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Citi Bikes aren't performing that well. Photo: Adrian Nutter/Flickr

Bike-Share Expansion in Harlem, Astoria, and Central Brooklyn Starts Next Week

By David Meyer | Sep 5, 2017 | 11 Comments

Next Tuesday, September 12, Citi Bike operator Motivate will begin installing 140 new stations and 2,000 bikes in Astoria, Crown Heights, Prospect Heights, and Harlem up to 130th Street, marking the final phase of planned expansion for the four-year-old bike-share system.

All the proposed bike-share stations in Brooklyn Community Board 9 would take up sidewalk space, not parking spots. Image: NYC DOT

Behold the First Bike-Share Expansion Maps of 2017

By David Meyer | Apr 6, 2017 | 12 Comments

DOT has released preliminary station locations for two areas in this year's Citi Bike expansion. The maps will be finalized by June, agency reps told the Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee last night.

The stencils are in jeopardy. Image: NYC DOT

A Short, Simple Bike Lane on Franklin Ave Got Snarled at Brooklyn CB 9

By David Meyer | Mar 29, 2017 | 34 Comments

The Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee endorsed a seven-block bike lane on Franklin Avenue earlier this month, but now it looks like a procedural snafu may scuttle the bike connection between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard.

DOT shelved a road diet for Franklin Avenue in 2014 after Brooklyn CB 9 voted against it. The agency presented a nearly-identical plan last night. Image: DOT

Brooklyn CB Committee OKs Franklin Ave Bike Lane Shelved Since 2014

By David Meyer | Mar 9, 2017 | 3 Comments

The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 9 last night endorsed DOT’s plan to put a bike lane on Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard. Previously, DOT had installed a bike lane north of the parkway in 2014, but backed off the segment south of Eastern Parkway when CB 9 opposed it.

Eyes on the Street: Eastern Parkway Gets Removable Rubber Ped Islands

By David Meyer | Nov 2, 2016 | 10 Comments

DOT has installed “removable rubber pedestrian islands” at two intersections on Eastern Parkway, two months after Mayor de Blasio authorized the removal of concrete pedestrian islands to ostensibly make room for the West Indian Day Parade. The concrete islands were only in place for about eight months. They were installed last December at Kingston Avenue and Brooklyn Avenue in […]

De Blasio: Eastern Parkway Pedestrian Islands Posed Parade Safety Hazard

By David Meyer | Sep 1, 2016 | 24 Comments

Mayor Bill de Blasio said at a press conference yesterday that pedestrian islands on Eastern Parkway were removed because unnamed elected officials wanted to make room for West Indian Day Parade floats, which would have otherwise posed a risk to the public. The mayor indicated the median islands would not have been installed had the city […]

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