Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Better Protection Slated for Vernon Boulevard Bike Lane, Tweets DOT

By Brad Aaron | Apr 24, 2015 | 8 Comments

Vernon Blvd in Queens needs #bikenyc barrier protection! This is ridiculous! @transalt @StreetsblogNYC @NYC_DOT pic.twitter.com/3PEuyxGgOm — Clarence Eckerson Jr (@PurpleClarence) April 21, 2015 On Tuesday, Clarence tweeted several photos of cars, including what looked like out-of-service cabs, parked in the Vernon Boulevard bikeway. “Vernon Boulevard needs barrier protection,” Clarence wrote. “This is ridiculous!” A few […]

Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan’s First Protected Bike Lane in Progress

By Brad Aaron | Apr 13, 2015 | 22 Comments

Reader Jonathan Rabinowitz sent this photo of Upper Manhattan’s first protected bike lane, now under construction on Fort George Hill, a one-way street that connects Dyckman Street in Inwood with Fairview Avenue to the south, along the western border of Harlem River Park. This project will give cyclists a north-south route between Inwood and Washington Heights by allotting 11 feet of […]

Queens Boulevard Safety Plan Has First Encounter With a Community Board

By Stephen Miller | Apr 1, 2015 | 18 Comments

Skepticism from the Community Board 2 transportation committee toward DOT’s proposed changes for Queens Boulevard wore off over the course of a meeting last night, as board members learned more about the project for 1.3 miles of safety improvements [PDF]. DOT will return to the committee again after tweaking the plan, which appears to be on track to receive CB 2’s backing by […]

More Details From DOT’s Plan to Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd

By Stephen Miller | Mar 31, 2015 | 31 Comments

Here’s a closer look at DOT’s plan to add protected bike lanes and pedestrian safety measures to 1.3 miles of Queens Boulevard. DOT will be presenting these slides tonight to the Queens Community Board 2 transportation committee [PDF]. The top image shows the proposed layout on blocks where drivers can exit the central roadway to access the service […]

Boulevard of Life, Phase 1: DOT Will Add Protected Bike Lanes to Queens Blvd

By Stephen Miller | Mar 31, 2015 | 71 Comments

A key section of Queens Boulevard will get protected bike lanes this summer, DOT announced today. The improvements are the first phase of a broader $100 million overhaul that will encompass seven miles of the notoriously dangerous street. Queens Boulevard is one of the only continuous east-west connections in the borough, making it a natural biking route, but […]

Bruckner Boulevard Protected Bikeway Clears Bronx CB 2 Committee

By Stephen Miller | Mar 13, 2015 | 4 Comments

A DOT plan to add pedestrian space and create a two-way protected bikeway along a key half-mile stretch of Bruckner Boulevard received a unanimous thumbs-up from Bronx Community Board 2’s economic development committee Wednesday night [PDF]. “Bruckner Boulevard is a very wide, multi-lane boulevard,” said DOT project manager Kimberly Rancourt. “It has lots of traffic but […]

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