Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Josh Benson

Got a Cycling Question for DOT? Ask Josh Benson.

By Brad Aaron | May 13, 2008 | 13 Comments

Getting in on the Bike Month action, City Room has DOT bike program coordinator Josh Benson answering reader questions this week. As of this writing, over 100 comments have come in since the thread opened yesterday afternoon. While many concern the usual stuff — cars encroaching into bike lanes, problems finding secure parking, etc. — […]

NYC Gets Its First-Ever Physically-Separated Bike Path

By Aaron Naparstek | Sep 20, 2007 | 154 Comments

The Department of Transportation revealed plans for New York City’s first-ever physically-separated bike lane, or "cycle track," at a Manhattan Community Board 4 meeting last night. The new bike path will run southbound on Ninth Avenue from W. 23rd to W. 16th Street in Manhattan. Unlike the typical Class II on-street bike lane in which […]

Take Action: Support the Prince/Bleecker Bike Route Plan

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 9, 2007 | 27 Comments

Ian Dutton and community leaders speak out at an August 30, 2006 rally for bike safety on Houston Street. This comes from Ian Dutton, a member of Manhattan’s Community Board 2 who has been fighting to improve bicyclist safety on Houston Street: Those of you who have been following the saga know that last year, […]

Tonight: Help DOT Build a River-to-River Bike Connection

By Aaron Naparstek | Apr 5, 2007 | 2 Comments

DOT wants 20th and 21st Streets to be Lower Manhattan’s prime river-to-river bike route. If you are interested in contributing to the development and improvement of New York City’s bicycle network, show up at this meeting tonight: The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 6 will hear a presentation by Josh Benson, the Department of […]

Should DOT Install Separated Bike Lanes on 9th Street?

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 29, 2007 | 12 Comments

I will not be able to attend tonight’s big meeting in Brooklyn so I really hope that someone will ask DOT about this and report back on what they say: At the big Houston Street bike lane meeting a couple of weeks ago, DOT’s Ryan Russo and Josh Benson told Manhattan’s Community Board 2 that […]

DOT Makes the Case for Bike Routes Parallel to W. Houston St.

By Aaron Naparstek | Mar 16, 2007 | 29 Comments

Last Tuesday night Ryan Russo and Josh Benson from the Department of Transportation presented a plan to Manhattan’s Community Board 2 to create a safer east-west bike route across Lower Manhattan. With three cyclists having been killed on Houston Street over the last two years and major reconstruction of the street currently underway, members of […]

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