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First Avenue Bike Lane Designs Prove, Again, There’s No War On Cars
Here's a question for the tabloids: if Janette Sadik-Khan is really a "psycho bike lady," why isn't there a protected bike lane on First Avenue in midtown Manhattan? To ask the question is to answer it. Under Sadik-Khan, the Department of Transportation has been implementing more innovative and progressive policy than under previous administrations, but anything that would increase congestion remains off-limits. That's true even on First and Second Avenues, home to what is perhaps New York's most ambitious complete streets redesign.
September 8, 2011
CB 8 Committee May Not Love Cyclists, But Still Votes for Safer First Avenue
On the Upper East Side, community board members are willing to vote for safer streets, so long as they can vent about cyclists beforehand.
September 8, 2011
CB 11 Committee, Joined By Mark-Viverito, Votes For East Harlem Bike Lanes
The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 11 wants to see protected bike lanes on First and Second Avenues, which the city promised for East Harlem last year and then delayed. Joined by City Council Member Melissa Mark-Viverito, who spoke strongly in favor of the project, the committee endorsed plans to build protected lanes between 96th Street and 125th Street on both avenues in a vote of 5-1, with two abstentions.
September 7, 2011
Next Week: DOT to Re-Present Plans for East Side Bike Lanes Up to 125th
After over a year of protests from residents and electeds clamoring for safer streets, next week DOT will present its proposal for extending the First and Second Avenue bike lanes north to 125th Street. The presentations will mark the second time around the community board circuit for bike-ped safety plans on those streets, which were approved by local CBs in 2010 but put on hold soon after.
August 31, 2011
Rewind: The Taming and Reclaiming of Prospect Park West
It's been nearly a year since we first ran Robin Urban Smith's Streetfilm on the Prospect Park West redesign. A lot has happened since then, but the lane is working as well as ever and I can't think of a better way to wrap up this important day for NYC street safety policy than to have another look at this video of DOT's work in action.
August 17, 2011
Victory for Safe Streets: Judge Rejects Prospect Park West Bike Lane Lawsuit
Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan dismissed the lawsuit seeking to reverse the redesign of Prospect Park West yesterday, putting an end to a protracted, ugly chapter in the annals of NYC street safety improvements. The lawsuit, brought this March by a group of politically-connected opponents who failed to participate in the years of public process that preceded the redesign, had no standing because it was filed after the statute of limitations expired, Bunyan ruled.
August 17, 2011
Protected Bike Lanes Coming to East Harlem, Tweets Mark-Viverito
Could complete streets finally be coming to East Harlem?
August 10, 2011
Study: Vancouver Merchants Badly Misjudge Effect of Protected Bike Lanes
Few groups speak more loudly in debates over the reallocation of street space than local businesses. In New York, there are merchants who vocally favor a better environment for pedestrians, cyclists, and transit, but all it takes are a few firm believers in easy car access to dictate the terms of the public debate. Case in point: In 2009, merchants in Greenwich Village and along Grand Street were able to get mayoral candidate Bill Thompson on the record against bike lanes.
August 10, 2011
Riding Bogotá’s Bountiful Protected Bikeways
Since 1998, Bogotá, Colombia has built more than 300 kilometers of protected bikeways. Streetfilms recently had the chance to explore the city's bike network with the man responsible for building it, former mayor Enrique Peñalosa.
August 8, 2011
Judge Rejects More NBBL Subpoenas in PPW Case [Updated]
Here's the latest on the Prospect Park West bike lane case: Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan has again rejected an attempt by NBBL attorney Jim Walden to issue subpoenas without approval from the court.
August 3, 2011