Bicycle Infrastructure
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Op-Ed: Here’s a Better, Cheaper and Safer 79th Street Rotunda Plan
In this opinion piece, the publisher of Streetsblog — and a daily Upper West Side cyclist — weighs in and offers an alternative proposal.
January 2, 2019
De Blasio Vows to ‘Do More’ to Clear Bus Lanes, But Won’t Promise 100 Miles of Bike Lanes Per Year [UPDATED]
Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez once again takes the lead on a street-safety and mass transit initiative.
December 5, 2018
Rodriguez: De Blasio Should Build 100 Miles of Protected Bike Lanes Per Year
Currently, the city lays out about 25 miles of the super-secure cycling routes. The chairman of the City Council Transportation Committee wants much, much more.
November 29, 2018
Ignore the NIMBYs and See Sunnyside’s Bike Lanes in Action
One day after 150 pro-parking cranks rallied in Sunnyside to protest safer roadways in their neighborhood, Streetfilms auteur Clarence Eckerson Jr. posted a counterpoint: the city's Safer Skillman plan in action.
November 19, 2018
Hundreds Enjoy Sunnyside Bike Lanes As NIMBYs Lie Twice and Plot Their Next Move
Scores of cyclists showed their support for the paired protected bike lanes in Sunnyside on Saturday — just as the dead-end opponents prepped their own protest next Sunday with more disinformation.
November 11, 2018
Crucial Greenway Bridge Reopens
Parks Department had initially said it would take more than a year to fix the Fort Washington Park Bike-Ped bridge over the Amtrak tracks. But it has reopened.
November 9, 2018
Queens Bike Lane Foes Refuse to See Reality
As always, drivers have met the enemy — and it is anyone but them!
October 19, 2018
NYPD on U.N. Bike Lane Closures: Nothing to See Here, Streetsblog
We guess we'll never know why cyclists are barred.
October 11, 2018
Rep. Joe Crowley Just Can’t Stop Complaining About Queens Bike Lanes
Really, Congressman, it's getting embarrassing at this point.
October 2, 2018
NYPD Security Plan for UN Meeting Kills First and Second Ave. Bike Lanes
This happens every year, but no one will explain why.
September 20, 2018