Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Kent Ave Bike Lane Stirs Passions in Williamsburg

By Ben Fried | Nov 26, 2008 | 4 Comments

The Kent Avenue lane at work, with squad car. Photo: i’m not sayin, i’m just sayin. New York’s latest bike lane skirmish flared up Monday night at a "transportation town hall" in Williamsburg. About 150 people turned out, and DOT bike program coordinator Josh Benson caught an earful from bike lane opponents upset over new […]

You Heard It Here First: Cyclists Ticketed for Using New Willy-B Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Nov 25, 2008 | 18 Comments

When we posted pics of the new Williamsburg Bridge bike lanes last Friday, Streetsblog commenters wondered if, since one of the lanes directs cyclists onto a sidewalk, police might be lying in wait. Wrote Barnard: "Just because bicycling is legal doesn’t mean the NYPD won’t write you a ticket for it!" Earlier today Benjamin Running […]

Seniors on Scooters Take the Lane

By Brad Aaron | Nov 24, 2008 | 5 Comments

Greenpoint maven Miss Heather, who blogs at New York Shitty, has noticed an increase in the number of seniors wheeling their electric scooters through neighborhood bike lanes. The reason, she suspects, is that "some of our sidewalks do not necessarily make the best terrain for such vehicles (or pedestrians, for that matter)." After I shot […]

Eyes on the Street: New Bike Lanes for the Willy-B

By Brad Aaron | Nov 21, 2008 | 8 Comments

TA’s Wiley Norvell sent in these shots of new bike infrastructure on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge. It includes a Class 2 bike lane and road diet for South 5th Street, a buffered Class 2 and road diet on South 5th Place, and sharrows and better lane markings for cars on South 4th […]

Post Reader Defends “Dangerous” Bike Lane

By Charles Komanoff | Nov 14, 2008 | 8 Comments

Dear Steve Cuozzo — Author and son in 2005 I was ready to ignore your rant yesterday, IDIOTIC DOT TAKES A WALK ON THE WILD SIDE, as another in The Post’s reflexive (if well-written) screeds against any incursion into NYC car-dominance, when I came across this line: "The madness just came to Grand Street as […]

Drivers Respect Grand Street Parking-Protected Cycle Track

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 29 Comments

Though modest by comparison, here’s another first for this historic day. Manhattan Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton sent over photos of the new Grand Street cycle track, the city’s initial attempt at a parking-protected design. Says Ian: With a one-block exception, from Varick St. to Centre St. seems to be open for business, only lacking […]

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