Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

MAS Survey: Bike/Ped Projects Popular; Many Neighborhoods Lag in Livability

By Noah Kazis | Oct 13, 2011 | 6 Comments

The Municipal Art Society’s second annual survey on livability, released today, provides still more opinion data showing that New Yorkers want to see more bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure. They’re more conflicted, however, when it comes to new, large-scale development. The MAS poll, a survey of 1,000 residents performed by the Marist Institute, found that a […]

City Council Singles Out Bike Lanes in Bills to Codify DOT Outreach

By Noah Kazis | Sep 26, 2011 | 17 Comments

The City Council Transportation Committee held hearings on three bills today, each of which would add more requirements to the Department of Transportation’s review process for street redesigns, especially bike lanes. For the most part, the bills codify what DOT already does: present bike projects to community boards, coordinate with other agencies before implementation, and […]

Doctors’ Note Says Complete Streets Are Vital to New York’s Health

By Brad Aaron | Sep 22, 2011 | 4 Comments

Transportation Alternatives and the New York Chapter of the American Association of Family Physicians today released a letter to Mayor Bloomberg, signed by 140 medical professionals from a broad spectrum of specialties, praising the city’s bike and pedestrian infrastructure as essential to the health of New Yorkers. It’s a solid counterweight to the hysteria surrounding […]

Next Week: DOT to Re-Present Plans for East Side Bike Lanes Up to 125th

By Brad Aaron | Aug 31, 2011 | 4 Comments

After over a year of protests from residents and electeds clamoring for safer streets, next week DOT will present its proposal for extending the First and Second Avenue bike lanes north to 125th Street. The presentations will mark the second time around the community board circuit for bike-ped safety plans on those streets, which were […]

Questions Arise Over Placement of Chelsea Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Aug 26, 2011 | 15 Comments

On Wednesday, DOT outlined a proposal for new Class II bike lanes in Chelsea between Eighth and Ninth Avenues and the Hudson River Greenway. While safe streets advocates welcomed the news, there is concern that their planned location, on W. 29th and W. 30th Streets, may not be ideal for unprotected lanes. According to DOT’s […]

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