Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan Bridge

The Sands Street Shuffle

By Ben Fried | Aug 10, 2009 | 14 Comments

An evening commuter enters the Sands Street bike path at Jay Street, after descending from the Manhattan Bridge. Last month, the long-awaited Sands Street bike path officially opened, giving cyclists a much safer connection to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge. From what I can tell so far, everyone loves the new protected space […]

Today: Celebrate a Livable Streets Milestone With TA

By Brad Aaron | Aug 7, 2009 | 4 Comments

Workers add markings to the Sands Street lane. Photo: brooklynbybike/Flickr Later today, Transportation Alternatives will mark the completion of a major Brooklyn livable streets improvement — a protected bike lane on the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge. Sands Street is where, in 2005, TA Senior Policy Advisor Noah Budnick was seriously injured after […]

Status Report: Sands Street Bike Path Ready Next Week

By Ben Fried | Jul 23, 2009 | 12 Comments

You’re not really supposed to do this yet, but next week the bridge approach on Sands Street should officially open. There’s a fresh coat of asphalt on the Sands Street bike path, and guys on the construction crew say this long-awaited approach to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge should officially open for riding […]

Eyes on the Street: Sands Street Bike Path Almost Rideable

By Ben Fried | Jul 15, 2009 | 8 Comments

Soon, you won’t have to ride in car traffic on the Sands Street approach to the Manhattan Bridge. The long-awaited Sands Street bike path, a protected approach to the Brooklyn side of the Manhattan Bridge which took a few years longer than expected to go through New York City’s construction bureaucracy, looks tantalizingly close to […]

Manhattan Bridge Bike Path Mired for Years in Construction Bureaucracy

By Ben Fried | Sep 30, 2008 | 17 Comments

The Sands Street bike path, a physically protected approach to the Manhattan Bridge, has languished behind schedule for years, held up in the city's construction bureaucracy. The project serves as a prime illustration that livable streets hinge not just on DOT, but on other, more obscure city agencies as well.

Watching the Water Fall, by Bike

By Brad Aaron | Jun 18, 2008 | 6 Comments

Next Thursday, artist Olaf Eliasson’s much-anticipated "New York City Waterfalls" installation will debut along the East River. The project, as elegantly described in this week’s New Yorker, "features four tall, widely separated, openwork steel towers housing powerful pumps that will pull river water up to a high basin and send it cascading down again, continuously, […]

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