Protected Bike Lanes
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Brooklyn CB 7 Committee Unanimously Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for Fourth Avenue
A full board vote is set for next Wednesday, with the first phase of implementation on track for the spring.
December 12, 2017
Clinton Street Bike Lane Still MIA Ten Days After DOT Repaving
Maintaining streets is one of NYC DOT's core functions. But once fresh asphalt is down, the wait for new markings can drag on, and for streets in the bike network, that can mean the loss of protection for weeks at a time.
December 11, 2017
London’s Protected Bike Lanes Move People 5 Times More Efficiently Than Car Lanes
London's new protected bike lane network has made Upper Thames Street much, much more efficient -- because it gave more Londoners a way to comfortably move through their city in a way that requires less public space.
November 29, 2017
Gawk at the Great New Bike Access to the Williamsburg Bridge From Brooklyn
What's great is not only the safety of the protected lanes, but that the city took into account all the ways people on bikes approach the bridge.
November 22, 2017
TransAlt: De Blasio Needs to Ramp Up Protected Bike Lanes to Make More New Yorkers Feel at Ease on a Bike
Mayor de Blasio needs to accelerate the installation of protected bike lanes in his second term to achieve his goal of doubling cycling by 2020, says Transportation Alternatives.
November 21, 2017
CB 7 to DOT: Unprotected Bike Lanes Still Not Good Enough for 110th Street
For the second time this year, DOT came to Manhattan Community Board 7 with a redesign of 110th Street that doesn't include protected bike lanes. And for the second time, board members told DOT to go back to the drawing board.
November 15, 2017
Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic Stoke Fear of DOT Project to Make It Safer to Walk and Bike to P.S. 213
WPIX is on a mission to stop a street safety project outside P.S. 213. And local representatives Barry Grodenchik and Nily Rozic are falling for it.
November 9, 2017
DOT Plans for Protected Bike Lanes Linking Queensboro Bridge and Queens Blvd
The redesign of 43rd Avenue and Skillman Avenue would make for a nearly-continuous protected east-west bike route between the East Side of Manhattan and central Queens.
November 7, 2017
Tonight: DOT Presents Redesign for Skillman and 43rd Avenues
Cyclists are vulnerable to motor vehicle traffic on these two streets, which should be safe connections between the Queensboro Bridge and Queens Boulevard.
November 6, 2017
Eyes on the Street: Leading Bicycle Intervals and Semi-Protected Intersections
Readers are spying new DOT intersection treatments for bikeways popping up in Manhattan and Brooklyn.
October 27, 2017
