Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Joe Lentol

Cuomo Announces $67M for Bike/Ped Projects, Including Pulaski Bridge

By Ben Fried | Jan 17, 2014 | 11 Comments

[Editor’s note: Streetsblog will not be publishing Monday in observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.] Via the Tri-State Transportation Campaign: Earlier this week Governor Andrew Cuomo announced $67 million in funding for walking and biking infrastructure statewide, after advocates had pressed the state to follow through on the recently passed complete streets law with […]

Lentol: DOT Will Finalize Design for Pulaski Protected Bike Lane This Year

By Brad Aaron | Oct 25, 2013 | 5 Comments

DOT is drawing up plans for a dedicated bike lane on the Pulaski Bridge, according to the office of Assembly Member Joe Lentol, and should have a final design ready before the end of the year The current layout of this Queens-Brooklyn link squeezes pedestrians and cyclists onto a narrow shared path, while motorists speed along on […]

Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane OK’d by DOT Traffic Study; Engineering Review Next

By Stephen Miller | May 3, 2013 | 13 Comments

A protected bike lane on the Pulaski Bridge — calming traffic heading to McGuinness Boulevard and providing much more breathing room than the bridge’s narrow bike/ped path alone — has cleared a significant planning hurdle. In a letter to Assembly Member Joe Lentol [PDF], DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan said that the proposal meets traffic analysis […]

Lentol: DOT Study of Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane Slated to Wrap By March

By Ben Fried | Jan 3, 2013 | 6 Comments

Quick update on the campaign for a protected two-way bikeway on the Pulaski Bridge: We don’t know if DOT is going to implement one yet, but we know when they’ll make a decision. Yesterday, Assembly Member Joe Lentol sent out word that DOT chief Janette Sadik-Khan told him the agency will wrap up its feasibility […]

Joe Lentol to DOT: Pulaski Bridge Needs Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Oct 15, 2012 | 6 Comments

The narrow bike and pedestrian path across the Pulaski Bridge has long been a concern for bridge users and local residents. Earlier this month, Assembly Member Joseph Lentol hosted a meeting to air the issues and find a solution. Now, Lentol is asking DOT for a two-way protected bike lane on the bridge. “This is not […]

“Park Avenue Is Broken, And It Can Be Fixed”

By Stephen Miller | Sep 11, 2012 | 4 Comments

Council Member Letitia James and Assembly Member Joseph Lentol joined local residents on Park Avenue in Brooklyn yesterday to push DOT and other city agencies to implement recommendations from the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Partnership’s pedestrian safety plan. The plan calls for a set of pedestrian safety improvements and traffic enforcement measures to make Park Avenue […]

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