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Council: Cuomo’s L-Train Bombshell Should Not Also Kill Bus and Bike Improvements
Just because the governor bigfooted Andy Byford doesn't mean Brooklyn and Manhattan shouldn't get their bike lanes and their bus improvements!
January 3, 2019
Op-Ed: Varick Street Crossing Guards Are Telling a Tale of Congestion Pricing
The Times story on "adult crossing guards" reveals, though inadvertently, how our politicians have failed us.
December 28, 2018
Don’t Blame Only Alec Baldwin for Parking Fight — Blame Free Parking!
If parking wasn't free, there would be plenty of spaces for people who actually need them.
November 2, 2018
Seventh Avenue Protected Bike Lane Springs to Life in the Village
The Seventh Avenue protected bike lane now extends to the West Village.
DOT installed the first leg of parking-protected bike lanes on Seventh Avenue from 30th Street to 14th Street at the end of last year. The southern segment cuts through the irregular angles of the West Village grid between 14th Street and Clarkson Street.
May 25, 2018
NYPD Blames Victim After Hit-and-Run Driver Kills Cyclist Ronald Burke in Bushwick
A hit-and-run driver killed a man cycling in Bushwick early Friday morning, and a yellow cab driver killed an elderly man walking in Greenwich Village last night. NYPD blamed the victim in both cases.
July 3, 2017
15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring
Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.
March 3, 2017
Without the L Train, the Best Shot to Avoid Traffic Hell Is a Car-Free 14th Street
If you think traffic will get worse with a car-free 14th Street, imagine what would happen if there's no L train and the city fails to make surface transit an appealing option.
January 6, 2017
DOT Floats Greenwich Avenue Protected Bike Lane to Manhattan CB 2
DOT may create a safer cycling connection between Sixth Avenue and Eighth Avenue with a two-way parking protected bike lane on most of Greenwich Avenue -- if Manhattan Community Board 2 votes for it.
October 14, 2016
Checking in With People Cycling on the New Sixth Ave Protected Bike Lane
The Sixth Avenue protected bike lane is just about finished between 8th Street and 33rd Street, except for the pedestrian islands. The redesign is still in that awkward transitional phase where people are figuring out how to use it, so today Streetsblog checked in with a few of the thousands of people who bike Sixth Avenue daily to see how the change is coming.
August 9, 2016
NYC Needs a Car-Free 14th Street When the L Closes — And When It Returns
In 2019, the L train west of Williamsburg will be shut down so the MTA can repair Sandy-related damage to subway tunnels under the East River. Hundreds of thousands of people will have to find other ways to get around, and there's no conceivable way to do that without dedicating a lot of street space to buses, bicyclists, and pedestrians.
June 23, 2016