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SMILE! M14 Ridership Is Up As More Camera Enforcement Comes to the Busway
The Busway just keeps rolling, and car owners are staying on the run.
November 21, 2019
STREETSBLOG GETS ACTION! City Mulls Protected Bike Lanes on Lower East Side
Move would create alternative routes as the East Side Greenway is closed for flood protection.
November 15, 2019
Greenway Through East River Park Will Be Partly Open During Coastal Revamp
Portions of the greenway — a favorite of cyclists — will stay accessible during construction, the city says.
October 3, 2019
Bowery Flowers — The Green Spark Behind NYC’s 1980s Bicycle Revival
Remembering Carl Hultberg, a great, unsung figure at the start of the livable streets movement.
September 16, 2019
Dangers Mount With Crashes, Conflicts on Queensboro Bridge
The city should separate cyclists and pedestrians — stat! — before someone gets killed. But motorists, as always, come first.
July 30, 2019
Op-Ed: These Five Manhattan Streets Need Safety Fixes Now!
The city just fixed one killing zone. It needs to fix many, many more.
July 22, 2019
Manhattan Beep Stalls Plans for Lower East Side ‘Resiliency’ Project
Locals are concerned, among other things, about its effect on a riverside bike path.
July 10, 2019
Op-Ed: Communities of Color Need Protected Lanes, Too!
Bike-infrastructure inequities among neighborhoods continue — which is hard to square with Mayor de Blasio's stated goal of knitting together the "two cities" of New York. The Department of Transportation must fix the problem.
July 3, 2019
London’s Experience With Congestion Pricing: It’s Working!
London’s experience may provide some useful guideposts. But it also lays bare some of the challenges facing New York.
May 31, 2019
DOT Will Replace East Village ‘Mixing Zones’ With Semi-Protected Intersections
The First and Second Avenue protected bike lanes are about to get a whole lot safer, thanks to a new offset design.
May 22, 2019
