Eyes on the Street: The First Avenue Bike Lane Gap Is Shrinking
DOT tweeted a status report this afternoon on the First Avenue protected bike lane gap. Green paint is down on the newly protected section between 49th Street and 56th Street:
October 23, 2015
NYC Housing Policy Too Important to Be Written By Free Parking Addicts
Earlier this week the Department of City Planning presented its housing affordability plan to the Queens Borough Board, where representatives of community boards throughout the borough kvetched about -- you guessed it -- parking.
October 23, 2015
The Next Brooklyn Bike-Share Expansion Will Be the Thinnest Part of Citi Bike
DOT unveiled its latest Citi Bike expansion map last week, and the stations look significantly more spread out than stations in the rest of the system.
October 19, 2015
The Stubborn Persistence of Car Dependence
With driving on the upswing again as gas prices remain surprisingly low, Yonah Freemark at The Transport Politic is taking a long hard look at what it will take to substantially change America's travel habits. He notes that except for a handful of cities with good transit, driving continues to account for most of the nation's growth in travel:
October 19, 2015
NYPD Parking Hogs Finally Crossed a Line
Joanna Oltman Smith nearly broke the Internet yesterday with this photo of officers marking territory for NYPD Transit Bureau District 30 on Schermerhorn Street:
October 15, 2015
Get Your Tickets to the Streets Ball! Thursday, November 5
Come join the Streetsblog and Streetfilms team next month for our annual benefit, the Streets Ball, where you can support a year's worth of high-impact reporting and videomaking in one spectacular night.
October 14, 2015
City Hall Wants Council Members to Beef Up “Bikes in Buildings” Bills
No matter how well you lock up your bike in NYC, if you leave it outside for any significant amount of time, you never know what will be left when you get back. For secure storage, nothing beats a spot inside. But thanks to a bizarre aversion to bicycles shared by many landlords and property managers, a large percentage of NYC buildings are de facto bike-free zones.
October 14, 2015