Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Parking

Eyes on the Street: The Bike Corral Has Arrived in Park Slope

By Noah Kazis | May 17, 2012 | 11 Comments

On her way into the office this morning, Streetsblog development manager Christa Orth spotted some fluorescent safety vests as she pedaled up Brooklyn’s Fifth Avenue. A DOT crew was out in front of local coffee shop Gorilla Coffee, which had agreed to maintain a new bike corral in front of their store. One parking space […]

Bad News: Forest City Breaks Bike Parking Vow; Good News: Less Car Parking

By Noah Kazis | May 4, 2012 | 19 Comments

When Brooklyn’s Barclays Center opens with a Jay-Z concert this September, it will be one of the most transit-accessible arenas in the United States. But as Streetsblog has noted before, the transportation planning for the stadium is excessively car-oriented. Developer Forest City Ratner had been planning to build an 1,100-space surface parking lot, marring the pedestrian […]

Eyes on the Street: East Village Bike Corral Action

By Brad Aaron | Apr 18, 2012 | 6 Comments

Reader Mike Epstein sends in this shot of DOT bike corral construction on Ninth Street between First and Second Avenues in Manhattan. It’s good to see this treatment expanding. Corrals that accommodate multiple bike racks offer a much more efficient use of street space than a one-car parking spot. They make streets safer by improving […]

CB 4 Wins Sidewalk Expansions, Bike Corrals For West Side Bike Lanes

By Noah Kazis | Mar 28, 2012 | 6 Comments

One of the year’s most exciting street safety projects is on track to get better. Thanks to a recent set of recommendations from Community Board 4, the extension of the protected bike lanes on Eighth and Ninth Avenues will include additional sidewalk expansions and on-street bike parking. Though DOT didn’t adopt all of the board’s ideas — most […]

With a Boost From Bike-Share, Cycling Surges on Mexico City’s Mean Streets

By Noah Kazis | Mar 22, 2012 | 4 Comments

This is the third in a series of reports about sustainable transportation policies in Mexico City. Last week, Streetsblog participated in a tour of the city led by the Institute for Transportation and Development Policy and funded by the Rockefeller Foundation. Previous installments covered pedestrian improvements and the city’s new bus rapid transit system. Mexico City never […]

In Hudson Square, Workers and Businesses Demand More Bike Racks

By Noah Kazis | Feb 8, 2012 | 14 Comments

Workers in the Hudson Square area are demanding bike infrastructure and employers are helping them get it. The Department of Transportation has installed 45 new bike racks in response to requests from the local business improvement district, the Hudson Square Connection, which covers Manhattan’s west side between Canal and Houston Streets. The 45 new bike racks […]

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