Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Eyes on the Street: Clinton Street’s New Bikeway

By Stephen Miller | Aug 25, 2015 | 10 Comments

A new two-way bikeway is under construction to provide a connection between the Williamsburg Bridge and the East River Greenway. The route along Clinton Street extends the existing two-way protected bike lane between Delancey and Grand an additional five blocks to South Street, where it connects to the waterfront bike path beneath the FDR Drive. The waterfront greenway, which […]

Reappointed by Rosenthal, Dan Zweig Already Trashing Amsterdam Ave Plan

By Stephen Miller | Aug 17, 2015 | 14 Comments

Bike lane opponent Dan Zweig is at it again. The longtime Manhattan Community Board 7 transportation committee co-chair was quoted in a Post article trashing the Amsterdam Avenue bike lane before DOT even presents its design, set to be released in September or October. “There is very heavy traffic [on Amsterdam] and it is a truck […]

Tish James Calls on DOT to Make Bike Lanes Standard on Vision Zero Projects

By Ben Fried | Jul 28, 2015 | 5 Comments

Have you noticed that DOT street safety projects are leaving out bike lanes even when there’s plenty of room for them? So has Public Advocate Tish James. In a letter to Transportation Commissioner Polly Trottenberg last week, James called on DOT to make bike lanes a default feature of street redesigns, especially on wide arterial streets where […]

DOT Drops Buffer From Bronx Bike Lanes Under Vision Zero Safety Plan

By Stephen Miller | Jun 16, 2015 | 26 Comments

DOT is downgrading buffered bike lanes as part of a street safety project on 1.3 miles of Prospect Avenue in the Bronx, a Vision Zero priority corridor. While the street appears to have enough room for protected bike lanes while maintaining the current motor vehicle lanes, DOT instead opted to narrow the bike lanes, remove the […]

Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane Goes Green [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Jun 1, 2015 | 6 Comments

Update: The Manhattan Community Board 12 transportation committee will consider an agenda item tonight that would call on DOT to remove the Fort George Hill bike lane. Yes, really. The meeting will be held at the Isabella Geriatric Center, 515 Audobon Avenue, at 7 p.m. Here are more photos from reader Jonathan Rabinowitz of Upper […]

The Case for Baking Bike Infrastructure Into Vision Zero Projects

By Stephen Miller | May 21, 2015 | 12 Comments

London is surging ahead with big plans for protected bikeways that span the city. By comparison, New York’s bike plans, while moving forward incrementally, feel piecemeal. Has safe cycling infrastructure become an afterthought in the city’s Vision Zero program? The question came up yesterday during a seminar on cycling policy hosted simultaneously in the two cities, organized […]

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