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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
Eyes on the Street: The Return of “Plaza 33” — Maybe for Good
"Plaza 33" is back, transforming the eastern half of 33rd Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue into a car-free public space -- and it's set to remain indefinitely.
July 21, 2016
Driver Charged Under ROW Law After Killing Teresa Martinelli, 79, in Midtown
A senior hit by a driver in Midtown earlier this month has died. NYPD charged the driver with violating the victim's right of way.
July 13, 2016
Can a “Tuff Curb” Protect Cyclists on 2nd Ave? We’re About to Find Out
DOT has a plan for a protected bike lane on 16 blocks of Second Avenue that will test out a new configuration, where the only protection is a row of short, yellow plastic "tuff curbs." The project shrinks the protected bike lane gap on the avenue in Midtown but still exposes cyclists to fast-moving motor vehicles on the heavily-trafficked approach to the Queens Midtown Tunnel. DOT presented the plan last night to the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee, which endorsed it with one abstention and no votes against.
July 12, 2016
Tonight: See DOT’s Plan for 16 More Blocks of 2nd Avenue Protected Bikeway
Later today, NYC DOT will present its plan to install a protected bike lane on Second Avenue between the Queensboro Bridge/59th Street and 43rd Street to the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee. The project would significantly shrink the gaps in the southbound protected bike lane but still leave cyclists exposed for several blocks approaching both the bridge and the Queens Midtown Tunnel.
July 11, 2016
DOT Will Close Remaining Gaps in First Avenue Protected Bike Lane
Soon there will be a continuous northbound protected bike lane along the length of First Avenue, from Houston Street to the Harlem River. On Monday, the Manhattan Community Board 6 transportation committee voted for DOT's plan to plug the critical gaps in physical protection near the United Nations and the approach to the Queensboro Bridge [PDF].
June 8, 2016
Driver Fails to Yield and Kills 67-Year-Old Yuenei Wu in Midtown
A livery car driver turning left onto Eighth Avenue from 38th Street struck and killed 67-year-old Yuenei Wu yesterday afternoon. Police charged 39-year-old Edip Ozlemis for failing to yield to a pedestrian, an unclassified misdemeanor.
June 7, 2016
Driver Kills 80-Year-Old in Midtown Precinct That Barely Enforces Speeding
A motorist killed an 80-year-old man walking in a Midtown police precinct that rarely enforces the speed limit. NYPD and District Attorney Cy Vance filed no charges.
May 5, 2016
DOT Will Fill in Most of the Second Avenue Bike Lane Gap in Midtown
DOT will present plans this spring to fill most, but not all, of the remaining gaps in the north-south protected bike lanes on the East Side of Manhattan. Significantly, DOT intends to create a physically protected bike lane on Second Avenue between 59th Street and 43rd Street. Combined with the bike lane extension coming to the Upper East Side after surface work on the Second Avenue Subway wraps up, the project would close most of the remaining gaps on the avenue but leave the approaches to the Queensboro Bridge and the Queens Midtown Tunnel exposed.
March 8, 2016