How Bike Corrals Expand New Yorkers’ Access to Businesses
A quick note about the new bike corral on Franklin Avenue in Crown Heights, which got a vote of approval from the local community board after hundreds of signatures were gathered in support of it. The Prospect Heights Patch reports that two local residents see the on-street bike parking as a symbol of gentrification and have started a petition to get rid of it. If you take a look at the numbers for car ownership and bike ownership, though, it seems pretty clear that more people are going to get some use out of this space as a bike corral than as car parking space, whether you're talking about long-time residents or newer ones.
January 16, 2013
The Public Process for Bike Lanes Right Under Christine Quinn’s Nose
Ignoring the 66 percent approval rating for bike lanes in the latest New York Times poll, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn dropped this whopper in an interview with WNYC's Brian Lehrer at a tourism industry event last Friday:
January 14, 2013
NYC DOT Prepares for 12,000 Parking Meter-to-Bike Rack Conversions
The Post reported some good news this morning: NYC DOT has contracted with Louis Barbato Landscaping to make 12,000 bike racks that can be affixed to defunct single-space parking meter poles.
January 9, 2013
Thanks to Everyone Who Gave to Streetsblog and Streetfilms in 2012
On behalf of the staff of Streetsblog and Streetfilms I'd like to extend a warm thank you to everyone who donated to our year-end pledge drive. Reader support is what keeps us going, and this year everyone contributed in a big way.
January 8, 2013
Private Dump Truck Driver Kills Woman at 23rd and Madison
Gothamist reports that a private dump truck driver ran over and killed a woman this afternoon in Manhattan:
January 4, 2013
Brooklyn CB 16 Committee Votes to Bring Bike Lanes to Brownsville
The transportation committee of Brooklyn Community Board 16 last night voted in favor of a plan to stripe Brownsville's first bike lanes, reports Nupur Chaudhury of the local non-profit Brownsville Partnership.
January 4, 2013
Lentol: DOT Study of Pulaski Bridge Bike Lane Slated to Wrap By March
Quick update on the campaign for a protected two-way bikeway on the Pulaski Bridge: We don't know if DOT is going to implement one yet, but we know when they'll make a decision. Yesterday, Assembly Member Joe Lentol sent out word that DOT chief Janette Sadik-Khan told him the agency will wrap up its feasibility study of the bikeway by March:
January 3, 2013