Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

DOT Proposes Filling the Gap in Second Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By Stephen Miller | Sep 17, 2013 | 49 Comments

If you ride on the Second Avenue protected bike lane through Kips Bay, you know it can get a little hairy on the way downtown: The section between 23rd Street and 14th Street has no physical protection. On this stretch, the barrier of parked cars yields to a narrow painted buffer, creating an opportunity for […]

Cabbie Blames Cyclist He Hit and Bike Lanes for Midtown Curb-Jump Crash

By Brad Aaron | Aug 22, 2013 | 87 Comments

The Post is doing its best to assign partial blame to the cyclist who was struck by cab driver Mohammed Himon in Tuesday morning’s crash on Sixth Avenue, but the paper got Himon to confess that he intentionally stepped on the gas before mounting the curb and hitting Sian Green, the 23-year-old tourist who lost part […]

The Livable Streets Leader You’ve Never Heard Of: Leicester, England

By Stephen Miller | Jun 28, 2013 | 5 Comments

Leicester is a city of about 330,000 in England’s East Midlands region. Like many other cities, it developed big mid-century plans to drive highways through its city center and paved over much of its historic core. In some cases, it even paved over its history: the bones of King Richard III, killed in battle nearby, […]

At Long Last, DOT Proposes Bike Lanes for Upper Manhattan

By Brad Aaron | Jun 6, 2013 | 14 Comments

Responding to years of citizen advocacy and a resolution from Manhattan Community Board 12, DOT has proposed bike lanes for a number of streets in Upper Manhattan. Most of the lanes, concentrated in Washington Heights [PDF], would be installed next year, after a consultation with CB 12 this fall. One would be protected by parked […]

Warm Weather Bike Count Flat in 2012, While Winter Counts Grow

By Stephen Miller | Mar 22, 2013 | 24 Comments

Earlier this week, DOT released its 2012 bike counts [PDF], including a new dataset — counts from the winter months. The agency has been tallying cyclists in December, January, and February for five years, and this year released the winter counts, in addition to April-through-October counts, for the first time. The data show that warm […]

Why Does DOT Keep Taking Away Inwood Bike Infrastructure?

By Brad Aaron | Jan 8, 2013 | 17 Comments

A short stretch of bike lanes in Inwood has gone the way of the disappearing bike shelter, further reducing the neighborhood’s scarce cycling infrastructure. West 218th Street, Manhattan’s northernmost cross street to extend west of Broadway, connects Broadway and Inwood Hill Park, and delineates the southern border of the Columbia University Baker Field complex. It […]

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