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As Protected Bike Lane Design Evolves, New Lessons Emerge
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets.
January 7, 2015
DOT Lincoln Square Plan Leaves Cyclists Knotted in Dangerous Bowtie Traffic
A DOT safety plan for streets near the Lincoln Square bowtie focuses mostly on pedestrians while leaving cyclists to mix it up with cars and trucks for five blocks near the complex crossing. The proposal, which includes expanded sidewalks, additional crosswalks, new turn restrictions, and a few bike lane upgrades, could be on the ground as soon as next summer.
December 10, 2014
DOT: Seaman Avenue Bike Lanes Won’t Return This Year
The asphalt is fresh, the yellow lines and crosswalks installed, but DOT won't be returning bike lanes to Seaman Avenue until next year, according to the office of local City Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez.
November 24, 2014
Eyes on the Street: When Will Inwood Get Its Scarce Bike Lanes Back?
As Streetsblog readers know, Inwood is the Manhattan neighborhood where DOT periodically and without warning takes away bike infrastructure. So locals were pleased when in 2013 DOT announced a handful of modest bike projects for Inwood and Washington Heights, including Upper Manhattan's first protected bike lane, and the rehabbing of bike lanes on Seaman Avenue, which parallels Broadway from Riverside Drive to W. 218th Street and leads to and from the Hudson River Greenway.
November 20, 2014
More Evidence That Adding Bike Infrastructure Boosts Biking
If you build it, they will bike. That's the upshot of a new study from researchers at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, examining the effect of bike infrastructure.
November 13, 2014
Quorum or No, Astoria’s CB 1 Votes Against Three Livable Streets Projects
Astoria's Community Board 1 rejected three livable streets projects Tuesday night, despite questions about whether the board even had enough members in attendance to take votes on the proposals.
October 24, 2014
Trottenberg Talks About Expanding Cycling in the de Blasio Era
Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg sat down for a Q&A with the New York Cycle Club Monday night to lay out her approach to expanding the city's bike network. With NYU Rudin Center director Mitchell Moss moderating, Trottenberg said DOT will keep adding bike lanes on her watch, including protected lanes, without seeking to change a review process that has often delayed or watered down street redesigns despite ample evidence of public support.
September 17, 2014
DOT Scores TIGER Grants for Vision Zero and Rockaways Transpo Study
City Hall and Senator Charles Schumer announced yesterday that NYC DOT had secured a $25 million federal grant for street safety and greenway projects in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island. Notably, the press release announcing the funding hailed street design improvements as a "critical" component of the city's Vision Zero safety agenda. In addition, a separate $1.4 million federal grant will fund a transportation study for the Rockaways.
September 10, 2014
PS 41 Parents and Staff Build Momentum for Protected Bike Lane on 7th Ave
Manhattan community boards have already asked DOT to study protected bike lanes and pedestrian islands for Amsterdam, Fifth, and Sixth Avenues. Now a coalition of public school parents, teachers, and administrators is making headway in a campaign to redesign Seventh Avenue with a complete streets focus that protects pedestrians and cyclists.
September 10, 2014
Four Mayors on Why They’re Building Out Their Cities’ Bike Networks
A growing number of mayors want to make big strides on bike policy, and they need smart advocates to help them do it.
September 9, 2014