Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Alan Gerson

Free Bike Helmets for Delivery Workers Today

By Jason Varone | Jun 26, 2007 | 8 Comments

In anticipation of two new laws that take effect in July, DOT is handing out free helmets to commercial cyclists. One law requires businesses to provide helmets to employees who use bicycles as part of their work, and to make sure their workers wear them. Another law requires businesses to display this poster (pdf) in […]

City Council Passes New Pedicab Regulations

By Jason Varone | Mar 1, 2007 | 8 Comments

Reported in the New York Times: Chad Marlow, who represents the New York City Pedicab Owners Association, said the association agrees with much of the legislation, but plans to file a lawsuit challenging some elements of it. He said it believes that the Council was within its rights to impose a cap as the city […]

Rally for a Livable Houston Street

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 31, 2006 | 8 Comments

(Photo by Will Sherman of Transportation Alternatives) As promised, members of Manhattan Community Board 2 and Transportation Alternatives held a rally yesterday where many elected officials spoke of the need for improved bicycling and pedestrian facilities on the Interstate Highway in our midst, Houston Street. Eighty years ago, Houston Street was a narrow street not much wider than Prince or Bleecker Streets […]

Rally for Houston Street Buffered Bike Lanes

By Aaron Donovan | Aug 25, 2006 | 3 Comments

If you’ve seen those eerie white "ghost bikes" on Houston Street, you may know that three cyclists have been killed on "the Boulevard of Death" during the past two years: Derek Lake, Brandie Bailey and Andrew Morgan. In the wake of this loss of life, members of Community Board 2’s Traffic & Transportation Committee are holding a rally on Wednesday […]

Houston Street Redesign: The $30 Million Missed Opportunity

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | 4 Comments

The death of Derek Lake, killed one month ago at age 23 when his bicycle tripped a metal plate on Houston Street, hints at a tragedy shared by all New Yorkers: City Hall’s continued insistence that the ultimate goal of a New York City street is to move as many cars and trucks each day […]

Revisiting Houston Street, One Month Later

By Alec | Jul 25, 2006 | No Comments

Derek Lake died on June 26 when his bike tripped over a steel plate and fell beneath the wheels of a moving truck in the midst of Houston Street’s reconstruction mess. Brad Hoylman, a Village resident, chairs the Traffic and Transportation Committee of Community Board 2. Hoylman talks to Streetsblog about the Community Board’s reaction […]