Kent Avenue: A Bikeway for All Ages
While Clarence was out this weekend taping Right of Way install a memorial to victims of traffic violence, he also got this footage of the Kent Avenue bike lane in Williamsburg. Where else but a protected bike lane will you ever see so many kids biking on the street in NYC?
April 20, 2015
NYC DOT Now Using Automated Counters to Measure Bike Trips
There's some neat news in NYC DOT's 2014 bike count announcement that I missed in my haste to post about it yesterday. Last April, the agency began to use loop induction counters to measure bike trips on the East River bridges. The automated counters enable DOT to collect data more often, so we can have greater confidence in the accuracy of the numbers.
April 16, 2015
3 Big Takeaways From NYC DOT’s 2014 Bike Count [Updated]
NYC DOT has posted the 2014 screenline bike count [PDF] (after some prodding from us last week), showing a 4 percent increase over the previous year. Following double-digit percentage growth every year from 2006 to 2010, this marks the fourth consecutive year without an increase of 10 percent or more.
April 15, 2015
Streetsblog Retains BlankSlate to Strengthen Our Bottom Line
Earlier this year, I wrote about the imperative for Streetsblog to generate more revenue from our website. With so many unsold impressions, ads were a clear opportunity to put Streetsblog's sizable reach to use strengthening our bottom line. Today I'm pleased to announce that we've retained BlankSlate to help us sell ads and make good on that potential.
April 14, 2015
The Times Fails to Comprehend the Nature of the MTA Funding Gap
New York politicos couldn't have asked for a better deflection of their own responsibility to keep our transit system running than this piece served up yesterday by Times opinion writer Eleanor Randolph:
April 10, 2015
It’s April. Where’s the NYC DOT Bike Count From Last Year?
Did cycling in New York City continue to rise in 2014? We still don't know, because NYC DOT has yet to release its annual count.
April 9, 2015
Welcome Back, Streetsblog Chicago!
Congratulations to John Greenfield, Steven Vance, and the readers and supporters who enabled Streetsblog Chicago to pull off a rousing comeback and resume regular publication today.
April 8, 2015
After a Fatal Crash, NYPD’s Initial Version of Events Often Turns Out Wrong
Yesterday, the 24-year-old driver of a U-Haul van struck and killed a 43-year-old cyclist at the Grand Concourse and 158th Street in the Bronx. Police investigators have made a preliminary determination that the van driver had the right of way, according to NYPD, but the agency has yet to reveal the basis for that conclusion.
April 6, 2015