Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Grand Street Cycle Track: The Hysteria Continues

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2008 | 32 Comments

Don’t be fooled: No one on a bike was quoted for this story. Step aside Steve Cuozzo, the team at Fox 5 (yeah, them again) has scapegoated the Grand Street bike lane in even more outlandish fashion. This "report" manages to blame the brand new cycle track for traffic congestion, slumping dumpling sales, and a […]

Wednesday: CB4 Needs to Hear From Eighth Avenue Cycle Track Supporters

By Brad Aaron | Nov 18, 2008 | 1 Comment

The transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 4 will host a public meeting Wednesday night regarding DOT plans for a protected bike lane on Eighth Avenue from W. 14th to W. 23rd Street. Phase one of the project [PDF], from Bank Street to 14th, is currently underway, and plans are to extend the lane north […]

CB12 Committee Asks DOT for Dyckman Greenway Connector Study

By Streetsblog | Nov 6, 2008 | 2 Comments

Nine months after Inwood residents first proposed a physically separated bike lane for Dyckman/200th Street, connecting the east- and west-side Greenways, this week the Community Board 12 Traffic and Transportation Committee approved a resolution calling for DOT to "test the feasibility" of such a project. CB12 action was considered necessary to gain the involvement of […]

Drivers Respect Grand Street Parking-Protected Cycle Track

By Brad Aaron | Nov 5, 2008 | 29 Comments

Though modest by comparison, here’s another first for this historic day. Manhattan Community Board 2’s Ian Dutton sent over photos of the new Grand Street cycle track, the city’s initial attempt at a parking-protected design. Says Ian: With a one-block exception, from Varick St. to Centre St. seems to be open for business, only lacking […]

Eyes on the Street: Cycle Track Construction Porn

By Ben Fried | Oct 31, 2008 | 28 Comments

There’s a lot of protected bike infrastructure in various stages of completion right now, and I had the chance to take some pictures on the way to the office today. Above is a trench for part of the Sands Street bike path, the long-awaited Manhattan Bridge approach in Brooklyn that was originally slated to start […]

Eyes on the Street: The Beginning of a Beautiful Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 17, 2008 | 15 Comments

Snapped by Streetsblog regular Ian Dutton this afternoon: Crews prep Grand Street for the city’s first physically-protected crosstown bike lane [PDF]. Stretching from Varick to Chrystie, the Grand Street cycle track features some new design touches on account of its placement on the right side of a narrow street. The guys on the crew say […]

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