Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

This Is What Gibson Dunn Lawyer Jim Walden Wants to Sue Out of Existence

By Ben Fried | Apr 4, 2011 | 37 Comments

This weekend brought some gorgeous early spring weather to NYC, and the Prospect Park West bike lane was full of people riding bicycles — many of whom probably needed parental permission to go ride on the street. There are dozens of pictures posted on Flickr from yesterday afternoon, and we’ve got a few highlights here […]

PPW Bike Lane Opponents Have PR Firm Spinning For Them

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 9 Comments

Wondering how the members of bike lane opposition group Neighbors for Better Bike Lanes manage to get quoted so much in the papers? It helps when you have a public relations firm working the press for you. Linda Gross of LCG Communications confirmed to Streetsblog that the plaintiffs suing the city, the groups known as […]

Jim Brennan Poll Finds 3-2 Margin of Support for PPW Redesign

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 22 Comments

Assembly Member Jim Brennan’s office released the results of a telephone survey on the Prospect Park West redesign this afternoon [PDF], and the topline numbers echo the results of the web survey conducted last year by Council Members Brad Lander and Steve Levin and Community Board 6. By an overall margin of 48 percent to […]

Chuck Schumer: America Needs More Streets Like Prospect Park West

By Ben Fried | Apr 1, 2011 | 44 Comments

Senator Chuck Schumer broke his long public silence on the redesigned Prospect Park West in dramatic fashion this morning, leading members of Congress on a two-wheeled tour of the physically separated bike lane that runs past his Brooklyn home. Schumer used the occasion to announce that he’ll be introducing new legislation to promote investment in […]

Someone’s Paying for a Phone Survey About the Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Mar 28, 2011 | 31 Comments

Streetsblog has received multiple reports from people who were called yesterday for an opinion survey about the Prospect Park West bike lane. Notably, the question set focused specifically on the redesign of this one street, not broader issues of cycling or bike infrastructure. We can’t say whether the poll was commissioned by one of the […]

Prospect Park West Lawsuit Hearing Postponed Until May

By Noah Kazis | Mar 28, 2011 | 15 Comments

The first court date for the Prospect Park West lawsuit has been pushed back two months. Though Brooklyn Civil Supreme Court Justice Bert Bunyan was originally scheduled to begin hearing the case tomorrow, the case is now scheduled for May 18, according to the court system’s online information. The city Law Department, which will represent […]

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