Bicycle Safety
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Op-ed: DOT Rebuffs Community on Riverside Park Rotunda Traffic Safety
Last October, the Department of Transportation presented to Community Board 7 a $150- to 200-million plan to renovate the Rotunda at West 79th Street in Riverside Park. The Rotunda is topped by a traffic circle that cyclists use to get to the Hudson River Greenway, the busiest bike route in the country.
May 17, 2019
NYPD is Quick to Blame Latest Cyclist Victim For His Own Death
A cyclist who was hit last week in Crown Heights has died of his injuries — the 10th cyclist to be killed this year — and police blamed him for his own death.
May 16, 2019
Drivers Would Learn About Sharing the Road, Thanks to Senate Bill
The state Department of Motor Vehicles will have to do a better job of instructing would-be drivers that they're not the only vehicles on the road, and that their fellow motorists aren't the only thing to watch out for, thanks to a long-stalled Senate bill that finally passed on Tuesday.
May 16, 2019
Cyclists Are Not the Enemy, Says a Widow Whose Husband Was Killed By a Cyclist
The death of a pedestrian was a devastating reminder for Hindy Schachter — but it also reinforced the idea that the real threat is a car culture that prioritizes speed and parking over safety.
May 14, 2019
NYPD: Driver Hits and Kills Cyclist Robert Sommer in Marine Park
The victim is now at least the 66th person — and at least the eighth cyclist — killed by a car this year.
May 13, 2019
Ding Dong! NYPD Commissioner Stops Breaking a Law His Cops Use to Harass Kids
NYPD Commissioner James O'Neill will have to turn in his no-bell prize.
May 2, 2019
Meet a Mayor Who Figured Out How to Neutralize Anti-Bike Lane NIMBYs
A small city in Massachusetts may be paving the way to safer streets and less community opposition.
May 1, 2019
Queens Pol Demands More Space for Cyclists and Peds on Queensboro Bridge
Just one narrow pathway is shared by both cyclists and pedestrians, whose numbers are booming. Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer wants that to change.
April 30, 2019
Bay Ridge May Finally Get a Protected Bike Lane
Finally, Bay Ridge would enter the 21st century, thanks to a city plan to put a protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue.
March 27, 2019
DOT Commissioner: Bike Lane Delays Are Not About the Money!
Commissioner Polly Trottenberg doesn’t need more cash to install the 50 miles of protected bike lanes a year that Council Speaker Corey Johnson wants — she just needs less bureaucracy.
March 15, 2019
