Eyes on the Street: NBC’s Blacklist Gives Green Lane Riders the Blues
People bicycling east on Grand Street hit this bike lane blockage yesterday afternoon, the first spring-like day of the year, thanks to television drama "The Blacklist." The crew used the green lane as a staging area for its film shoot, compelling cyclists to detour into the car lane and moving traffic.
March 11, 2015
Industry City Developer Thinks Sunset Park Waterfront Needs More Parking
A Sunset Park developer wants to use city land for a giant new parking lot, in what's shaping up to be a test for Council Member Carlos Menchaca and the NYC Economic Development Corporation.
March 11, 2015
DOT Has a New Plan for Bike Lanes on the Greenpoint Avenue Bridge
DOT has a plan to add bike lanes to the J. J. Byrne Memorial Bridge, which carries Greenpoint Avenue across Newtown Creek between Brooklyn and Queens [PDF]. The agency has also mapped out new striped bike lanes and markings in Sunnyside and Long Island City [PDF], which would improve access to the bridge.
March 10, 2015
MTA Tests Bike Racks on Bus Across Verrazano
An anonymously-sourced New York Post story yesterday might leave readers with the impression that new bike racks on the front of Staten Island buses will lead to late trips and a liability nightmare for the MTA. The MTA, however, says it's still studying the racks -- a tried-and-true amenity in every other big American city -- on a route crossing the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, which currently has no bike path.
March 10, 2015
Levine Stands Up for Riverside Drive Road Diet Under Attack By CB 9
A plan to calm traffic on a speeding-plagued stretch of Riverside Drive in West Harlem would be gutted if Community Board 9 members get their way, but Council Member Mark Levine, who represents the area, wants DOT to move ahead with the safety plan.
March 6, 2015
United Front of Electeds Join CB 3 to Ask for Protected Bikeway on Chrystie
A week after Manhattan Community Board 3 unanimously approved a resolution asking for a protected bike lane and pedestrian islands on Chrystie Street, elected officials representing the area -- from the city, state, and federal levels -- sent a letter to DOT Manhattan Borough Commissioner Margaret Forgione asking her to follow through [PDF].
March 6, 2015
Hsi-Pei Liao Tells Pete Donohue Why the Right-of-Way Law Matters
In the skirmish over the Right-of-Way Law, which allows for misdemeanor charges when a driver strikes a pedestrian or cyclist with the right of way, the rationale for enacting the law sometimes gets lost.
March 5, 2015