New DOT Report: Protected Bike Lanes Improve Safety for Everyone
In sync with Bicycling Magazine naming New York America's best biking city, DOT released a report this week full of stats on the safety impact of protected bike lanes. It's the most robust data the city has released about this type of street design, and the results prove that protected bike lanes make streets safer not just for cyclists, but pedestrians and drivers as well.
September 5, 2014
Tonight: Important Complete Streets Meetings in Manhattan and Queens
Tonight's a big night for livable streets events, with community board meetings on proposals for Greenwich Village, the Lower East Side, and Long Island City. Plus, join Streetsblog at ARTCRANK if you're looking for some fun.
September 4, 2014
Trottenberg: NYC Won’t Be Dethroned as America’s “Best Biking City”
On the sidewalk of Lafayette Street this morning, next to the city's newest protected bike lane and across from a Citi Bike station, officials and advocates celebrated New York's #1 ranking on Bicycling Magazine's list of the best American cities for biking. As Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg accepted the honor, a question lingered: Given that so much of New York's progress on bicycling came under the previous mayor, how will the de Blasio administration hold on to the top spot?
September 3, 2014
Eyes on the Street: A Super-Sized Pedestrian Island on Bushwick Avenue
Once an extra-wide asphalt expanse, a section of Bushwick Avenue has been reclaimed by the addition of a pedestrian island. The new public space, which makes it easier to cross between Brooklyn Latin School and the Bushwick Library, is joined by smaller changes to an adjacent stretch of Bushwick Avenue installed this spring and summer.
September 2, 2014
Chin Calls for Safety Fixes After Driver Injures Three Women on South Street
Update: One of the pedestrians in this crash died from her injuries. She was identified by the Lo-Down as 82-year-old Shu Fan Huang.
August 29, 2014
Eyes on the Street: Our Long PPW Bike Lane Nightmare Is Almost Over
Lesson learned? Last week, DOT wiped away the Prospect Park West bike lane for street repaving without installing any temporary cones to preserve the bike route during construction. Drivers parked at the curb, pushing northbound cyclists into oncoming traffic or onto the sidewalk. Now, DOT has demarcated the bike lane with orange cones as it re-stripes the road.
August 29, 2014