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Slow Going for Harlem Bike Projects at Local Community Boards
The plans affect streets in four Manhattan community boards, posing distinct challenges for DOT's typical practice of securing endorsements for street safety projects.
March 20, 2018
Overruling Bronx CB 8, DOT Advances Protected Bike Lanes Along Van Cortlandt Park
DOT plans to move forward with a redesign of Broadway alongside Van Cortlandt Park next month.
March 13, 2018
It’s Way Too Tough to Make Basic Street Safety Fixes in New York — So Let’s Make It Easier
Norms have hardened around the idea that basic street safety changes should be subject to an inscrutable public process full of veto points. We have to change those norms.
March 8, 2018
Hot Topic at West Village L Train Shutdown Meeting: The 13th Street Protected Bike Lane
DOT expects bicycling to double along the L corridor, translating to 2,000-5,000 daily bike trips on 13th Street.
March 2, 2018
Two Community Boards Have Endorsed DOT’s Crosstown Bikeway Plan. The Only Holdout Is CB 5.
Will one holdout community board delay the first crosstown protected bike lanes in Midtown?
February 15, 2018
Bronx Community Board 5 Committee Endorses Grand Concourse Redesign Up to Fordham Road
There is no low-cost, quick-build version of the project, however, so residents won't reap the safety benefits until capital construction wraps up in 2022 (at the earliest).
February 7, 2018
Whose Streets? Eric Duke’s Streets
"Maybe I just won't pay our property taxes if my street is taken away from me," the TV production studio owner said of the city's plan to dedicate a seven-foot strip of public street space to bicycling.
February 2, 2018
Bronx Residents Don’t Want to Wait Four Years for DOT to Deliver a Safer Grand Concourse
DOT plans to build raised bike lanes along the medians on the Grand Concourse, but construction between 175th Street and Fordham Road won't wrap up until 2022 at the earliest. That timetable doesn't sit well with the Bronx residents who came out to Bronx Community Board 5 last night to demand faster action.
January 25, 2018
It’s Happening: Fourth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Slated for Implementation This Spring
Just a few years ago, Fourth Avenue was a six-lane roadway filled with car traffic and hostile to anyone walking or biking.
January 18, 2018
CB 4 Committee Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for 26th and 29th Streets
The Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee unanimously endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bikes lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night. The redesign calls for a five-foot parking-protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks, with variations where the street is wider or narrower.
January 18, 2018
