Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Infrastructure

Senator Jim DeMint Wants to Eliminate Bike Stim Funds: Take Action!

By Bryan Goebel | Feb 6, 2009 | 10 Comments

Senator Jim DeMint, the South Carolina Republican who said that directing stim funds toward bicycle and hiking infrastructure will not help the economy or create jobs, has gone too far. He and Republican Senator Tom Coburn of Oklahoma have just proposed an amendment that would kill all stimulus funds for bike and hiking trails. In […]

$2 Billion for Bicycling in Stimulus Package?

By Ben Fried | Jan 13, 2009 | 10 Comments

Earl Blumenauer. Photo: New York Times The most tantalizing tidbit in today’s Times profile of Earl Blumenauer comes from fellow cycling Congressman James Oberstar: With an eye on the potential stimulus package, cycling advocates "have compiled a list of $2 billion of projects that can be under construction in 90 days," Mr. Oberstar said, adding […]

Dispute Over Kent Avenue Bike Lanes Keeps Rolling

By Sarah Goodyear | Jan 5, 2009 | 25 Comments

The reinstalled detour sign on Kent Avenue. Photo via Gothamist. The controversy over the new bike lanes on Kent Avenue in Williamsburg (which recently resulted in the ouster of livable streets activist Teresa Toro as chair of the CB1 transportation committee) was chronicled in the New York Times over the weekend: New York City has […]

The Livable Streets Backlash Claims a Victim at Brooklyn’s CB1

By Aaron Naparstek | Dec 24, 2008 | 25 Comments

Teresa Toro, one of New York City’s most productive livable streets activists in recent years, has been deposed as chair of Brooklyn Community Board 1’s Transportation Committee. CB1 covers the Williamsburg and Greenpoint neighborhoods of Brooklyn and has recently been embroiled in bitter fighting over the new bike lanes on Kent Avenue. CB1’s executive committee […]

Council Members Surprised to Hear CBs Approved Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 5 Comments

With news swirling about possible cuts to New York’s bike network build-out and City Council oversight of street re-designs, we’d be remiss not to pass along this anecdote from the Bikes in Buildings hearing earlier this week. After DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan wrapped up her testimony to council members, she was peppered with questions about […]

City Council Proposes Slashing Funds for Bike Network

By Ben Fried | Dec 11, 2008 | 22 Comments

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and her city-owned Chevy Suburban. Photo copyright Steven Hirsch. New bike infrastructure in New York City could be on the chopping block as the City Council and Mayor Bloomberg revise spending projections downward. On Sunday, Speaker Christine Quinn and the City Council released $495 million in proposed budget cuts over […]

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