TransAlt to DOT: Street Redesigns Aren’t a Zero-Sum Game
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The redesign of Fifth Avenue isn't "a zero sum game" where better transit has to take priority over safe bicycling, or vice versa.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes
Hundreds of Volunteers Made Fifth Ave Safe for Biking Last Night. DOT Can Do It Permanently.
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More than 300 volunteers organized by Transportation Alternatives formed a six block-long "human-protected bike lane" on Fifth Avenue last night, calling on the de Blasio administration to extend the protected bike lane network through Midtown's busiest streets.
Tonight: Tell the Mayor NYC’s Busiest Avenues Need Protected Bike Lanes
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You can tell City Hall to make Midtown avenues safe for biking at what Transportation Alternatives is billing as the world's longest "human-protected bike lane."
DOT Tests Out New Intersection Design for Protected Bike Lanes
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DOT is starting to test out bikeway intersection designs that could replace the "mixing zone" treatment the agency has favored for the past several years.
Months After DOT Promised a Safety Plan, Another Life-Threatening Crash on Grand Street
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More than a year has passed since CB 1 and Council Member Reynoso asked DOT to study a protected bike lane for the street.
In the Works: Safer South Bronx Bike Connections to Randall’s Island
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DOT crews are building out two protected bike lane routes linking the neighborhoods north of the Bruckner Expressway to the island.