Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: Bike Lane Stripes on Washington Avenue

By Ben Fried | Jun 2, 2011 | 15 Comments

It looks like DOT is exercising its option to stripe a bike lane on Washington Avenue, imposing some order on street markings from Eastern Parkway to Atlantic Avenue. Previously it wasn’t really clear whether this part of Washington was one traffic lane or two traffic lanes in each direction, leading to a lot of double-parking, […]

New York Post Bike Bile: Deliberate Lies or Pure Ineptitude?

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2011 | 12 Comments

It’s getting to the point — probably well past the point, actually — where the non-stop cyclist hate spewing from the New York Post has attained a level of self-parody. So free of fact and full of bald-faced vitriol is the paper’s latest editorial, praising Ray Kelly’s NYPD for a marked increase in cyclist summonses, […]

Eyes on the Street: A Clearer Path for the Adams Street Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | May 25, 2011 | 3 Comments

A reader sends this shot of the freshly paved surface of Adams Street, heading toward the Brooklyn Bridge just south of Johnson Street. The parking regulations have switched sides, so it looks like the old curbside bike lane on the right side of the street — a notorious double-parking zone — will be shifting over, […]

Queens CB2 Asks, “Where’s the Bike Lane?” And DOT Adds One to LIC Plan

By Noah Kazis | May 20, 2011 | 5 Comments

When DOT presented plans for traffic calming along Long Island City’s 44th Drive in March, the department chose to put the four lane street on a road diet, using some of the reallocated space for a painted median. That still left enough space in the extra-wide parking lanes for a bike lane, however, a fact […]

Prediction: Brooklyn CB10 Will Vote for Bike Lanes Sooner Than You Think

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2011 | 4 Comments

Earlier this week, Brooklyn Community Board 10 voted to stick with their stance against adding a painted bike lane to Bay Ridge Parkway. Since the project [PDF] would simply impose a little order on an extra-wide street without removing any traffic lanes or parking spots, it’s tempting to write off the whole board as hostile […]

Judge Sides With City Over NBBL in Preliminary Procedural Question

By Noah Kazis | May 18, 2011 | 12 Comments

In the opening round of the court case against the Prospect Park West bike lane, the city says that the judge sided with its lawyers on the procedural question at stake in today’s hearing. Said a spokesperson for the city’s Law Department, which is representing the defense in the case: Today’s court appearance mainly covered […]

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