Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: NYPD Gives Manhattan Cyclists Unsafe Instructions

By Noah Kazis | Apr 18, 2012 | 31 Comments

The NYPD appears to be taking bicycle safety into its own hands, offering faulty safety tips to cyclists on both the First Avenue and Fifth Avenue bike lanes. In both locations, the NYPD has recently installed variable message boards informing cyclists that they must remain in the bike lane and obey all traffic laws. Legally, […]

Eyes on the Street: East Village Bike Corral Action

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

Reader Mike Epstein sends in this shot of DOT bike corral construction on Ninth Street between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. It’s good to see this treatment expanding. Corrals that accommodate multiple bike racks offer a much more efficient use of street space than a one-car parking spot. They make streets safer by improving […]

Eyes on the Street: Instant Bike Parking in Key West, Florida [Updated]

By Noah Kazis | Apr 12, 2012 | No Comments

Update: As of April 2015 this bike corral had been removed and replaced by a car parking spot. Brad Aaron, back down in Key West for spring break, files this update from South Florida’s bike-friendly isle. Spotted these guys installing a bike corral just off Duval Street, Key West’s main drag, on Monday afternoon. Parts of […]

Eyes on the Street: An Unnecessary Takeover of the 14th Street Plaza

By Brad Aaron | Apr 5, 2012 | 12 Comments

In March, The Uni posted photos of a behemoth advertising installation in the pedestrian plaza on 14th Street and Ninth Avenue. Here it is as of late last week. We received reports that today it’s coming down. For a solid two weeks, most of the plaza was reserved for cosmetics samples as passersby were blasted […]

Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Sighting on the Upper East Side

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2012 | 10 Comments

Reader Liz Patek sends these shots of the new road markings on First Avenue in the 60s. The protected bike lane that Manhattan Community Board 8 approved last summer is going in. Until now there was no bike infrastructure at all on First Avenue between 60th Street and 72nd Street. Filling that gap is DOT’s […]

Eyes on the Street: Mondo Bike Parking at DC Metro

By Ben Fried | Mar 22, 2012 | 2 Comments

As a New Yorker in DC for the National Bike Summit this week (stay tuned for the upcoming Streetfilm), my eyes popped at the sight of the ample-yet-filled-to-capacity bike racks at many Metro stations. Bike-to-Metro trips increased at a rapid clip in the aughts, and in 2010 WMATA, the agency that runs Metro, laid out […]

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