Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bridges

You Heard It Here First: Cyclists Ticketed for Using New Willy-B Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Nov 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

When we posted pics of the new Williamsburg Bridge bike lanes last Friday, Streetsblog commenters wondered if, since one of the lanes directs cyclists onto a sidewalk, police might be lying in wait. Wrote Barnard: "Just because bicycling is legal doesn’t mean the NYPD won’t write you a ticket for it!" Earlier today Benjamin Running […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes for the Willy-B

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2008 | 8 Comments

TA’s Wiley Norvell sent in these shots of new bike infrastructure on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge. It includes a Class 2 bike lane and road diet for South 5th Street, a buffered Class 2 and road diet on South 5th Place, and sharrows and better lane markings for cars on South 4th […]

Brooklyn Bridge to Be Closed to Cyclists for Bike Traffic Calming

By Brad Aaron | Oct 31, 2008 | 47 Comments

The Brooklyn Bridge will be closed to cyclists this Saturday and Sunday, November 1 and 2, from 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. for what DOT describes as measures to calm bike traffic on the promenade. From an e-mail issued by the Brooklyn borough commissioner’s office earlier this week: NYCDOT will be implementing enhanced markings and […]

Another Interruption Planned for Hudson Greenway

By Brad Aaron | Oct 27, 2008 | 19 Comments

Just after the long-awaited off-road link from Inwood to Battery Park was completed, Streetsblog got word of a pending Hudson River Greenway detour due to planned work by the Port Authority on the Manhattan tower of the George Washington Bridge. According to the signage plan [PDF], cyclists and ped traffic will be rerouted to Broadway […]

On the Way Home, Ride for a Protected Bike Lane on Delancey

By Brad Aaron | Oct 24, 2008 | 3 Comments

This evening, Adopt-a-Bike-Lane and Transportation Alternatives will launch a campaign for a protected bike lane on Delancey Street by leading escorted "bike commuter pools" across the Williamsburg Bridge. Reads a TA press release: "The thousands who ride on Delancey every day shouldn’t feel like they are taking their lives in their own hands," says Marin […]

Breaking: Police Ticketing Cyclists Exiting Williamsburg Bridge

By Brad Aaron | Oct 9, 2008 | 17 Comments

Looks like NYPD is at it again. This just in from T.A.: I just received a call from a very angry member informing me that there are three groups of cops at the Manhattan exit of the Williamsburg Bridge who are pulling over and summonsing every cyclist exiting the bridge. If anyone happens to be headed that direction a) be […]

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