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DOT plans to add a five-foot protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks of 26th and 29th streets. Image: DOT

Manhattan CB 5 Committee Endorses Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes (Finally)

By David Meyer | Mar 27, 2018 | 2 Comments

The CB 5 committee had previously tabled a vote on the project after a packed meeting where some property owners complained about the redesign. Now the full board is slated to vote on it April 12.

Large numbers of L train riders are bound for 14th Street. Image: MTA

The Earth Is Flat and 14th Street Doesn’t Need a Busway During the L Shutdown

By David Meyer | Feb 21, 2018 | 78 Comments

Just like a flat-Earther will always scream about the moon landing being faked, a 14th Street busway NIMBY will always claim that the MTA's ridership stats can't be trusted.

The plan for 14th Street calls for a transit- and deliver-only design on the busiest blocks. A two-way protected bike lane is slated for 13th Street. Image: NYC DOT

There’s No Reasoning With the NIMBYs Opposed to a 14th Street Busway

By David Meyer | Feb 15, 2018 | 43 Comments

Unless DOT and the MTA carve out street space for the most spatially efficient modes of travel, the impending L train shutdown is going to unleash a traffic tsunami on the neighborhoods around 14th Street. Just try telling that to the West Village residents who turned up at open house on the agencies' L train shutdown plans last night.

In DOT's redesign, most blocks of 26th Street and 29th Street will get five-foot parking-protected bike lanes with a two-foot buffer. Image: DOT

CB 4 Committee Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for 26th and 29th Streets

By David Meyer | Jan 18, 2018 | 13 Comments

The Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee unanimously endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bikes lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night. The redesign calls for a five-foot parking-protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks, with variations where the street is wider or narrower.

Most but not all of 26th Street and 29th Street are slated for parking-protected bike lanes. Image: DOT

First Look at DOT's Plan for Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jan 17, 2018 | 25 Comments

DOT plans to add protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street in Manhattan, with other crosstown routes in the works for Midtown.

11th Avenue and W. 30th Street, where a motorist killed Josef Mittlemann. Image: Google Maps

Citing No Evidence, NYPD Blames Manhattan Cyclist Josef Mittlemann, 67, for His Own Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 6, 2017 | 9 Comments

NYPD says six cyclists have caused their own deaths by running red lights in 2017. But the department lacks credibility when it comes to traffic crash investigations.

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