Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Hundreds Rally in Support of Prospect Park West Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 21, 2010 | 78 Comments

Hundreds of Brooklynites gathered this morning at Grand Army Plaza to show their support for the redesigned Prospect Park West. They made a statement that should be hard for elected officials and the press to miss: Most people who live in the neighborhoods near PPW like biking and walking on the new, traffic-calmed street and […]

Three Myths From Marty About the PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 20, 2010 | 54 Comments

It’s showtime for the Prospect Park West bike lane, with a bike lane protest and a rally for the redesign coming up tomorrow morning. In a prelude to the big day, Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is making some rounds in the media. The Brooklyn Paper and NY1 got some choice quotes from the beep, […]

Take the PPW Bike Lane Survey

By Ben Fried | Oct 14, 2010 | 8 Comments

We’ve got an addendum to today’s news about Prospect Park West bike lane demonstrations. City Council members Brad Lander and Steve Levin have put up a survey to see what their constituents think of the re-designed street. The questions get pretty detailed but it only takes a few minutes to fill out. In related news, […]

Next Thursday: A Neighborly Rally for the Traffic-Calming PPW Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | Oct 14, 2010 | 62 Comments

Mark next Thursday on your calendars. It’s a critical day for one of the city’s most innovative livable streets projects. If you care about safer streets, it’s going to be an excellent time to respectfully show your support in public. That morning, at 8:30, opponents of the Prospect Park West bike lane are holding an […]

New York’s Next Generation of Vehicular Cyclists

By Ben Fried | Sep 30, 2010 | 136 Comments

This video critique of the new bike lane on First Avenue has been making the rounds, and it must give some comfort to John Forester and the vehicular cycling school. Vehicular cyclists reject all forms of bicycle-specific infrastructure and believe all cycling should be done in traffic. In this vid they can see a young […]

A Proposal for NYPD: Protect New Yorkers From Jerks on the Road

By Ben Fried | Sep 20, 2010 | 45 Comments

The state of pedestrian-cyclist relations got some ink in the Times this weekend, in a piece the headline writers chose to run under the banner “The Cyclist-Pedestrian Wars.” That’s a pretty inflammatory choice of words, especially when you consider that the Times style guide still calls for using the non-confrontational “accident” to describe traffic collisions […]

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