The Disappearing Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane
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What could be a safe, direct connection to the Midtown core and Central Park instead deposits cyclists into five lanes of chaotic car traffic.
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DOT and Citi Bike Celebrate Sixth Avenue Bikeway and #WomenWhoBike
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DOT and Citi Bike marked the return of a protected bike lane to Sixth Avenue today with a ribbon-cutting and celebratory ride. The event also served to highlight Women’s Bike Month and a Motivate campaign to encourage women in NYC to ride bikes. The new Sixth Avenue bikeway runs from Eighth Street to 33rd Street, the same street where […]
Checking in With People Cycling on the New Sixth Ave Protected Bike Lane
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The Sixth Avenue protected bike lane is just about finished between 8th Street and 33rd Street, except for the pedestrian islands. The redesign is still in that awkward transitional phase where people are figuring out how to use it, so today Streetsblog checked in with a few of the thousands of people who bike Sixth Avenue daily to see […]
Eyes on the Street: The Return of “Plaza 33” — Maybe for Good
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“Plaza 33” is back, transforming the eastern half of 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue into a car-free public space — and it’s set to remain indefinitely. This is the second iteration of “Plaza 33,” which was installed from July through October last year and is funded and managed by Vornado Realty Trust. Next to Penn Station, […]
Driver Charged Under ROW Law After Killing Teresa Martinelli, 79, in Midtown
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A senior hit by a driver in Midtown earlier this month has died. NYPD charged the driver with violating the victim’s right of way. Teresa Martinelli, 79, was “knocked out of her floral print shoes” when Mieczyslaw Truskowski hit her with a Toyota pick-up truck as she crossed at Second Avenue and E. 58th Street at around […]
Can a “Tuff Curb” Protect Cyclists on 2nd Ave? We’re About to Find Out
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DOT has a plan for a protected bike lane on 16 blocks of Second Avenue that will test out a new configuration, where the only protection is a row of short, yellow plastic “tuff curbs.” The project shrinks the protected bike lane gap on the avenue in Midtown but still exposes cyclists to fast-moving motor vehicles on the […]