Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

2 Queens Community Board Members Hold Up a Safety Project for Thousands

By Stephen Miller | | 12 Comments
The transportation committee of Queens Community Board 4, which covers Corona and Elmhurst, is comprised of three people. On Monday evening, two of them showed up to a meeting — that’s quorum, apparently — and they really, really did not want any changes to 111th Street. Here’s the backstory: The Queens Museum, working with Immigrant Movement International, Make […]

New Federal Guide Will Show More Cities the Way on Protected Bike Lanes

By Michael Andersen | | No Comments
Michael Andersen blogs for The Green Lane Project, a PeopleForBikes program that helps U.S. cities build better bike lanes to create low-stress streets. Protected bike lanes are now officially star-spangled. Eight years after New York City created a trailblazing protected bikeway on 9th Avenue, designs once perceived as unfit for American streets have now been detailed in a new […]

Canarsie Set to Get On-Street Bike/Ped Connection to Jamaica Bay Greenway

By Stephen Miller | | 4 Comments
DOT has proposed a 1.75-mile on-street biking and walking path from Flatlands Avenue to the Jamaica Bay Greenway [PDF]. The plan received the support of Brooklyn Community Board 18, which had rejected bike lanes proposed for other streets in the neighborhood. The project route follows Shore Parkway, E. 102nd Street, Seaview Avenue, and E. 108th Street, which border Canarsie Park […]

Salt Lake City to Install Nation’s First Protected Intersection for Bicycling

By Angie Schmitt | | No Comments
Salt Lake City is on track to implement America’s first protected intersection for bicycling this summer. The intersection design is based on a Dutch template that minimizes potential conflicts between people biking, driving, and walking. For example, it allows cyclists to make a left turn in two stages without crossing against oncoming car traffic. It will be part of […]
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