Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Williamsburg Bridge

Cops Ticketing Cyclists on Delancey Side of Willy-B

By Ben Fried | Apr 2, 2009 | 27 Comments

A reader sends this note about today’s commute: Cops ticketing bikers on Delancey by the Williamsburg Bridge this morning. They claimed it wasn’t us, that they were sent out because of community board complaints about bikers. "The community board made us do it." If that’s the case, then can we also get ramped up enforcement […]

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 […]

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 […]