Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Gale Brewer and Adriano Espaillat are calling on DOT to rip out protected bike lanes on Dyckman Street, which would undo a major street safety project that took a decade of citizen advocacy.

Bikelash Rehash With Gale Brewer and Adriano Espaillat

By Ben Fried | Apr 19, 2018 | 41 Comments

Justifying their campaign to rip out the Dyckman Street bike lanes, Brewer and Espaillat recycle the same litany of objections that surface whenever a bikeway debuts in New York City.

Bowing to pressure from business people and Congressman Adriano Espaillat, Council Member Ydanis Rodriguez wants DOT to redo protected bike lanes on Dyckman Street, weeks after they were installed. Photo: Brad Aaron

Ydanis Rodriguez Caves to Bike Haters on Dyckman Street

By Brad Aaron | Apr 17, 2018 | 11 Comments

Rodriguez tweeted that he now wants a two-way bikeway on Dyckman's north side to replace parking-protected lanes on both sides of the street. But shifting the bikeway won't solve the problems on Dyckman, which don't stem from the bike lane, but from poor curb management and parking policy.

DOT plans to add a five-foot protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks of 26th and 29th streets. Image: DOT

Protected Bike Lanes for 26th Street and 29th Street Are Home Free

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2018 | 2 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 5 endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night by a vote of 30 to 6. DOT has said installation will likely begin in "late spring."

One year ago today: Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, podium, and CB 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith, to the right, called for protected bike lanes alongside Flor Jimenez, whose partner Gelacio Reyes was killed by a driver as he biked on 43rd Avenue 12 days earlier. Photo: David Meyer

Jimmy Van Bramer Called for a Protected Bike Lane on 43rd Avenue a Year Ago Today. Now He’s Undecided.

By David Meyer | Apr 13, 2018 | 43 Comments

Queens Community Board 2 Chair Denise Keehan-Smith has also flip-flopped, saying she doesn't want protected bike lanes on 43rd and Skillman.

Adriano Espaillat and Gale Brewer Want DOT to Erase the Brand New Dyckman Street Bikeway

By Brad Aaron | Apr 11, 2018 | 22 Comments

The fight for a safer Dyckman still isn't over.

A Protected Bikeway for 10th Avenue Gains Momentum at Manhattan CB 4

By Brad Aaron | Mar 28, 2018 | 11 Comments

The transportation committee voted unanimously to recommend a northbound protected bikeway on 10th Avenue.

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