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Eyes on the Street: DOT’s Meeker Ave. Bike Lane Plan Finally Attacks Parking (Well, Some of It)
Like so many things, it's a start.
May 19, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Fighting Over Crumbs
May 5, 2021
Streetfilms Auteur Reveals How You, Too, Can Create ‘Bike Count’ Videos
Clarence Eckerson Jr. — the Orson Welles of the streets — shares the secrets of making a great bike count video, and how such footage can help create change in your city.
April 19, 2021
DOT: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Won’t Be Truly Awesome Because the Mayor Sprung It On Us
"We're doing the most straightforward approach," a DOT official said. "It doesn't preclude [DOT] putting in what all feel is a better or more workable bike lane in the future."
April 16, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Godzilla vs. Kong is Not the Real Terror on our Streets
National treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy is certainly not above glomming onto today's hottest trends.
April 12, 2021
A Round and a Roundy: Drivers are Just Manspreaders
Our national treasure cartoonist Bill Roundy has been reading all our coverage of soaring bike counts on First and Second avenues and the metaphor-manufacturing segment of his fevered brain kicked in immediately.
April 5, 2021
Electeds Call for Wider Bike Lanes on Second Avenue and Beyond
A growing chorus recognizes the danger, lack of equity on roadways as the cycling boom mounts.
March 26, 2021
Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Moving Along ‘Nicely’ Says DOT — But Is It?
Just like everyone reporting to spring training this month, the Brooklyn Bridge bike lane planning process is in the best shape of its life. But when is Opening Day?
February 26, 2021
CYCLE OF RAGE: What is Going On? Who’s In Charge? Why Are the Bike Lanes STILL A Mess 12 Days After a Storm?
I guess I'm tired of having to reach out to multiple agencies — Sanitation, DOT, Parks, the MTA, the NYPD, the Office of Management and Budget, the Department of Buildings — every time it snows to find out who's in charge.
February 14, 2021
DOT Wants a Permanent Protected Bike Lane on Northern Boulevard, But How Protected Will it Be?
The agency presented a plan with flexible delineators, not jersey barriers. Members of a community board panel said, "Try again."
February 11, 2021
