First Look at DOT's Plan for Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes
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DOT plans to add protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street in Manhattan, with other crosstown routes in the works for Midtown.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown
It Only Takes a Few Well-Placed Bollards to Make a Midtown Block Safe From Vehicular Assault
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It would be a terrible mistake to replace clumsy short-term security theater with clumsy permanent security theater.
De Blasio: Bollards Will Replace Janky Midtown Security Theater
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The mayor said the city will install more than 1,500 metal bollards to protect pedestrians at key locations beginning in March.
NYPD Is Making Midtown Sidewalks an Obstacle Course — Where’s de Blasio?
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The mayor controls the streets but is nowhere in sight as NYPD security theater puts the squeeze on Midtown foot traffic.
Elected Officials Join Call for Midtown Fifth Avenue Bikeway
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For the second time, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Council Member Dan Garodnick, and State Senator Brad Hoylman called on DOT to make walking and biking safer on Fifth Avenue in Midtown.
Manhattan Community Board 5 Endorses DOT’s Fifth Ave Redesign Without a Bike Lane
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Dozens of people urged board members to make their support for DOT's project conditional on a specific commitment from the agency to add a protected bike lane on Fifth.