In the Works: 7th Ave Bike Lane for Park Slope and “Amity Street Wiggle”
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Many people at last night's Brooklyn CB 6 meeting wanted a more ambitious redesign for Seventh Avenue, but that doesn't seem to be on the table.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Park Slope
If de Blasio Is Serious About Vision Zero, 4th Ave Will Get a Protected Bike Lane
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In 2017, will City Hall be more committed to ambitious street redesigns that save lives? An early litmus test will be Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn -- which is ripe for a protected bike lane but is currently in line for much more modest changes from NYC DOT.
5 Highlights From Last Night’s Bike-Share vs. Parking Meeting
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Last night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 bike-share forum lacked the fireworks of previous meetings — no physical threats this time. While the tone was civil, the demands from the anti-bike-share crowd weren’t exactly reasonable. So far, Citi Bike has proven incredibly popular in CB 6, with some stations getting as much as seven rides per dock each day. That’s […]
Bike-Share Already Getting More Use Than Park Slope’s Free Parking Spots
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The new bike-share stations in Brooklyn south of Atlantic Avenue are getting a lot more use than your average free on-street parking space, according to recent Citi Bike data compiled by Carroll Gardens resident Viktor Geller [PDF]. Geller addressed the report to Brooklyn Community Board 6, which is holding a hearing on Thursday in response to complaints about bike-share stations […]
Bike-Share Stations Don’t Usurp Parking — They Are Parking
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Untrue/sad @CitiBikeNYC post by @DannyODonnellNY. Was tons of input + in this ‘hood < 5% park in street. No effect on commercial load/unload pic.twitter.com/4DLyIUcNjg — pfrishauf (@pfrishauf) October 5, 2016 Space hogs in Manhattan and Brooklyn are complaining about bike-share stations on neighborhood streets, and the powers that be are listening. In a letter to […]
Good Riddance to the Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit
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The people suing to remove the Prospect Park West bike lane have given up, more than five years after initiating a lawsuit that nearly sank New York City’s bike program. In a statement, Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes and Seniors for Safety (“organizations” that, to the best of my knowledge, now stand in for two people — former […]