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West Side Study Offers Lots of Little Improvements, No Transformations
The Department of Transportation has completed a multi-year transportation study of the Upper West Side, and Wednesday night the agency walked local residents through the many proposed changes [PDF]. The suggestions for the area between 55th and 86th Streets, west of Central Park, include a number of valuable intersection-level improvements to pedestrian safety, but left some feeling that the recommendations don't go far enough.
April 27, 2012
The Case for a Two-Way Protected Bike Lane on Plaza Street
Cross-posted from Brooklyn Spoke.
April 12, 2012
Bikes Belong Selects Six Cities to Fast Track Protected Bike Lanes
The Bikes Belong Foundation has chosen six cities to fast track physically protected bikeway designs that make cycling safer and more accessible to a wide range of people.
April 4, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Protected Bike Lane Sighting on the Upper East Side
Reader Liz Patek sends these shots of the new road markings on First Avenue in the 60s. The protected bike lane that Manhattan Community Board 8 approved last summer is going in.
April 4, 2012
Two-Way Bike Lane Back on Table For Plaza Street, But Will It Be Protected?
Is the NBBL era finally behind us? First, Senator Chuck Schumer himself was spotted riding in the Prospect Park West bike lane. Now, the Department of Transportation is reviving a plan, shelved at the height of the NBBL-aided media circus about cycling, to build a two-way bike lane on Plaza Street.
April 3, 2012
After 18 Months of Bike Lane, Columbus Ave Retail Looks as Strong as Ever
You might remember a wave of news stories that broke around this time last year with headlines like: "Columbus Avenue Business Owners Say Bike Lanes Driving Down Bottom Line," or "Lack of Parking Destroying Columbus Avenue Business," or "Study: Street Redesign Hurting Upper West Side Businesses."
March 30, 2012
CB 4 Wins Sidewalk Expansions, Bike Corrals For West Side Bike Lanes
One of the year's most exciting street safety projects is on track to get better. Thanks to a recent set of recommendations from Community Board 4, the extension of the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues will include additional sidewalk expansions and on-street bike parking. Though DOT didn't adopt all of the board's ideas -- most notably, the agency is leaving a gap in the physical protection for cyclists in front of the Port Authority Bus Terminal -- on the West Side, the community board's requests are helping to build a better bike lane.
March 28, 2012
With a Boost From Bike-Share, Cycling Surges on Mexico City’s Mean Streets
This is the third in a series of reports about sustainable transportation policies in Mexico City. Last week, Streetsblog participated in a tour of the city led by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Previous installments covered pedestrian improvements and the city's new bus rapid transit system.
March 22, 2012
East Harlem CB Approves Protected Bike Lanes for First and Second Avenues
East Harlem's Community Board 11 last night approved, again, plans to build protected bike lanes and pedestrian refuge islands on First and Second Avenues. The vote comes after a lengthy public debate in which the community fought for the lanes and the board approved them, only to take back its support after local businesses protested.
March 21, 2012
East Harlem Community Board to Take Final Bike Lane Vote Tomorrow
After a long and circuitous path, the fate of protected bike lanes on East Harlem's First and Second Avenues may be decided in a community board vote Tuesday night.
March 19, 2012