Bike Lanes
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Instead of a Classon Avenue Bike Lane, Bed-Stuy Electeds Want a Street Where No One Rides Bikes
On Thursday, DOT announced plans to paint a bike lane on Classon Avenue, the northbound one-way street where a left-turning driver killed Lauren Davis as she rode her bike to work last April. As bicycle infrastructure goes, it's the bare minimum -- some stripes and stencils to designate space for biking, with no changes to moving lanes or parking. But that hasn't stopped a group of local officials from coming out against it.
June 20, 2017
Landmark Study Tests a Bike Network’s Effects on Safety and Ridership
Which is more important to making a city great for biking: the number of high-quality bikeways, or whether they're connected to each other? A new study from Spain offers an unexpected answer.
May 31, 2017
And the “Weiner Award” for Courting the Bikelash Vote Goes to… Bo Dietl
The Republican contest to go up against Mayor Bill de Blasio is barely underway and candidates are already competing for who can stake out the most retrograde positions on streets and transportation policy.
April 27, 2017
Tomorrow: Tell DOT to Get Moving on a Safer Dyckman Street
CB 12 and DOT are hosting yet another public meeting. It's important that DOT and the board once again hear from people who want the city to finally move forward with a safer Dyckman Street.
April 19, 2017
DOT Should Bypass CB 12 and Build Out the Dyckman Bike Lane Project
More than 300 people have been injured on Dyckman in the nine years since Inwood residents asked CB 12 and DOT for a street redesign.
March 30, 2017
A Short, Simple Bike Lane on Franklin Ave Got Snarled at Brooklyn CB 9
The Brooklyn Community Board 9 transportation committee endorsed a seven-block bike lane on Franklin Avenue earlier this month, but now it looks like a procedural snafu may scuttle the bike connection between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard.
March 29, 2017
DOT Has a Fix for the Crummy Bike Connection Between Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
The big change in DOT's plan is a two-way section of bike lane protected by a concrete barrier on Park Row, plus a short contraflow lane on Spruce Street. It's not a lot of bike lane mileage, but it's a key link in the network that will be dramatically improved.
March 15, 2017
Brooklyn CB Committee OKs Franklin Ave Bike Lane Shelved Since 2014
The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 9 last night endorsed DOT’s plan to put a bike lane on Franklin Avenue between Eastern Parkway and Empire Boulevard. Previously, DOT had installed a bike lane north of the parkway in 2014, but backed off the segment south of Eastern Parkway when CB 9 opposed it.
March 9, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Time to Upgrade the 9th Street Bike Lane
This morning, Doug Gordon, a.k.a. Brooklyn Spoke, tweeted this photo of westbound Ninth Street between Sixth and Fifth avenues. Drivers routinely take over the bike lane here and force cyclists into traffic. It's a scene that Mayor de Blasio must see on a regular basis.
March 9, 2017
DOT Proposes Painted Bike Lanes, Not Protection, for Amsterdam Above 110th
DOT plans to put Amsterdam Avenue north of 110th Street on a road diet. But instead of extending the protected bike lane on Upper West Side north into Morningside Heights, the project calls for painted bike lanes.
March 3, 2017
