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Eyes on the Street, Midtown Redux: Crosstown Bike Lane Meets 6 1/2 Avenue
More streetscape news from Midtown: In addition to the Eighth Avenue bike lane expansion and the installation of 6 1/2 Avenue, DOT is already at work on new crosstown lanes. Steve O., a.k.a. @eveostay, snapped this shot today at the brand new intersection of the E. 51st Street lane and 6 1/2 Ave.
July 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Bike-Ped Improvements on 6 1/2 and Eighth Avenues
Safer streets are taking shape in Midtown, with work underway to create new paths through the heart of the city for pedestrians and cyclists alike.
July 2, 2012
Braving Double-Parked Parents, MS 51 Students Bike to School in Droves
Based on this picture of rows of temporary bike racks, all filled, it looks like MS 51's Bike-To-School Day was a big hit (photo via Lara Lebeiko of Bicycle Habitat, which provided volunteers for the event). Escorted rides, or "bike buses," took students from Sunset Park, Carroll Gardens and Windsor Terrace/Kensington to the Park Slope school and back. During the day, a bike skills and safety course helped teach the students how to ride on their own.
May 23, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Eighth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Heads North
Reader Niles Ray sends in this bird's-eye view of bike lane construction on Eighth Avenue at 37th Street.
May 14, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Upper West Side Crash Leaves Vehicle Overturned
Reader Daniel Green sends in this picture of a Thursday afternoon crash at Broadway and W. 77th Street. According to FDNY, the crash occurred at approximately 1:21 p.m. One person was treated for injuries and released, while a second was hospitalized at St. Luke's-Roosevelt, a spokesperson said. FDNY did not know if bystanders were among the injured.
May 4, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Summer Streets, May Day Edition
New Yorkers got an unusual taste of what car-free streets feel like yesterday, thanks to the combination of Occupy Wall Street's May Day march and the New York Police Department.
May 2, 2012
Eyes on the Street: DOT Lays Foundations for Safer First Avenue
Looks like the concrete has been poured for new pedestrian refuges on First Avenue in the 60s.
April 30, 2012
Eyes on the Street: Neighbors Get Better Bike Lane
Somehow we doubt it's going to make Iris Weinshall, Norm Steisel and Louise Hainline feel any better (what with the threat of another lawsuit), but construction is now underway on pedestrian islands along the Prospect Park West bike lane.
April 24, 2012
Eyes on the Street: NYPD Gives Manhattan Cyclists Unsafe Instructions
The NYPD appears to be taking bicycle safety into its own hands, offering faulty safety tips to cyclists on both the First Avenue and Fifth Avenue bike lanes.
April 18, 2012
Eyes on the Street: East Village Bike Corral Action
Reader Mike Epstein sends in this shot of DOT bike corral construction on Ninth Street between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. It's good to see this treatment expanding. Corrals that accommodate multiple bike racks offer a much more efficient use of street space than a one-car parking spot. They make streets safer by improving sight lines, and they don't leave cyclists and pedestrians fighting over sidewalk scraps.
April 18, 2012