Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Manhattan

What’s Next for 6th Ave Protected Bike Lane and Crosstown Routes on UES

By David Meyer | Feb 4, 2016 | 36 Comments

Two Manhattan bike projects went before community boards last night. The CB 8 transportation committee heard from DOT about the agency’s plan for crosstown bike lanes on the Upper East Side, and CB 4 endorsed the protected lane on Sixth Avenue, which DOT plans to install in the fall. The crosstown painted lanes would span the width of the Upper East […]

Amsterdam Ave Protected Bike Lane Finally Happening After 28-13 CB 7 Vote

By David Meyer | Feb 3, 2016 | 51 Comments

By a count of 28 in favor and 13 opposed, Manhattan Community Board 7 voted last night to endorse DOT’s plan for a protected bike lane along Amsterdam Avenue from 72nd Street to 110th Street. The vote affirmed a safety project that Upper West Siders have worked toward for several years, but the meeting itself […]

DOT Extends Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Plan to 8th Street

By David Meyer | Jan 8, 2016 | 47 Comments

DOT is extending its plan for a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue six blocks and will include some concrete pedestrian islands in the project. Previously, the plan called for a protected bike lane between 14th Street and 33rd Street with painted pedestrian islands at intersections. The revised plan extends south to 8th Street and will […]

6 Manhattan Electeds Ask DOT for Complete Streets on Fifth and Sixth Ave

By David Meyer | Dec 4, 2015 | 11 Comments

DOT has put out a plan to add a protected bike lane on Sixth Avenue from 14th Street to 33rd Street [PDF], and Manhattan electeds want more. A letter from State Senator Brad Hoylman and five other representatives calls for a more thorough complete street redesign along all of Sixth Avenue and Fifth Avenue from Greenwich Village to Central […]

CB 5 Committee to DOT: You Oughta Take a Traffic Lane Outta Sixth Avenue

By David Meyer | Nov 24, 2015 | 23 Comments

Like their counterparts at Community Board 4, members of the Manhattan Community Board 5 transportation committee think DOT’s proposed redesign of Sixth Avenue isn’t bold enough. Unlike CB 4, the committee voted for the plan anyway in a unanimous decision last night. The proposal would add a protected bike lane from 14th Street to 33rd Street, narrowing […]

Will the Sixth Avenue Protected Bike Lane Get Done in 2016?

By Ben Fried | Nov 19, 2015 | 43 Comments

DOT presented a plan for a protected bike lane on 19 blocks of Sixth Avenue to the Manhattan Community Board 4 transportation committee last night. From 14th Street to 33rd Street, the design calls for carving out a six-foot bike lane and three-foot buffer protected from moving motor vehicles by a lane of parked cars [PDF]. Sixth […]

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