Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Bike Lanes

Enviro Law Experts: Review For Bike Lanes a Waste of Taxpayer Money

By Noah Kazis | Jan 26, 2011 | 17 Comments

You know something’s amiss when you hear Republicans calling for more red tape and government bureaucracy, as Staten Island Council Members James Oddo and Vincent Ignizio did earlier this week with their call to require environmental review for all new bike lanes. But let’s indulge Oddo and Ignizio and take their proposal seriously for a […]

Bloomberg Speaks on Bike Lanes

By Ben Fried | Jan 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

Mayoral pronouncements on bike policy are rather rare, so this Bloomberg quote buried at the end of a Daily News story on women’s public safety seemed worth pulling. The News reports that the mayor and Queens DOT Commissioner Maura McCarthy got a frosty reception out in the Rockaways when they mentioned plans for new bike […]

City Crowdsourcing Tool Could Help Cyclists During Snowy Commutes

By Noah Kazis | Jan 13, 2011 | 4 Comments

The weather’s given New York City a lot of opportunities to experiment with new responses to snow in the wake of the post-Christmas blizzard. One potentially exciting new tool is a city attempt to crowdsource information about which streets are and aren’t clear of snow and ice. It could be a good resource for cyclists […]

More Testimony From the City Council Bike Hearing

By Ben Fried | Dec 10, 2010 | 28 Comments

The definitive account of yesterday’s Transportation Committee hearing on NYC bike policy has got to be the stream of tweets from BicyclesOnly, which are still pretty close to the top of his feed if you want to take a look. He reported that former deputy mayor and PPW bike lane opponent Norman Steisel was the […]

Quick Hits From Today’s City Council Hearing on Bike Policy

By Ben Fried | Dec 9, 2010 | 50 Comments

The line to testify at today’s Transportation Committee hearing on New York City bike policy was snaking outside into the biting cold well before the 10:00 a.m. start time. More than 70 people signed up to speak, filling up two hearing rooms at 250 Broadway. The first few hours of the hearing, however, belonged to […]

Eyes on the Street: Upper Manhattan Gets First Taste of Protected Cycling

By Noah Kazis | Dec 8, 2010 | 15 Comments

DOT’s planned safety improvements for the intersection of St. Nicholas and Amsterdam Avenues are currently being installed, as shown in pictures snapped by Streetsblog reader BicyclesOnly. Major features include shorter crosswalks, additional pedestrian space, and Upper Manhattan’s first segment of physically-protected bike lane. Up to now, the intersection has been a dangerous one. According to a […]

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