Protected Bike Lanes
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Caption Contest: Chuck Schumer Rides the Prospect Park West Bike Lane
Looks like protected bike infrastructure is growing on Chuck Schumer. High-powered backchannel NIMBY assault notwithstanding, New York's senior senator apparently does enjoy riding the bike lane in his front yard, as you can see in this Sunday morning photo courtesy of fellow PPW resident Paul Steely White.
March 18, 2012
CB 11 Transpo Committee Votes 7-0 for East Harlem Protected Bike Lanes
Protected bike lanes once again won big support in East Harlem. After Community Board 11 first endorsed protected lanes for First Avenue and Second Avenue by a vote of 47-3, then rescinded that support in the face of business opposition, the board's transportation committee has put the complete street redesign back on the path to construction with a 7-0 vote of support, with one abstention.
March 7, 2012
After NIMBY Speed Bump, East Harlem Bike Lanes Back Up For Vote
Tomorrow night, protected bike lanes and pedestrian refuges for First and Second Avenue bike lanes are again on the agenda of East Harlem's Community Board 11.
March 5, 2012
NBBL Press Releases vs. NBBL
Like a reanimated corpse, the PPW bike lane lawsuit is stumbling on a little while longer, as NBBL appeals Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan's dismissal of the case. The surreal part of the spectacle this time around is that bike lane opponents are basically repeating what they said last year, even though their own correspondence has since revealed that they knew claims in the lawsuit had no merit. Who needs merit when you just want to wage a political attack against DOT commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan?
February 14, 2012
Bikes Belong to Help Six Cities Build Protected Bikeways
Six cities will adopt innovate street designs for safer cycling over the next two years as part of a new program from Bikes Belong.
February 8, 2012
What If Lafayette Avenue Had a Protected Bike Lane and Ped Refuges?
Hilda Cohen, Ali Loxton and 1,600 petition-signers are asking for a painted bike lane and a road diet on Brooklyn's Lafayette Avenue: They're hoping to calm traffic and improve the area's bike network by turning one traffic lane into a bike lane, and they helped persuade Brooklyn Community Board 2 to ask NYC DOT to revisit the idea.
January 24, 2012
Strong Majority Supports Protected Bike Lanes at East Harlem Hearing
At a long and at points contentious public hearing last night, a clear majority of speakers came out in support of protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues in East Harlem. In addition to local residents, the public health community came out in force to demolish the opposition's claim that installing bike lanes could worsen the neighborhood's asthma rates.
December 7, 2011
Tuesday: Manhattan CB 11 Hosts Hearing on East Harlem Bike Lanes
Next Tuesday, Manhattan Community Board 11 will take up the extension of protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenue up to 125th Street in East Harlem. This is the critical safety project that the owners of Patsy's Pizzeria and Milk Burger tried to derail at a recent CB 11 meeting by claiming that it would make asthma rates worse.
December 2, 2011
Manhattan CB 2 Votes Unanimously for Hudson Street Bike Lane Upgrade
The full board of Manhattan Community Board 2 voted unanimously last Thursday night to endorse a community-generated plan to convert the buffered bike lane on Hudson Street to a parking-protected lane.
November 21, 2011
Mark-Viverito: Misinformation Won’t Stop East Harlem Bike Lanes
After a misinformation campaign by two local business owners, East Harlem's Community Board 11 rescinded its vote in support of plans for protected bike lanes along First and Second Avenue Tuesday night. The board will soon vote again on the project, which has the backing of local Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito.
November 17, 2011