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Fear and Loathing on the Upper East Side

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 1, 2007 | 17 Comments

A Curbed tipster sent along this photo of the "controversial" new bike lane going in along E. 90th Street. In the last week or so, the New York Times, the Sun, Gothamist and Curbed have all run stories about the City’s plan to build new bike lanes across the Upper East Side and the community […]

Meatpacking Plaza Update

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 1, 2007 | 3 Comments

Here’s another photo from Mike Epstein showing progress on the Ninth Avenue redesign at 15th and 14th Streets. The photo is looking southbound. It’s looking like most of the traffic engineering is basically done — note the new bike lane running along the left-hand side of the photo. Now let’s see what sort of public […]

City Backpedals, Says it is Now Making Space for Employee Bikes

By Brad Aaron | Aug 1, 2007 | 4 Comments

Outdoor bike parking at 100 Gold Street The stories are similar. Bike-commuting city employees ride to work, same as any other day. But when they get to their buildings they’re told they can’t come in — not with their bicycles, at least — forcing them to leave the bikes outside, in many cases unguarded against […]

Official Statement on Central Park Car-Free Hours Increase

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 31, 2007 | 30 Comments

As we reported yesterday, starting Monday, August 6, Car-Free time in Central Park will be increased by one hour in the morning on the Park’s West Drive. Here are the details from the Dept. of Transportation: New York City Department of Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan and Parks & Recreation Commissioner Adrian Benepe today announced further […]

DOT Expands Car-Free Time in Central Park by One Hour

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 30, 2007 | 24 Comments

The Dept. of Transportation is announcing that it will add one additional hour of car-free time to Central Park’s West Drive during morning rush hour starting Monday, August 6. No incremental improvements have been announced for Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Here is DOT’s announcement: Beginning Monday, August 6th, the West Drive of Central Park between […]

NYC Government Office Cracks Down on Indoor Bike Parking

By Aaron Naparstek | Jul 25, 2007 | 13 Comments

The seemingly schizoid Bloomberg Administration continues to encourage bicycling with one hand while making it incredibly difficult with the other. Two weeks ago, amidst news of new bike lanes, on-street bike parking, and an impending bike lane media blitz, we heard about a gang of Parks Dept. employees clipping locks and seizing dozens of bicycles […]

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