Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

The temporary bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn. The city will double the number of temporary bike lanes it has erected in response to the pandemic, adding nine miles in Manhattan and Queens. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …

By Gersh Kuntzman | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

The temporary protected bike lane on Smith Street in Downtown Brooklyn is an unmitigated (well, almost entirely unmitigated*) success — a quick solution to a long-dangerous gap in the bike network that was undertaken efficiently by a strapped Department of Transportation.

The cones designating what was supposed to be a temporary bike lane near the Second Avenue gap have been moved. Photo: Julianne Cuba

… But Second Avenue’s Temporary PBL Has DISAPPEARED!

By Julianne Cuba | Mar 31, 2020 | No Comments

The Department of Transportation has not maintained its own temporary protected bike lane at the notoriously dangerous Second Avenue gap near the Queens Midtown Tunnel in Manhattan, forcing cyclists to ride with drivers racing to turn left into the tunnel.

Four cops at one intersection. No wonder the NYPD's open-streets plan failed. Photo: Angela Stach

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Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

EYES ON THE STREET: Temporary Bike Lane on Smith Street is Great …

… But Second Avenue’s Temporary PBL Has DISAPPEARED!

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Eyes on the Street: Drivers Destroyed a Protected Bike Lane … in 24 Hours!

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