Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

To Close the Gender Gap, Separate Cyclists From Cars

By Noah Kazis | Jul 13, 2011 | 15 Comments

The gender gap in American cycling is a thorny and persistent issue, and New York City performs relatively poorly on the measure. The percentage of female bike commuters has wavered between 20 and 25 percent of the total over the last two decades, but with a marked rise in the most recent years. One of […]

Plans For First Two Crosstown Central Park Bike-Ped Paths Take Shape

By Noah Kazis | Jul 13, 2011 | 27 Comments

Details are emerging about the plan to create shared bike/pedestrian paths cutting east-west across Central Park. The first two paths are likely to officially open on a trial basis in September, cutting across the park at roughly 102nd Street and 96th Street, said Central Park Conservancy community relations manager Caroline Greenleaf at a Community Board […]

Eyes on the Street: Progress on the First Ave Bike Lane. Terrorists Rejoice!

By Noah Kazis | Jul 8, 2011 | 6 Comments

As Marcia Kramer informed CBS2 viewers last night, construction has begun on the extension of the First and Second Avenue bike lanes from 34th Street to 57th Street. The section of First Avenue from 34th Street to 47th Street is the only part of this project where the bike lane will be physically protected from […]

Bin Laden Is Dead, But the Second Avenue Bike Lane Lives On

By Ben Fried | Jul 8, 2011 | 78 Comments

Given enough time, the theory goes, a thousand monkeys banging away at a thousand typewriters will eventually compose the complete works of Shakespeare. But Marcia Kramer and the crack news writers at CBS2 only needed a couple of hours, maybe less, to come up with last night’s masterpiece about the extension of the First and […]

The Times Theory of Democracy: “More Power to the Design Commission!”

By Brad Aaron | Jun 27, 2011 | 23 Comments

If you’re looking for further evidence to support Jason Gay’s “the bikes have won” theory — that the anti-bike bile-fest of last winter was so much sound and fury signifying nothing more than the windshield perspectives of the city’s intransigent political and media elites — we present the latest, and perhaps lamest, salvo from the […]

Breaking: No Decision in NBBL Prospect Park West Suit; Next Hearing in July

By Brad Aaron | Jun 22, 2011 | No Comments

There was no decision today in the Prospect Park West “Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes” lawsuit. The next hearing was set for July 20. We will have more on this morning’s Brooklyn Supreme Court proceedings later today.

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