Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bicycle Safety

‘Small Victories’ For Vulnerable Road Users In Infrastructure Bill

By Kea Wilson | Nov 9, 2021 | No Comments

Active transportation advocates are celebrating modest but potentially powerful new policies in the newly passed transportation infrastructure bill — but more needs to be done.

A double parked minivan in front of a double parked car on Eighth Avenue in Sunset Park. Photo: Dave Colon

ANATOMY OF A BACKTRACK: DOT’s New Sunset Park Plan Gives Safety to Some, Double-Parking Madness For Others

By Dave Colon | Nov 1, 2021 | No Comments

"I'm kind of speechless," one activist said.

The shared street on Broadway between 21st and 23rd streets in the Flatiron district. Photo: Gersh Kuntzman

City Adds to ‘Pedestrian-Friendly’ Areas of Broadway

By Eve Kessler | Oct 25, 2021 | No Comments

The DOT unveils six blocks of its mostly pro-pedestrian "Vision" for a people-centered boulevard.

Teens against traffic violence on the steps of Brooklyn Borough Hall on Saturday morning. Photo: Dave Colon

Youth to City: Give Us Better Bike Infrastructure Now

By Dave Colon | Oct 24, 2021 | No Comments

"We are the future of the city," said Stuyvesant senior Oscar Fishman. "And we want politicians to know that we demand, we're not asking, we're demanding better bike infrastructure, and we need it now."

An underused train line in Bay Ridge runs through Brooklyn to Long Island City. Could it form part of an inter-borough bike highway? Photo: Courtesy the authors

OPINION: NYC Needs an Inter-Borough Bike Highway

By Oscar Fishman, Adam Gottesdiener and Oliver Sullivan | Oct 20, 2021 | No Comments

Unused railway tracks must be recycled to serve the community by serving cyclists.

Bridges 4 People volunteers paraded across the Brooklyn Bridge in September in celebration of the new bike path. Photo: Rose Uscianowski

OPINION: Brooklyn Bridge Bike Lane Is Only the Beginning of ‘Bridges 4 People’

By Liz Denys, Diane Martins and Katherine Willis | Oct 15, 2021 | No Comments

The city needs even more safety infrastructure for cyclists, say leaders of the successful campaign.

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