Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Brewer: CB 7 Should Pass Columbus Bike Lane Reso; Stringer Non-Committal

By Stephen Miller | Dec 18, 2012 | 3 Comments

Buried in the pile of uninformed New York Post letters to the editor following Steve Cuozzo’s unhinged rant about the Columbus Avenue bike lane, intrepid readers found a note from Council Member Gale Brewer. “Bike lanes in my district are highly popular and strongly supported by the wider community,” she wrote. “Expanding these benefits is the right […]

Majority Favor Extending Columbus Bike Lane, But CB 7 Fails to Advance It

By Stephen Miller | Dec 12, 2012 | 11 Comments

Despite a strong majority who turned out to support safer streets on the Upper West Side and conclusive evidence that pedestrian injuries have dropped thanks to the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee failed to advance a resolution to extend the Columbus redesign beyond its current one-mile stretch between 77th and 96th Streets. […]

Tonight: DOT Talks Protected Bike Lanes With Upper West Side’s CB 7

By Stephen Miller | Dec 11, 2012 | 12 Comments

In the wake of last week’s setback for efforts to bring more bike racks to the Upper West Side, Manhattan Community Board 7’s transportation committee will hold a key meeting tonight about an issue on which its chairs have failed to take action: protected bike lanes and complete streets. DOT is scheduled to provide an […]

CB 7 Turns Down Bike Racks as Big Complete Streets Meeting Approaches

By Stephen Miller | Dec 7, 2012 | 18 Comments

Despite a positive vote in committee, earlier this week Community Board 7 on the Upper West Side sidelined a plan to bring more bike racks to the area, after some procedural maneuvering by transportation committee co-chair Dan Zweig stifled discussion. With a key presentation from DOT on extending the Columbus Avenue protected bike lane coming […]

East New York and Brownsville on the Cusp of Getting New Bike Lanes

By Stephen Miller | Nov 29, 2012 | 4 Comments

After more than a year of collaboration between residents, community groups, DOT, and the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, the first project in a new round bike lanes for Brownsville and East New York is almost in the books and ready to be installed next year. The proposal is for simple lines on the […]

NY Mag Fumbles Chance to Hold NYPD’s Feet to the Fire on Street Safety

By Ben Fried | Nov 28, 2012 | 11 Comments

Robert Kolker’s New York Magazine feature on traffic deaths and injuries brings some welcome attention to NYPD’s miserable enforcement record. But readers — and the WNYC listeners who heard Kolker on the air yesterday — will probably still come away with a warped view of what determines street safety in NYC. Before I go any […]

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