Nighttime Citi Bike Rides Are About to Get Brighter
Motivate, the company that runs Citi Bike, will install extra-bright "laserlights" on 250 bikes. The lights project the image of a bicycle onto the pavement about 20 feet in front a rider.
January 10, 2017
NYC DOT Tests Out a New, Faster Way to Build Raised Crosswalks
While the city has built raised crosswalks elsewhere as part of large capital projects, this is the first time they've been installed as a standalone safety improvement.
January 9, 2017
Biking Way Up on Redesigned Queens Boulevard, Cyclist Injuries Down
In the year after NYC DOT installed protected bike lanes and other safety measures between Roosevelt Avenue and 73rd Street in Woodside, pedestrian and cyclist injuries declined more than 40 percent, while bike counts doubled.
January 6, 2017
Without the L Train, the Best Shot to Avoid Traffic Hell Is a Car-Free 14th Street
If you think traffic will get worse with a car-free 14th Street, imagine what would happen if there's no L train and the city fails to make surface transit an appealing option.
January 6, 2017
Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway Coming to Life on West Street
A two-way protected bike lane is taking shape on seven blocks of West Street in Greenpoint, one of 23 segments that will eventually comprise the Brooklyn Waterfront Greenway.
January 5, 2017
Rodriguez Proposes Amber Alert System to Nab Fatal Hit-and-Run Drivers
Last year, fatal hit-and-run crashes increased 34 percent in New York City, and in the past week alone, hit-and-run drivers killed three pedestrians. This morning, City Council transportation chair Ydanis Rodriguez announced a legislative package aimed at combatting the growing hit-and-run epidemic.
January 4, 2017
TA: Vision Zero Demands Bolder Street Designs From City Hall and DOT
The de Blasio administration needs to redesign streets more thoroughly if it's going to reach the goal of eliminating traffic deaths, Transportation Alternatives says in a new report.
January 3, 2017
The Times Square Plazas Are No Longer a Construction Zone
Before 2009, Times Square was a hellish place to walk. Pedestrians outnumbered vehicles nine to one but were confined to just 10 percent of the street space. The creation of car-free plazas on Broadway changed the equation, and now those plazas are a permanent fixture of the street.
January 3, 2017
There’s Also a Major Transportation Improvement on the Surface of Second Avenue
The completion of phase one of the Second Avenue Subway enabled DOT to move forward with a dedicated bus lane and protected bike lane on 37 blocks of Second Avenue.
December 23, 2016
New in 2016: Safe, Convenient Bike Connections Linking East Harlem and the Bronx
Biking from the Bronx to Manhattan via the Willis Avenue Bridge used to present a dilemma -- you could go the safe route or the legal route, but not both. A DOT project solved the problem by turning the informal bike route into a safe, official path.
December 22, 2016
