Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Midtown

Supporters of protected bike lane on Fifth Avenue packed the room last night. Photo: David Meyer

Manhattan Community Board 5 Endorses DOT’s Fifth Ave Redesign Without a Bike Lane

By David Meyer | Oct 13, 2017 | 2 Comments

Dozens of people urged board members to make their support for DOT's project conditional on a specific commitment from the agency to add a protected bike lane on Fifth.

Fifth Avenue at 48th Street: Lots of space for cars, cramped conditions on the margins for people walking and biking. Photo: Google Maps

TransAlt to DOT: Street Redesigns Aren’t a Zero-Sum Game

By David Meyer | Oct 12, 2017 | 4 Comments

The redesign of Fifth Avenue isn't "a zero sum game" where better transit has to take priority over safe bicycling, or vice versa.

Volunteers formed a "human-protected bike lane" last night on Fifth Avenue. Photo: Brooklyn Spoke

Hundreds of Volunteers Made Fifth Ave Safe for Biking Last Night. DOT Can Do It Permanently.

By David Meyer | Oct 11, 2017 | 24 Comments

More than 300 volunteers organized by Transportation Alternatives formed a six block-long "human-protected bike lane" on Fifth Avenue last night, calling on the de Blasio administration to extend the protected bike lane network through Midtown's busiest streets.

Tonight: Tell the Mayor NYC’s Busiest Avenues Need Protected Bike Lanes

By David Meyer | Oct 10, 2017 | 1 Comment

You can tell City Hall to make Midtown avenues safe for biking at what Transportation Alternatives is billing as the world's longest "human-protected bike lane."

DOT Previews Car-Lite 43rd Street by Grand Central

By David Meyer | Sep 29, 2017 | 9 Comments

Once it was off-limits to cars this afternoon, the block filled up with people pretty much instantaneously.

Mayor de Blasio at last night's town hall.

Mayor de Blasio Throws Red Meat to the Bike Haters in Midtown

By David Meyer | Sep 27, 2017 | 97 Comments

De Blasio made no attempt to win over skeptics of bike infrastructure, showed no grasp of the pedestrian safety effects of protected bike lanes, and appeared content to let anecdotes and unfocused anger sway policy instead of the proven track record of his own DOT's projects.

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