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This Columbus Circle sneckdown hints at the excess asphalt that could be repurposed for walking and biking. Photo: Alex Knight/Twitter

Manhattan CB 7 Wants Protected Bike Lanes for Columbus Circle

By Brad Aaron | Jun 7, 2017 | 14 Comments

Manhattan Community Board 7 wants DOT to make it safer to walk and bike through Columbus Circle. In May, the board's transportation committee passed a resolution calling for protected bike lanes in the large traffic circle at the southwest corner of Central Park. The full board approved the resolution last night.

This concept from BRT Planning International includes both an exclusive busway and bike lanes. So far DOT and the MTA are contemplating a dedicated street for transit, but not including bikeways as well.

MTA and DOT Are Weighing a River-to-River Busway for 14th Street During L Train Shutdown

By David Meyer | Jun 6, 2017 | 17 Comments

DOT and the MTA may go beyond typical bus lanes in their plan to keep people moving on 14th Street during the L train shutdown, which will suspend service west of Bedford Avenue for 15 months starting in April 2019.

Is this really the best New York can do in its most iconic public space?

In the Name of Safety, NYPD Made Times Square Dangerous for Biking

By David Meyer | Jun 1, 2017 | 34 Comments

In the aftermath of the fatal driving rampage through Times Square on May 18, the NYPD has shut down the raised bike lane that runs on Seventh Avenue between 46th Street and 42nd Street, commandeering it in the name of security.

The western sidewalk will be extended with an epoxy-and-gravel surface, protected by granite blocks and planters. Bus stops will have raised boarding islands. Image: NYC DOT

DOT to Widen Sidewalks on 7th Avenue Between Penn Station and Times Square

By David Meyer | May 23, 2017 | 33 Comments

Midtown sidewalks are notoriously too skinny to handle the huge numbers of people on foot near Penn Station. The pedestrian crush around the nation's busiest transit hub routinely flows beyond the boundaries of the curb, and people are forced to walk in car lanes. It's uncomfortable, stressful, and dangerous. But people on foot will soon have some breathing room.

Yesterday’s Times Square Toll Was Terrible — But So Is a Typical Day of NYC Traffic Violence

By Brad Aaron and Ben Fried | May 19, 2017 | 11 Comments

Given the high-profile location, the number of victims, and recent instances of people using vehicles to kill for ideology, it's understandable that yesterday's crash drew so much attention. But it's important to recognize that as terrible as the Times Square carnage was for a single incident, the same human toll occurs on a daily basis on NYC streets -- it's just dispersed across the city.

Wang was riding in the East 20th Street bike lane when a cab driver pulled in front of him. Photo: Google Maps

Xin Kang Wang, 74, Dies Ten Days After Taxi Passenger Doored Him on 20th Street

By David Meyer | May 18, 2017 | 18 Comments

Xin Kang Wang, 74, died on Sunday, 10 days after a taxi passenger doored him on 20th Street. The driver had pulled into the bike lane ahead of Wang immediately beforehand, police said. Wang was heading east on 20th Street between Broadway and Park Avenue when the passenger exited the vehicle and hit him with the door.

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