not really supposed to do this yet, but next week the bridge approach on Sands Street should officially open. There’s a fresh coat of asphalt on the Sands Street bike path, and guys on the construction crew say this long-awaited approach to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge should officially open for riding […]

Eyes on the Street: Sands Street Bike Path Almost Rideable

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2009 | 8 Comments

Soon, you won’t have to ride in car traffic on the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge. The long-awaited Sands Street bike path, a protected approach to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge which took a few years longer than expected to go through New York City’s construction bureaucracy, looks tantalizingly close to […]

Mapped: Hudson River Greenway to the George Washington Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2009 | 17 Comments

Spurred by comments following yesterday’s post on Greenway access in Washington Heights, a reader put together this map [download the full size version] of how to get from the Greenway to the George Washington Bridge. It’s no straight shot by any means. If the arrows are a little hard to follow, here are the directions: […]

First Look: A Walkable, Bikeable Gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jun 30, 2009 | 24 Comments

The proposed boulevard-style entryway to the Brooklyn Bridge. Image: NYCDOT. Last week DOT unveiled this conceptual plan for a better gateway to the Brooklyn Bridge [PDF]. For the thousands of pedestrians and cyclists who access the bridge on the Brooklyn side every day, it’s a winner. Presented at a public meeting in downtown Brooklyn, the […]

The Short History of Queensboro Bridge Tolls

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2009 | 7 Comments

In 1909, wrote the Times, tolls on the brand new Queensboro Bridge were temporarily suspended for a "touring contest" on Long Island, described as "an enjoyable diversion for a great many New York and Brooklyn motorists." We learned from yesterday’s Queensboro Bridge centennial commemoration that the toll was 10 cents for car crossings in 1909. […]

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