Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

Hylan will get its safety improvements after all. Photo: Google

DOT to Expedite Hylan ‘Road Diet’ After Fatal Weekend Crash on Staten Island

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 11, 2022 | No Comments

"Hylan has been dangerous for far too long," Commissioner Ydanis Rodriguez said.

Study: SUVs Are Indeed Death Machines for Children, Blacks

By Gersh Kuntzman | Jul 7, 2022 | No Comments

Maybe the 354th story with this headline will finally change some minds — or some federal regulations.

Biking in Community Board 11 in Queens. Photo: DOT

City’s Proposed Eastern Queens Bike Network Needs Work, Activists Say

By Eve Kessler | Jun 23, 2022 | No Comments

The city's proposal for a protected bike-lane network in a dangerous section of Eastern Queens is better, but still lacks important connections that compromise its safety, activists say.

A two-way protected bike lane is coming to this scary stretch of roadway on Navy Street and Ashland Place. Photo: Julianne Cuba

DOT: Two-Way Protected Bike Lane Coming to Ashland Place in Downtown Brooklyn

By Julianne Cuba | Jun 20, 2022 | No Comments

And a community board panel, which only recently rejected a plan to fix Schermerhorn Street, approved!

Sam Schwartz hovers over a rendering of what an HHP bike lane could look like. Image: Inwood Owners Coalition

Gridlock Sam: Give Cyclists a Car Lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway

By Eve Kessler | Jun 10, 2022 | No Comments

A proposal for a temporary lane on the Henry Hudson Parkway gets an assist from Gridlock Sam!

A notice and map tied to a fence informed greenway users about the closure in May. Photo: Allegra N. Legrande

OPINION: City Must Protect Bikers, Walkers During Hudson Greenway Closure

By Allegra N. LeGrande | Jun 3, 2022 | No Comments

A hilly, unsafe detour needs better signage and physical barriers separating vulnerable road users from cars.

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