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This Week: At Last — the Delancey Street Protected Bike Lane!
This Wednesday, NYC DOT will present a plan for a protected bike lane on Delancey Street between the Williamsburg Bridge and Allen Street. It's been a long time coming.
April 3, 2017
This Week: Flip the Fifth Avenue Bike Lane
Tonight DOT will present the plan for a Fifth Avenue protected bike lane to the Manhattan CB 5 transportation committee.
March 27, 2017
Parking Madness: Little Rock vs. Atlanta
Of all the places that have been marred by surface parking, the saddest might be city blocks served by transit, where walking should reign and driving should not be necessary. We're seeing in this year's Parking Madness tournament that there's an abundance of these places around the United States.
March 23, 2017
This Week: Safer 111th Street, Willy-B Approach, and Fifth Avenue
There are a few big DOT bike projects on community board dockets this week. On Tuesday, the redesign of 111th Street will be up for a vote at CB 4, which DOT has been tiptoeing around for more than two years.
March 20, 2017
Simcha Felder Wants More People to Die on Ocean Parkway
Felder has introduced a bill that would raise the speed limit on Ocean Parkway to 30 miles per hour, exempting the street from NYC’s citywide 25 mph limit.
March 20, 2017
Sign the Petition for a Snow Removal Plan That Clears Streets for Walking
The success or failure of the city’s response to a winter storm is usually gauged by road conditions. If drivers are satisfied, the mayor gets credit for a job well done. Remarkably, there is no equivalent strategy for removing snow, ice, and slush from the pedestrian network.
March 16, 2017
This Week: Speak Up for a Safer 111th Street in Corona
On Tuesday Queens Community Board 4 will vote on the DOT plan to add a protected bike lane and other safety enhancements to 111th Street outside Flushing Meadows Corona Park.
March 13, 2017
This Week: Make Your Case for the 14th Street PeopleWay
DOT and the MTA are holding a series of public workshops to inform the plan to keep people moving during the L train shutdown. This is your chance to speak up for transit-priority streets, protected bikeways, and expanded pedestrian space.
March 6, 2017
This Week: See the DOT Fifth Avenue Bikeway Plan
On Thursday, DOT will reveal its plan for a protected bike lane on Fifth Avenue. Fifth gets more bike traffic than any other southbound avenue in Manhattan, according to DOT bike counts, and New Yorkers have been asking the city to make it a complete street for years. DOT committed to studying a redesign in 2014.
February 27, 2017
This Week: Planning for a 14th Street With No L Train
The looming L train shutdown will disrupt travel for hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers and demands a serious response. This week you can speak up for a robust plan to keep people moving sans L train at a workshop in Manhattan, where advocates are calling on DOT and the MTA to implement transitways on 14th Street and Delancey Street.
February 20, 2017
