Here’s the DOT Plan to Make the Bronx Side of the Madison Ave Bridge Less Terrifying
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A stretch of 138th Street linking the Bronx to Manhattan is in line for walking and biking improvements from DOT.
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Time for de Blasio to Make 111th Street Safer Without Waiting for James Lisa and Queens CB 4
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City Hall can move ahead with the redesign without a community board vote in favor. It's simply cruel to keep in place dangerous crossings with high-speed traffic when a better design is ready to go and so many people have campaigned for safer conditions for so long.
Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
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It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
DOT Is Getting Serious About Protected Bike Lanes for 4th Avenue
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DOT will present a redesign for Brooklyn's 4th Avenue with protected bike lanes from 65th Street to Dean Street. It's an important shift from earlier plans that called for casting the current street design in concrete without adding bike infrastructure.
DOT Has a Fix for the Crummy Bike Connection Between Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
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The big change in DOT's plan is a two-way section of bike lane protected by a concrete barrier on Park Row, plus a short contraflow lane on Spruce Street. It's not a lot of bike lane mileage, but it's a key link in the network that will be dramatically improved.
DOT Plans Better Bike Connections for Brooklyn Side of Williamsburg Bridge
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At Brooklyn Community Board 1, DOT will present a plan to improve bicycle connections on the Brooklyn side of the Williamsburg Bridge, including protected bike lanes on the blocks approaching the bridge's bike path.