Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

DOT Responds to Park Slope Bike Lane Uprising With Thermoplast Surge

By Aaron Naparstek | Jun 23, 2009 | 4 Comments

DOT contractors are putting down new bike lane markings on Park Slope’s Fifth Avenue this afternoon. In addition to refurbishing the original bike lane laid down in 2004 and the sharrows installed in 2006, the crews are adding reinforcements, like the chevron markings through the intersections pictured below. It would be entirely fitting if these […]

Eyes on the Street: Broadway Improved Beyond Times Square

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2009 | 22 Comments

Not that it didn’t deserve the attention, but last month’s car-free Times Square debut overshadowed other major Broadway safety improvements like these to the north — including pedestrian islands and separated bike lanes — which are now well on their way to being implemented. These pics were taken last weekend just south of Columbus Circle […]

Tonight: Speak Up for Safer Cycling on Kent Ave

By Ben Fried | Jun 9, 2009 | 2 Comments

If you live in Williamsburg or Greenpoint, you can’t miss this community board action. DOT will present its revised plan for Kent Avenue tonight to Brooklyn CB1. Public support for the proposed two-way protected bike path will be critical, and if you sign up by 6:15 p.m., you can speak in favor of an improvement […]

Revised Kent Ave Plan Extends Bike Route to Flushing Ave

By Ben Fried | May 29, 2009 | 8 Comments

Image: NYCDOT Here’s a look at the revised and extended route proposed for the Kent Avenue bike path. Currently the bike lane runs from Quay Street to Clymer Street. As you can see in this map from DOT’s project presentation [PDF], the new route would continue several blocks further south, to Flushing Avenue. The other […]

Harlem Bike Improvements on Hold After CB10 Meeting

By Ben Fried | May 8, 2009 | No Comments

Image: DOT On Wednesday night, Manhattan Community Board 10 voted not to approve a buffered bike lane along Adam Clayton Powell, Jr. Boulevard but left the door open for a second vote and a different outcome. The decision followed a unanimous vote by the board’s transportation committee in favor of the new lane. For the […]

Two-Way Protected Bike Path Sails Through CB6 Committee

By Streetsblog | Apr 17, 2009 | 18 Comments

Image: NYCDOT Eric McClure of Park Slope Neighbors files this report. Last night, the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 6 unanimously endorsed a plan by the Department of Transportation to calm traffic on Prospect Park West through a major street redesign. The plan features the implementation of New York City’s first on-street, two-way, physically […]

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