DOT Prioritizes Queensboro Bridge Traffic Over Safety for Students on Thomson Avenue
Students and faculty want more space for walking and biking by LaGuardia Community College, but DOT says Thomson Avenue has to accommodate bridge traffic.
June 1, 2018
Driver Careens Into Bed-Stuy Restaurant, Injuring Two People and Himself
Police said the driver was sideswiped by another motorist and filed no charges. But a witness told Eater New York there was no second driver.
May 31, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Fort Greene’s Fowler Square Plaza Is Back and Better Than Ever
DOT made the short block of South Elliott Place between Fulton Street and Lafayette Avenue car-free using paint and planters in 2012. Now it's concrete.
May 31, 2018
De Blasio: Protected Bike Lanes Coming to 9th Street in Park Slope This Summer
The redesign will shorten crossing distances for pedestrians and shield cyclists from car traffic.
May 30, 2018
Eighth Avenue’s Narrow Sidewalks Land a Cyclist in the Hospital
With six lanes for traffic and parking but only a narrow band for the much larger number of people on foot, it was only a matter of time before tensions boiled over.
May 30, 2018
Delivery Workers Implore DOT For Sensible E-Bike Rules
A draft city rule would only sanction e-bikes "equipped at manufacture" with pedal-assist. Advocates say that's too narrow and would impose too high a cost on delivery workers.
May 29, 2018
Seventh Avenue Protected Bike Lane Springs to Life in the Village
The Seventh Avenue protected bike lane now extends to the West Village.
DOT installed the first leg of parking-protected bike lanes on Seventh Avenue from 30th Street to 14th Street at the end of last year. The southern segment cuts through the irregular angles of the West Village grid between 14th Street and Clarkson Street.
May 25, 2018
Eyes on the Street: Heavy Blocks and Barricades on Prospect Park Loop
The anchors and fencing look like standard materials for controlling cars that have been transposed to a car-free setting.
May 25, 2018
The Hopeless Inadequacy of de Blasio’s “5 Borough Bike-Share”
City Hall announced small dockless bike-share pilots in four neighborhoods outside Manhattan today. Meanwhile, momentum for Citi Bike expansion has evaporated.
May 24, 2018
Queens Boulevard Redesign Coming to Forest Hills in July
DOT's fourth and final planned phase of the Queens Boulevard redesign will extend bike lanes and pedestrian safety improvements east to Union Turnpike. Cycling on last year's segment is up 127 percent so far in 2018.
May 24, 2018
