Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Stringer Explains His “Philosophy of Public Engagement” on Street Designs

By Noah Kazis | Feb 11, 2011 | 18 Comments

Since Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has promised to take his approach to street redesigns, first put into place by the Columbus Avenue working group, borough-wide, Streetsblog decided to check in with him to see just what this process would look like. The details are still being worked out. Stringer wasn’t yet sure, for example, […]

Questions Remain for Hunter’s Point South Transpo Plan

By Noah Kazis | Feb 9, 2011 | 6 Comments

This morning, the Bloomberg Administration announced the developer for the first phase of Hunter’s Point South, a Long Island City project the city is billing as the largest middle-class housing project since Co-Op City and Starrett City went up in the 1970s. A team led by the Related Companies will be developing the first 900 […]

What Happens When Senator Chuck Schumer Doesn’t Like the New Bike Lane?

By Ben Fried | Feb 7, 2011 | 42 Comments

United States Senator and Prospect Park West resident Chuck Schumer opposes the two-way, protected bike path in front of his home and has spoken privately with City Council members to discuss “what they’re going to do about [this and other] bike lanes,” the Post’s David Seifman reported this weekend. The Seifman report is the first […]

DOT’s Interactive Map Points the Way to a More Livable Jackson Heights

By Noah Kazis | Feb 2, 2011 | 2 Comments

Since 2009, the Department of Transportation has been engaged in a major study of Jackson Heights’ streets and sidewalks. At the request of community groups and with federal funding from Rep. Joe Crowley, DOT has been developing a plan to make the neighborhood safer, less congested, and more transit-accessible. After two years of research and […]

Oddo: Bike Lanes Were Just to Grab Attention for Loosening Enviro Review

By Noah Kazis | Jan 28, 2011 | 15 Comments

City Council Minority Leader James Oddo has a surprising message for Streetsblog and its commenters: “Thank you.” We didn’t think too highly of Oddo’s proposal to require environmental review for bike lanes. And experts said it would throw an unnecessary road block in front of expanding the bike network, making the projects exceedingly slow and […]

The Spaghetti-on-the-Wall Strategy

By Doug Gordon | Jan 27, 2011 | 18 Comments

Cross-posted from Brooklyn Spoke I’m not one for conspiracy theories. 9/11 was not an inside job, Oswald acted alone, the Moon landing was real, and Elvis is still dead. When it comes to all of the bike lane hate that seems to be spewing forth from various corners of this city, and Brooklyn in particular, […]

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