30 Blocks of Broadway Will Go Car-Free on Earth Day
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On Saturday, April 22, the city will open up 30 blocks of Broadway for people, from Union Square to Times Square.
Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan
Dreaming Up a PeopleWay for 14th Street
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While we're waiting to get a look at DOT and the MTA's forthcoming plans for the L train shutdown, Gothamist and Transportation Alternatives put on "L-ternative Visions" -- a design competition to envision 14th Street "as a people-first transit corridor." On Wednesday the winner was revealed.
NYPD Seized 247 E-Bikes, Saving Zero Lives
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E-bikes are not going anywhere. The city should be working on a strategy to safely integrate them into the transportation system, instead of pursuing this punitive approach.
Behold the Worst-Plowed Bike Lane in New York
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It's been three days since Stella dropped its wintry precipitation on the city, but the protected bike lane on Grand Street in Manhattan remains unusable beneath three-foot mounds of snow.
DOT Has a Fix for the Crummy Bike Connection Between Lower Manhattan and the Brooklyn Bridge
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The big change in DOT's plan is a two-way section of bike lane protected by a concrete barrier on Park Row, plus a short contraflow lane on Spruce Street. It's not a lot of bike lane mileage, but it's a key link in the network that will be dramatically improved.
15 Blocks of Fifth Avenue Will Get a Protected Bike Lane This Spring
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Soon cyclists won't have to weave between double-parked cars and speeding traffic on the heavily-traveled stretch of Fifth Avenue south of 23rd Street. Last night DOT presented a plan to flip the biking and parking lanes between 23rd Street and 8th Street to Manhattan Community Board 2.