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Park Row Security Zone to Reopen With Protected Bike Lane and New Pedestrian Space
Park Row in Chinatown, which NYPD has treated as a security checkpoint since 9/11, will get a bi-directional bikeway and 10,000 square feet of painted sidewalk from Worth Street to Frankfort Street.
August 31, 2017
The Bike Lane Outside City Hall Isn’t Full of Parked Cars Anymore
A frustrating gap in the Lower Manhattan bike network is about to get filled, as DOT crews wrap up installation of a curb-protected bike lane outside City Hall.
August 25, 2017
DOT Won’t Protect the 2nd Ave Bike Lane, So Volunteers Formed a Human Chain to Keep Cars Out
This morning's demo showed that the bike lane can be kept car-free during rush hour if sufficient steps are taken.
August 22, 2017
Shared Space, Broadway’s Car-Free Garden, and Other Summer Highlights From NYC DOT
NYC DOT is on a roll this summer as construction season brings a slew of new projects to improve walking and biking, including some design treatments the city is trying out for the first time. These short videos are my way of saying thanks.
August 18, 2017
Eyes on the Street: The Fifth Avenue Bike Lane Gets Flipped
DOT crews made quick progress on striping Fifth Avenue's new protected bike lane this week. The project flips the parking lane along 15 blocks of the old buffered bike lane, providing protection from moving traffic between 23rd Street and 8th Street.
August 18, 2017
Video: Cyclist Survives Intentional Hit-and-Run on Second Avenue
The driver responsible for the June 22 collision has still not been identified, and NYPD told the victim he may never be apprehended.
August 11, 2017
Tuff Luck: DOT Nixes Rush Hour Protection on Second Avenue Bike Lane
Last summer, DOT put forward a plan to install a protected bike lane on Second Avenue between 59th Street and 43rd Street. Now the new bike lane is in place, but the "tuff curbs" that are supposed to protect it during rush hour are nowhere to be seen, and DOT has no intention of adding them.
August 1, 2017
Eyes on the Street: DOT’s “Shared Space” Comes to Life by Madison Square
DOT's reconfiguration of Broadway near Madison Square Park is almost complete. Streetsblog reader Hilda Cohen shared this bird's-eye view of pedestrian-priority block.
July 19, 2017
NYPD Surrounds Flatiron Plaza With Concrete Barriers, Because Terrorism
Sometime between Thursday night and Friday morning, NYPD surrounded Flatiron Plaza, where Broadway crosses Fifth Avenue, with concrete barriers. Similar barriers could be coming to public spaces throughout the city in the name of NYPD's counterterror initiatives.
July 18, 2017
After Cyclist Deaths, Manhattan CB 4 Presses DOT for Protected Crosstown Bikeways
After drivers killed two cyclists in the district last month, Manhattan Community Board 4 is reiterating its request for DOT to install protected bike lanes on crosstown streets in Chelsea and Hell's Kitchen.
July 11, 2017
