Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

It’s Bike Month, So NYC Closed the Busiest Bike Route in the Country With No Notice. Again.

By Brad Aaron | May 26, 2017 | 13 Comments

Continuing what's become an annual tradition, the Parks Department has set up a bike dismount zone on Hudson River Greenway for Fleet Week. Adhering to past practice, Parks posted no notice of the detour on its website or Twitter.

Car dealers aren't letting one of the city's flagship bike improvements get in the way of storing their inventory on public streets. Photo: Jessame Hannus

Car Dealers Are Ruining the Queens Boulevard Bike Lane in Elmhurst

By David Meyer | Apr 10, 2017 | 42 Comments

The Queens Boulevard bike lane promises to make biking a more viable travel option for hundreds of thousands of people. But not if car dealers use it as a showroom.

Two well-placed cones compel drivers to take safer turns across the First Avenue bike lane at 9th Street. Photo: Transformation Department

Cones to the Rescue — Safer Turns at First Ave and 9th Street

By David Meyer | Apr 7, 2017 | 33 Comments

The guerrilla street engineers at the Transformation Department have "staged an intervention" at the intersection of First Avenue and 9th Street, putting down two orange cones to force drivers to take turns more carefully.

Eyes on the Street: Chain Reaction Car Fire on 58th Street

By Brad Aaron | Mar 24, 2017 | 11 Comments

Firefighters had trouble putting out the fire -- because the driver of the blue van parked too close to the nearest hydrant. The blaze spread down the block and reached the First Avenue bike lane before they got it under control.

If it weren't for those Jersey barriers, someone could have been hurt. Photo: Dirk Peters

Eyes on the Street: Why Bike Lanes Need Protection

By David Meyer | Feb 8, 2017 | 12 Comments

Why is it so important for bike lanes to have physical separation from traffic? Because without it, you never know when a two-ton metal box is going to fly across your path.

A cyclist passes by the 94th Street entrance to the soon-to-open Second Avenue Subway. Photos: David Meyer

There's Also a Major Improvement on the Surface of 2nd Ave

By David Meyer | Dec 23, 2016 | 8 Comments

The completion of phase one of the Second Avenue Subway enabled DOT to move forward with a dedicated bus lane and protected bike lane on 37 blocks of Second Avenue.

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