Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Eyes on the Street: Bigger Sidewalk, Shorter Crossing at Riverside and 116th

By Brad Aaron | Jun 17, 2016 | 14 Comments

A tipster sent this photo of the sidewalk expansion underway at the corner of Riverside Drive and W. 116th Street in Manhattan. (It’s one of the elements in a DOT safety plan for Riverside that survived after the agency watered down the project at the behest of Community Board 9.) Once the concrete is poured, the distance to walk […]

Eyes on the Street: Cops With Placards Turn Ninth Avenue Into Parking Lot

By Brad Aaron | Jun 14, 2016 | 11 Comments

Illegally converting left-turn lane for placard parking creates a dangerous hooking situation for cyclists @NYC_DOT pic.twitter.com/7PnlbsbrPw — placard corruption (@placardabuse) June 14, 2016 Well, this is a pretty brazen display of entitlement from the placarded class. Parking watchdog @placardabuse tweeted these photos of private vehicles parked in a turn lane on Ninth Avenue at 34th […]

Eyes on the Street: A Proper Bike Lane on Shore Boulevard

By David Meyer | Jun 8, 2016 | 6 Comments

The new two-way bike lane on Shore Boulevard in Astoria is rounding into form and just needs some finishing touches from DOT. With the bike lane, which replaced the northbound car lane on Shore Boulevard, pedestrians and cyclists will no longer have to awkwardly share the asphalt path inside the edge of Astoria Park, and crossings between the park […]

Eyes on the Street: First Signs of Amsterdam Avenue’s Protected Bike Lane

By David Meyer | May 20, 2016 | 17 Comments

Exciting news to conclude this Bike to Work Day: NYC DOT has striped 24 blocks of the Amsterdam Avenue protected bike lane, from 72nd Street to 96th Street. Once it’s finished, the segment DOT is building this year will run up to 110th Street. It’s a much-needed and long-desired northbound complement to the southbound protected lane on […]

Eyes on the Street: Pulaski Bridge Bikeway Looks Ready for a Ribbon-Cutting

By David Meyer | Apr 25, 2016 | 12 Comments

Pulaski Bridge bike lane is open, nothing is impossible! Ahhhhhhhh!!!!! pic.twitter.com/gNr6oTuUqc — Max RN (@MaxRivlinNadler) April 24, 2016 Update: A DOT spokesperson tells Streetsblog that while finishing touches are being made, cyclists should follow the posted signage, which directs them to the shared pedestrian-bike path on the west side of the bridge. The new protected lane […]

Seaman Ave. Has a Bike Lane and Sharrows, But It’s Still a Speedway

By Brad Aaron | Apr 22, 2016 | 17 Comments

The thermoplast is down on the new northbound Seaman Avenue bike lane — but it’s really a bike lane and sharrows. Unless DOT makes a bolder move and puts a protected bike lane next to Inwood Hill Park, not much is going to change on this important Upper Manhattan bike route I’ve written about this project, which […]

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