Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Protected Bike Lanes

Eyes on the Street: Marcia Kramer’s Worst Nightmare

By Ben Fried | Jun 1, 2010 | 13 Comments

Photo: Joanna Oltman Smith Via Brownstoner, here’s the freshly-striped buffer for the Prospect Park West bike lane. The two-way protected path is finally arriving, more than a year after the local community board voted for it. In the meantime, the project has met with loud protestations from the borough president, at least two withering TV […]

Brooklyn CB 2 Committee Approves New Plan for Flushing Avenue Bikeway

By Ben Fried | May 19, 2010 | 22 Comments

Phase two of the Flushing Avenue project maintains the city’s commitment to a two-way bike path, but Brooklynites will have to wait a few years to get it. Image: NYCDOT Last night, NYCDOT’s Ted Wright presented a revised design for the Flushing Avenue bikeway to the transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 2. The new […]

Columbus Avenue BID Leader: Protected Bike Lane Great for Business

By Ben Fried | May 14, 2010 | 8 Comments

Barbara Adler Earlier this week, the transportation committee of Manhattan Community Board 7 issued a split decision on the protected bike lane proposed for a 20-block stretch of Columbus Avenue. One of the committee chairs who voted against it, Andrew Albert, told the room full of bike lane supporters that he couldn’t endorse the project […]

CB 7 Committee Backslides With Split Vote on Protected UWS Bike Lane

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2010 | 20 Comments

DOT’s proposal for Columbus Avenue would create room for a separated bike lane by narrowing, not removing, car lanes. Image: NYCDOT [PDF] Looks like some Manhattan community board types still want to see their local streets keep that highway-in-the-city feel. After receiving a request from Manhattan CB 7 in the fall to prepare plans for […]

Brooklyn Paper on PPW: Double-Parking Takes Precedence Over Safety

By Ben Fried | May 7, 2010 | 18 Comments

The self-hating cyclists at the Brooklyn Paper are at it again. A year after siding with a handful of merchants who wanted to erase the Fifth Avenue bike lane, Gersh Kuntzman and the editors of Brooklyn’s flagship media property say they don’t want to see a protected, two-way bike path on Prospect Park West: Gersh […]

Can a Greenway and Two-Way Traffic Both Fit on Flushing Ave?

By Ben Fried | Apr 23, 2010 | 32 Comments

The greenway segment on Flushing Avenue would connect Navy Street to Williamsburg Street West. Image: Google Maps The current concept for the Flushing Avenue segment of the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway footprint calls for converting the street to one-way westbound traffic flow. Two-way vehicle traffic, say DOT planners, will create conflicts that endanger cyclists and pedestrians […]

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