Word on the Street
Overheard in the comments section. If anyone has photos of the new stencils or has seen police enforcing bike lanes in a similar way, snap a photo and send it to Streetsblog:
October 11, 2006
Separated at Birth?
You know that a change in the zeitgeist is afoot when Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer's transportation policy conference tomorrow provides fodder for the New York Post's Page Six:
October 11, 2006
Planetizen Interview With Amanda Burden
Planetizen publishes a Q&A with New York City Planning Commissioner Amanda Burden. She says some great things and below are excerpts.
October 11, 2006
New “Shared Lane” Bike Route Design Spotted in Manhattan
New York City's Department of Transportation is quietly experimenting with a new design for Class III bike routes on Manhattan's Lower East Side. Streetsblog tipster Jason Varone photographed the new, not-yet-finished bike stencils on Clinton Street between Grand and Delancey this morning.
October 10, 2006
Would you pay a Half Dollar to Bike Across the GWB?
An outraged reader points us to Benepe's Bike Blog where journalist, cyclist (and sister of New York City's Parks Commissioner) Jennifer Benepe has been working to improve bicycle access to the George Washington Bridge.
October 10, 2006
Today’s Headlines
Pedicabs Will Be Regulated Next Year (Gothamist) MTA Won’t Let Councilmember John Liu do Publicity Stunt (AMNY Tracker) Greenspan Waits Til he’s Out of Public Life Before Calling for Gas Tax (Grist) NYU’s Big Sustainability Move (Oil Drum) Calthorpe Wins Award for Forest City Work in Denver. Why not Brooklyn? (NLG) Corzine Launches Pedestrian Safety Effort (TSTC) Brooklyn Coalition … Continued
October 10, 2006
Great New Website: Get Outta MyBikeLane
Check out my favorite new web site, MyBikeLane, by Greg Whalin.
October 9, 2006
Eyes on the Street: Prospect Park, Brooklyn
A Streetsblog tipster notices that Prospect Park motorists seem to be unindoctrinated in the ways of the Litterbug:
October 9, 2006
NYC Finally Cracking Down on Security Barriers
In the aftermath of September 11th, concrete and steel barriers sprouted like mushrooms around big buildings in New York City. It almost seemed to me to be a kind of status symbol. You knew you worked in an important building if your landlord had hardened it against truck bombs.
October 9, 2006