Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Cycle Tracks, “Floating Parking” and Bike Buffer Zones

By Clarence Eckerson Jr. | Mar 7, 2011 | No Comments

While we were out videotaping for another Streetfilm, Gary Toth, the director of transportation initiatives with Project for Public Spaces (his resume includes 34 years of management experience at NJDOT), took a moment to give a short explanation on what “floating parking” is, why using it is a very smart budgetary decision by the NYCDOT, and […]

Thursday, March 10 Is CB6’s Prospect Park West Bike Lane Finale

By Ben Fried | Mar 4, 2011 | 7 Comments

I make no guarantees about the ultimate accuracy of this headline, but you’ve got to admit that next week’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 forum on the Prospect Park West redesign is shaping up to be a showstopper [PDF]. After all the rallies, surveys, Marcia Kramer segments, senatorial intrigue, threats of lawsuits, and mountains of data […]

Gibson Dunn Attorney Jim Walden: Blog Comment “Potentially Libelous”

By Ben Fried | Feb 25, 2011 | 102 Comments

This Wednesday, while Streetsblog reporter Noah Kazis was wrapping up his piece on the propriety of devoting pro bono legal services to help wealthy Brooklyn residents eradicate a bike lane, we received a letter from Gibson Dunn attorney Jim Walden. We think the letter is illustrative of the tactics employed by opponents of the Prospect […]

In Anti-Bike Lane Case, Gibson Dunn Strays From Pro Bono Standards

By Noah Kazis | Feb 24, 2011 | 36 Comments

Jim Walden is a partner at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, the kind of white shoe firm where lawyers represent major corporations at rates of nearly a thousand dollars per hour. His name has been popping up on Streetsblog recently because he represents a politically-connected group attempting to undo the redesign of Prospect Park West. According […]

Chuck Schumer’s Office Has No Comment on Prospect Park West

By Noah Kazis | Feb 16, 2011 | 18 Comments

Streetsblog has contacted Senator Chuck Schumer’s press office twice asking for comment on the Prospect Park West bike lane and received no reply. Reports have recently surfaced personally tying Schumer to efforts to reverse the Prospect Park West redesign, which enjoys broad popular support according to a web survey of nearly 3,000 Brooklynites. Schumer’s wife, […]

Upper West Side Leaders Calmly Study, Tweak Columbus Ave Lane

By Noah Kazis | Feb 7, 2011 | 12 Comments

The Upper West Side is offering the city a lesson in what a mature and constructive response to bike lane growing pains looks like. While the new protected bike lane on Columbus Avenue received community support throughout the process, once installed many local businesses along the corridor began to complain that the design was making […]

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