Protected Bike Lanes
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DOT Doesn’t Plan to Rip Out the Dyckman Street Protected Bike Lanes — For Now
Project supporters outnumbered critics at last night's CB 12 hearing, but Gale Brewer, Adriano Espaillat, and Marisol Alcantara sent surrogates to attack Dyckman's new design and call for its removal.
May 9, 2018
Is DOT Ready to Address Dyckman Street’s Parking Management Problem?
It should go without saying that smarter parking meter rates can reduce traffic dysfunction on Dyckman. Instead, DOT might narrow the street's new bike lanes to carve out more space for people to park illegally.
May 2, 2018
Will the Dyckman Street Redesign Survive the CB 12 Gauntlet?
Community Board 12 has scheduled a series of meetings on Dyckman “traffic calming issues.” According to the board, DOT will participate.
April 25, 2018
With Central Park Car-Free, There’s One Less Excuse Not to Extend the 6th Ave Protected Bike Lane
Car traffic will shift away from Sixth Avenue, opening up room to extend the protected bike lane that currently ends at 33rd Street.
April 24, 2018
Bikelash Rehash With Gale Brewer and Adriano Espaillat
Justifying their campaign to rip out the Dyckman Street bike lanes, Brewer and Espaillat recycle the same litany of objections that surface whenever a bikeway debuts in New York City.
April 19, 2018
Ydanis Rodriguez Caves to Bike Haters on Dyckman Street
Rodriguez tweeted that he now wants a two-way bikeway on Dyckman's north side to replace parking-protected lanes on both sides of the street. But shifting the bikeway won't solve the problems on Dyckman, which don't stem from the bike lane, but from poor curb management and parking policy.
April 17, 2018
Protected Bike Lanes for 26th Street and 29th Street Are Home Free
Manhattan Community Board 5 endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night by a vote of 30 to 6. DOT has said installation will likely begin in "late spring."
April 13, 2018
Jimmy Van Bramer Called for a Protected Bike Lane on 43rd Avenue a Year Ago Today. Now He’s Undecided.
Queens Community Board 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith has also flip-flopped, saying she doesn't want protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman.
April 13, 2018
Adriano Espaillat and Gale Brewer Want DOT to Erase the Brand New Dyckman Street Bikeway
The fight for a safer Dyckman still isn't over.
April 11, 2018
A Protected Bikeway for 10th Avenue Gains Momentum at Manhattan CB 4
The transportation committee voted unanimously to recommend a northbound protected bikeway on 10th Avenue.
March 28, 2018
