Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

A “Dutch Junction” With Glow-in-the-Dark Bike Lanes Now Exists — in Texas

By Angie Schmitt | Oct 7, 2016 | No Comments

It’s America’s first unsignalized “Dutch Junction” — a type of intersection with protected space for cycling. It even has solar luminescent bike lanes. And here’s the kicker — it’s in the heart of Texas. The Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M led the design and installation at a campus intersection in College Station. The Dutch Junction is designed to keep bicyclists out of […]

Eyes on the Street: The Emergent Sixth Avenue Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Jul 19, 2016 | 13 Comments

6th Ave finally got its bike lane! #bikenyc pic.twitter.com/5yYF9SaxkL — Jesse Chan-Norris (@jcn) July 19, 2016 Work has started on the Sixth Avenue bikeway. The pic in the above tweet is at Sixth and 18th Street. The photo below, sent to us by a reader, was taken at 16th Street. Sixth Avenue is one of the […]

Driver Backing Up to Park Severely Injures Cyclist in Middle Village [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jul 13, 2016 | 8 Comments

A driver in pursuit of a parking spot severely injured a cyclist in Queens this morning. The victim, a 64-year-old man, was traveling northbound on Lutheran Avenue, near Juniper Valley Park in Middle Village, at about 8:35 a.m., NYPD told Streetsblog. Near the intersection of Juniper Boulevard North, a 71-year-old backing up to park hit him with […]

Electeds Urge DOT to Make Safety Improvements PS 41 Parents Asked For

By Brad Aaron | Jul 7, 2016 | 10 Comments

Local, state, and federal electeds are calling on DOT to make long-sought safety improvements in the West Village, including a protected bikeway on Seventh Avenue South. In a June 30 letter to DOT, City Council Member Corey Johnson, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer, Assembly Member Deborah Glick, State Senator Brad Hoylman, and U.S. Representative Jerrold Nadler […]

To Improve Walking and Biking Across the Harlem River, DOT’s Thinking Big

By David Meyer | May 17, 2016 | 11 Comments

There are 16 bridges linking Manhattan and the Bronx, but if you walk or bike between the boroughs, safe, convenient routes are still scarce. That could change if DOT follows through on ideas the agency released this spring to improve walking and biking access over the Harlem River bridges [PDF]. Currently, 13 of the 16 bridges along the […]

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Ride the New Pulaski Bridge Bikeway With Streetfilms

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Apr 29, 2016 | No Comments

Today was a milestone for traveling between Brooklyn and Queens: NYC DOT opened the Pulaski Bridge bike path to lots of cheers with a celebratory ride. Before today, the Pulaski Bridge walking and biking path was dangerously congested, with more pedestrians and cyclists crammed on to its narrow right-of-way every year. The solution? Convert one lane of the roadway to a two-way […]

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