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DOT Canal Street Plan Adds Pedestrian Space, Bike Route, But Next Mayor Must Think Bigger
The changes are a good start, but Canal Street deserves a radical transformation.
September 12, 2025
Friday’s Headlines: Fixing Canal Street Edition
DOT will lower the speed limit on the Manhattan Bridge lanes that feed onto Canal Street. Plus more news.
August 8, 2025
Fixing Canal Street Means Rethinking the Manhattan Bridge Itself: Experts
Canal Street needs a fix, but the city must go straight to the source.
July 24, 2025
#StuckAtDOT: Canal Street Carnage Continues As Fixes Flounder
How many deaths will it take till he knows that too many people have died?
July 21, 2025
Horrific Crash on Manhattan Bridge Bike Path Underscores Moped Crisis
Illegal and legal mopeds are forbidden yet are increasingly common on the span as delivery workers shift to faster vehicles to make their meager living.
July 27, 2023
Manhattan Bridge Squeeze: Construction Narrows Tight Bike Paths for Months
The Manhattan Bridge's popular bike path has become a dangerous bottleneck because of construction materials stored there for months — and cyclists are calling on the city to make more room on the span.
November 18, 2022
OPINION: What Should Be Done About Canal Street?
The nostrums are no mystery. Rather than doing a million more studies, the city should just fix it.
August 9, 2021
Signs Point the Way ‘Back to the Future’ for East River Bridges
Hey, DOT, wanna use the spans to get people into Manhattan? Get rid of the cars.
July 13, 2021
Cycling is Up, Car Trips are Down, De Blasio is Confused
Here's some fuzzy math: Cycling over the city's East River bridges continues to increase, while car traffic over the very same spans continues to fall — yet the de Blasio administration is doing nothing to add space for bike riders.
December 7, 2020
Bike Advocates Kick Off Campaign for Lanes on East River Bridges
TransAlt sets sights on claiming space for cycling in the roadbed.
September 2, 2020
