Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

City Asks Judge to Reject NBBL Attorney’s Request to Put Off PPW Hearing

By Ben Fried | Jul 1, 2011 | 6 Comments

The city’s Law Department has responded to the latest maneuver by Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden seeking to delay a decision on the Prospect Park West lawsuit. On Monday, Walden sent a letter to Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan, citing a recent New York Times story on Bloomberg administration pilot projects to press his […]

NBBL Attorney Jumps on New York Times Story to Press His Case in Court

By Ben Fried | Jun 30, 2011 | 31 Comments

The lawsuit seeking to eradicate the Prospect Park West bike lane may be shaky and borderline-frivolous, but Jim Walden, the lawyer representing the bike lane opponents, seems to have luck on his side this week. The source of his good fortune: A front page New York Times story on Bloomberg administration pilot programs. In a […]

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My NYC Biking Story: Steve O’Neill

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Jun 23, 2011 | No Comments

Prospect Heights resident Steve O’Neill has been biking for most of the 15 years he’s lived in New York City. Steve commutes daily to Columbus Circle, and last year he added a new leg to his trip. Every day he drops his son Beckett off at school in Park Slope, and the new Prospect Park […]

PPW Bike Lane Case Adjourned Until July 20

By Ben Fried | Jun 22, 2011 | 8 Comments

Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge Bert Bunyan rendered no decision today on the lawsuit filed by opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane against the City of New York and Transportation Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan. Bunyan adjourned the case until July 20 after the plaintiffs asked for time to review documents they recently obtained via a […]

City’s Response to PPW Lawsuit Matter-of-Factly Dismantles NBBL Claims

By Noah Kazis | Jun 16, 2011 | 22 Comments

The lawsuit arguing for the removal of the Prospect Park West bike lane is back in court next Wednesday, and Kate Hinds at Transportation Nation has the legal brief in which the New York City Department of Transportation and the city Law Department respond to the charges leveled against DOT. In new court papers, available […]

Tonight: Upper Manhattanites Finally Get to Talk About Bike Lanes

By Brad Aaron | Jun 16, 2011 | 4 Comments

After years of delays, a citizen-generated plan for a separated bike path in Upper Manhattan will get an audience tonight. The Dyckman Greenway Connector would, as the name suggests, link the east- and west-side Greenways a short distance from the northern tip of Manhattan, in Inwood, completing an uptown circuit for commuters and recreational riders. […]

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