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Fifth Avenue Will Get a New Buffered Bike Lane

By Jason Varone | Sep 27, 2007 | 16 Comments

The Department of Transportation announced the installation of a buffered bike lane on Fifth Avenue in this month’s NYCycles, a monthly e-newsletter produced by DOT on cycling issues. In this photo taken yesterday, it is not clear where DOT plans to fit the buffered zone. The apparently temporary lines that were painted on a newly […]

New Bike Lanes in the South Bronx

By Aaron Donovan | Sep 10, 2007 | 5 Comments

Some new Class 2 bike lanes have been striped in some out-of-the way places. The brand new Gerard Avenue bike lane, shown here at 149th Street, leads past a gas station to Yankee Stadium. This is listed as "planned" on the 2007 bike map (pdf), so it is nice to see the plan being filled out. It […]

MTA Marks 75 Years of A Train Service

By Brad Aaron | Sep 10, 2007 | 6 Comments

As previewed in today’s New York Times, the MTA this morning held a ceremony commemorating the 75th birthday of the A line, originally known as the IND 8 Ave, which made its first run on September 10, 1932. After a two-man jazz combo played Billy Strayhorn’s "Take the A Train" for the media types clustered at Inwood’s 207th Street Station, […]

Bill Clinton Agrees: Cycling Is Good Citizenship

By Brad Aaron | Sep 5, 2007 | 5 Comments

From a Streetsblog tipster: I was riding my usual route home from work, which includes a left turn from Broadway onto 17th St., when I spotted a medium sized crowd outside of the Union Square Barnes & Noble. I remembered that Bill Clinton was scheduled to appear there, and figured it must be him. I […]

Happy Labor Day Weekend

By Aaron Naparstek | Aug 31, 2007 | 6 Comments

Enjoy the long weekend and recharge your batteries. If you’re working to make New York a more livable city, it’s going to be a busy Fall. May these photos from Utrecht, Holland inspire you… I know I parked in here somewhere… Three generations on wheels. Evening rush hour downtown. Texture. Not afraid to ride in […]

New “People’s 311” Site Maps Street Hazards

By Jason Varone | Aug 27, 2007 | 5 Comments

Carrie McLaren and Steve Lambert are working on a public service photo project called "People’s 311." They want New Yorkers to submit shots of things like potholes, bike lane hazards, dying trees and broken traffic signs. People’s 311 is a "crowdsourcing" response to the Street Conditions Observation Unit (SCOUT) program, a new team of inspectors dispatched […]

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