Bicycle Safety
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State DOT’s Spending Blueprint Overlooks Walking and Biking
Advocates for safer streets are alarmed by a New York State DOT "blueprint" for capital investments that scarcely acknowledges walking or biking as modes of transportation.
December 6, 2012
After First Snowfall, Bike Paths Getting Cleared
It looks like major bike routes are getting cleared after the season's first snow. This stands in stark contrast to the conditions four years ago, when it took days for bridge and greenway paths to be cleared of snow and ice. What did you see on your way to work this morning?
November 8, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Scenes From Flatbush Avenue
Thanks to Ian Dutton for these great shots from Flatbush Avenue, where pedestrians are being allotted more space on five side streets from Prospect Park to Atlantic Avenue.
October 17, 2012
Starting With a Single Street, an Effort to Make an Entire Borough Safer
Last year, Hilda Cohen, Ali Loxton and their neighbors picked up the pieces of a torpedoed bike lane proposal for Lafayette Avenue, showing DOT and Brooklyn Community Board 2 the community's broad support for safer cycling on the busy street. After 1,400 signatures and countless hours of work, Lafayette Avenue from Fulton Street to Classon Avenue was recently striped with a shared lane for bicyclists.
October 12, 2012
Tomorrow: Speak Up for Safer Streets on the Upper West Side
Tomorrow night, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 will take public input on the possible expansion of protected bike lanes on the Upper West Side.
October 3, 2012
Will Cuomo Spend Bike-Ped Funds on Bike-Ped Projects?
With MAP-21 taking effect today, city and state transportation advocates are calling on Governor Cuomo and the New York State Department of Transportation to devote all of its federal bike-ped funds to walking and cycling infrastructure. The coalition of just over 100 groups is also asking that the state make available millions of dollars, allocated as part of the prior federal transportation bill, to such projects before the funds must be returned to Washington.
October 1, 2012
DOT and TLC Unveil New Anti-Dooring Video and Decal
At a press conference at Union Square this morning, DOT and the Taxi and Limousine Commission announced another facet of the LOOK! campaign, a new video and a decal reminding taxi passengers to exit on the curb side and check for cyclists before opening cab doors.
September 25, 2012
New Data Debunks “Bike Bedlam” Sensationalism
New data is online about the extent of bike-on-ped crashes in New York City, and it adds some much-needed perspective to the public discourse about the "safety crisis" on city streets.
June 15, 2012
Reader Report: Parks to Close Upper Manhattan Greenway Link for Two Years
We have word that a major bike-ped link to the Hudson River Greenway in Northern Manhattan will be out of commission later this year.
June 7, 2012
A Compulsory Helmet Law Won’t Make NYC Cyclists Safer
The great thing about arguments favoring compulsory bike helmet laws is that they tend to stay on topic instead of degenerating into fruitless bickering over cyclists’ interactions with pedestrians, bike riders’ claim to the streets, and other tired subjects.
June 6, 2012