Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

The city did not meet its projections for protected bike lanes this year, partly because it failed to close the gap on Second Avenue. Photo: DOT

First Look at DOT’s Plan for the Second Avenue Bike Lane By the QBoro Bridge

By David Meyer | Jul 5, 2018 | 19 Comments

One of the scariest stretches in the Manhattan bike network - the gap in the Second Avenue bike lane approaching the Queensboro Bridge - is in line for safety improvements from NYC DOT.

Without anything to keep cars out, the Midtown section of the Second Avenue bike lane often looks like this during rush hour. Photo: Macartney Morris

Tonight: See DOT’s Plan for the Second Avenue Bike Lane Approaching the QBoro

By David Meyer | Jul 2, 2018 | 9 Comments

The DOT design is expected to include parking protection, but not during rush hour, when cyclists need it most.

Chrystie and Grand, 6 p.m. Photo: Ben Fried

Bicycle Rush Hour on Chrystie Street

By Ben Fried | Jun 15, 2018 | 9 Comments

It's now common to see bike traffic outnumber car traffic on this connection to the Manhattan Bridge. The Chrystie Street protected bike lane and the Jay Street protected bike lane, on top of the bike network development that came before them, plus the availability of Citi Bike, are clearly moving the needle.

Jay Parker, the owner of Ben's Best Deli, says a reduction in parking on Queens Boulevard put him out of business. But there are a dozen garages near the deli, some selling car storage for less than a side of health salad. Image via Google Maps

Mythbusters: The Queens Boulevard Bike Lane Didn’t Do in Ben’s Best Deli

By Ben Fried | Jun 14, 2018 | 36 Comments

Blame the punishing economics of running a kosher meat emporium in 2018, not the Queens Boulevard bike lane.

Queens Residents Protect Cyclists on 43rd and Skillman With Their Bodies, and Demand to Be Counted

By Laura Shepard | Jun 7, 2018 | 28 Comments

"How many lives is a parking spot worth?" went the chants.

Until this morning, people biking on this block of Dean Street east of Flatbush had to cross over car traffic and back in other to stay in the bike lane. Photo: Christophe Hille

Eyes on the Street: Course Correction on the Dean Street Bike Lane

By David Meyer | May 16, 2018 | 7 Comments

By the Barclays Center, the bike lane doesn't direct cyclists to cross the path of car traffic twice in one block anymore.

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