Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Calming Traffic in Chinatown

By Aaron Donovan | | 20 Comments
With all the talk about high level personnel changes at the DOT, let’s take it back to the streets for a minute, shall we? As we have already noted, Chinatown has gotten a buffered bike lane on Grand Street, which is fantastic, and would be even more fantastic if it wasn’t treated as a car parking lane. […]

Bicoastal Garbage Disposal Practices

By Aaron Donovan | | 11 Comments
Via a Streetsblog tipster: In Valley Village, Calif., near L.A., people leave their trash in the bike lane for the convenience of the sanitation crews. Here in New York, we sometimes leave it where cars would otherwise park. Here’s a photo taken at midnight in a place where the sign says no standing from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

New Places to Double Park on Upper West Side

By Biker H | | 14 Comments
Staying on the cars-parked-in-bike-lanes theme… Bike lanes are popping up faster than you can say "community involvement" these days, like on West 90th and 91st Streets, where the final stripes have yet to be laid. (Shown above: West 90th between Columbus and Central Park West.) I like: The lanes connect Riverside Drive and Central Park […]
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