Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Chelsea

In DOT's redesign, most blocks of 26th Street and 29th Street will get five-foot parking-protected bike lanes with a two-foot buffer. Image: DOT

CB 4 Committee Endorses Protected Bike Lanes for 26th and 29th Streets

By David Meyer | Jan 18, 2018 | 13 Comments

The Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee unanimously endorsed DOT's plan for crosstown protected bikes lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street last night. The redesign calls for a five-foot parking-protected bike lane with a two-foot buffer on most blocks, with variations where the street is wider or narrower.

Most but not all of 26th Street and 29th Street are slated for parking-protected bike lanes. Image: DOT

First Look at DOT's Plan for Crosstown Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Jan 17, 2018 | 25 Comments

DOT plans to add protected bike lanes on 26th Street and 29th Street in Manhattan, with other crosstown routes in the works for Midtown.

11th Avenue and W. 30th Street, where a motorist killed Josef Mittlemann. Image: Google Maps

Citing No Evidence, NYPD Blames Manhattan Cyclist Josef Mittlemann, 67, for His Own Death

By Brad Aaron | Dec 6, 2017 | 9 Comments

NYPD says six cyclists have caused their own deaths by running red lights in 2017. But the department lacks credibility when it comes to traffic crash investigations.

Dan Hanegby was killed by bus driver Dave Lewis last year.

TransAlt Pushes Cy Vance to Upgrade Charges Against Bus Driver Who Killed Dan Hanegby

By Brad Aaron | Nov 1, 2017 | 1 Comment

The criminal complaint indicates the driver, who was charged with a low-level misdemeanor, admitted to driving aggressively in the moments before the crash. Vance’s office wouldn’t say why the evidence didn’t support more serious charges.

The new protected bike lane on Seventh Avenue between 29th Street and 28th Street. Photo: Christa Orth

Eyes on the Street: Meet the 7th Avenue Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Oct 17, 2017 | 1 Comment

Markings are in place for at least several blocks of the Seventh Avenue protected bike lane, which will extend from 30th Street in Chelsea to Clarkson Street in the West Village when complete.

10th Precinct CO Captain Paul Lanot and NYPD Commissioner James O’Neill

The 10th Precinct’s Grievance-Based Policing Isn’t Making Streets Safer

By Brad Aaron | Oct 6, 2017 | 3 Comments

The precinct, where drivers have killed four people walking and biking this year, has ticketed more cyclists in 2017 than speeding motorists, drivers who failed to yield, and off-route truck and bus operators combined.

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