Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Tomorrow: TA Rides for James Langergaard on Queens Boulevard

By Ken Coughlin | Oct 1, 2009 | 1 Comment

Site of James Langergaard’s fatal August 14 crash This past August, a young cyclist and a beloved Transportation Alternatives volunteer, James Langergaard, was struck and killed by a car at Queens Boulevard and 69th Street. Tomorrow, TA will be holding a special Queens Boulevard Bike Pool ride in honor of James. The ride will pause […]

Tonight: UWS, UES Community Boards Talk Bikes [Updated]

By Brad Aaron | Sep 30, 2009 | No Comments

Community boards in districts east and west of Central Park will hold sessions tonight on cycling infrastructure and safety. CB 7’s transportation committee will host DOT staffers to discuss future bike facilities on the Upper West Side — specifically, potential locations for protected bike lanes. We’re trying to confirm, but we have word that Manhattan […]

Tonight: Support Brooklyn Greenway and Safe Cycling at Kent Ave Meeting

By Ben Fried | Sep 16, 2009 | 5 Comments

Come out tonight and support the city’s first two-way, on-street protected bike path. If you care about safe biking in Williamsburg and Greenpoint and you’d like to see the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway eventually reach completion, you’ll want to show up at tonight’s Brooklyn CB1 transportation meeting. The Kent Avenue bike lane is item number one […]

Team Amsterdam Victorious in Bike Slam Design Battle

By Ben Fried | Sep 15, 2009 | 6 Comments

Team Amsterdam’s concept for a bike and bus boulevard down Broadway. Team Amsterdam won running away at Saturday night’s New Amsterdam Bike Slam design battle, the two-team competition to devise the best plan for boosting bicycle modeshare in New York City. But Team New York could go home with their heads high — they presented […]

Eyes on the Street: Kent Avenue Progress Report

By Ben Fried | Sep 2, 2009 | 20 Comments

Clarence sends these shots from Kent Avenue, where the striping and painting of the city’s first two-way, on-street parking protected bike lane is currently in progress. This is the view looking north from the vicinity of Clymer Street. The project will be completed in two phases. According to DOT’s project presentation [PDF], the current work, […]

DOT: Sands Street Bike Path Not Quite Finished

By Ben Fried | Aug 11, 2009 | 4 Comments

The Sands Street path runs from Navy Street to the foot of the Manhattan Bridge at Jay Street. This afternoon the DOT press office emailed a brief reply to our query about potential safety enhancements to the recently opened Sands Street bike path. They say some details of the path, which is rideable for cyclists, […]

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